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October 20, 2009 by Ahmed and Sukaram, Attorneys at Law

According to an unreported case in the California legal system, People v. Fontana, the Fifth Division of the First District Court of Appeals...

October 7, 2009 by Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris, P.C.

In the past four years, the number of silicosis-related lawsuits filed in the U.S. has skyrocketed. Part of that rise can be attributed to simple probability. Silica is...

October 6 By Parrish Collins

Albuquerque will host the International Drug Policy Reform Conference on November 12-14. Albuquerque hosted the conference once before in 2001...

Monday April 6, 2009

Senator Charles Schumer is working to introduce legislation to the United States Senate, which would limit the freedoms of ticket scalpers. Because it is common practice for ticket re-sellers to scoop up the best seats at a concert or event, fans miss out on the opportunity to buy these tickets for themselves- at lower prices.

August 10th by Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris, P.C.

In response to the August 4, 2009 airing of a CBS news program on the problems Yamaha Motors has experienced with the...

August 5th, by Greg Beckwith

Waiting for a Disability hearing is often frustrating at the very least. In Indiana, we often are forced to wait longer than almost any other place in the country. At...

July 30th by Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris, P.C.

Birmingham, Alabama law firm Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris  has expanded its practice of Asbestos and Mesothelioma litigation...

July 15, 2009

Several bar associations across the country, including the King County Bar Association (Seattle, Washington) and the GLBT Bar Association of Washington have begun to set up free...

July 20, 2009

It's one of the more ironic stories of the current state of the economy, that the very same people that got many of us into this mess, are now promising to help consumers get out of it. A recent FTC lawsuit, filed against a company called FedMod, has turned...

July 10, 2009 by Peter J. Landis

A growing number of recent studies document what I have long suspected; rather than protecting U.S. workers, increasing restrictions on the legal immigration of foreign workers actually undermines the U.S. economy...

July 10, 2009

The California budget deficit has state legislators thinking of new ways to bring the state out of its $26 billion dollar deficit. The latest way proposed is to legalize the sale of marijuana...

By Jeffrey M. Binder

"Main Street's dreams were dashed on Wall Street" has been an oft-used refrain by observers and pundits when speaking about how the economic backbone of our nation—its homeowners—are suffering as a result of irresponsible lending fueled by a cash bubble...

July 2, 2009 By Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris, P.C.

With suicide reports on the increase, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Pfizer, Inc. to place a “Boxed Warning” on its smoking cessation drug, Chantix. The July 1, 2009 order for a so-called Black Box Warning comes on the heels of Adverse Events Reports and lawsuits...

June 30, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

A federal judge sentenced Bernard Madoff to spend the rest of his life in prison for an extraordinarily evil fraud. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin described the toll the multibillion-dollar fraud had on its victims as he sentenced Madoff to the maximum of...

June 30, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, has won temporary guardianship of her late son's three children and of her son's estate, which includes the Neverland ranch and rights to many Beatles songs.  L.A. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff granted Katherine Jackson temporary guardianship of the children on Monday. He also...

June 30, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favor of a group of white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut who sued over reverse race discrimination. The firefighters alleged that the city violated their rights when it threw out the results of a test on which few minorities scored well.

June 30, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Various media outlets have identified South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s love interest as Maria Belen Chapur, but she still remains an enigma to many.  She is a 43-year-old, divorced mother of two teenage boys who...

June 30, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

“Famous TV pitchman Billy Mays probably died of a heart attack”, a Florida medical examiner said yesterday. Mays, 50, was found dead by his wife in their Tampa, Florida condominium Sunday morning. Some in the media had speculated that a head bump during a rough airplane landing that day contributed to Mays’ death...

June 25, 2009 by Matt Placek-Updated June 29

On May 1, 2009, the FDA ordered the recall of Hydroxycut from stores nationwide due to reports that Hydroxycut causes liver damage...

June 29, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Bank of America Corp has inherited trouble following its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co on January 1, 2009.   A federal lawsuit filed in Manhattan alleges discrimination against female brokers by offering them lower retention bonuses than male counterparts...