The state of affairs has not returned to the pre-recession situation, however.
Read More »Revived car-crash case ends in smaller verdict
A St. Louis man whose car-crash case was dismissed over the timing of a safari vacation and then revived by an appeals court won a verdict of only a hundredth of what he initially claimed in damages.
Read More »LinkedIn endorsements can cut both ways
While LinkedIn, the social network for the business world, continues to grow in importance for attorneys, some of its features may present ethical considerations that attorneys need to be aware of.
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Read More »8th Circuit chief judge says court will stay open
Chief Judge William Jay Riley last week entered an order declaring that the work of the court’s staff is necessary and essential.
Read More »Cherokee father drops legal fight in ‘Baby Veronica’ case
Saying he wants his daughter Veronica to have a normal childhood, Dusten Brown announced Thursday that he is ending his lengthy court battle aimed at keeping the child in Oklahoma.
Read More »Off-site arrest by federal ranger allowed by 1st Circuit
Evidence obtained by a federal park ranger who arrested a defendant on suspicion of drunken driving was admissible despite the fact that the arrest took place outside the national historic park to which the ranger was assigned.
Read More »Judge blocks New York state parks’ outdoor smoking ban
New York’s ban on outdoor smoking in state parks was blocked by a judge after a smokers’-rights group argued that the Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation exceeded its authority.
Read More »Ex-Fed examiner claims she was fired over her findings
A former senior bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has sued her ex-employer, claiming she was fired because she refused to change her findings that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lacked a firmwide conflict-of-interest policy.
Read More »U.S. focus: More production at home
A healthier U.S. could come at the expense of emerging markets if it turns into more of a competitor than consumer by boosting manufacturing.
Read More »Hearst loses pretrial effort to stop Aereo video-streaming
A Hearst-owned television station failed to stop the online TV service Aereo Inc. from streaming video as it faces copyright-infringement lawsuits from broadcast TV networks.
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Read More »Toyota found not at fault in acceleration-related fatality
Toyota Motor Corp. wasn’t at fault in a fatal accident in which a 66-year-old woman crashed her 2006 Camry into a tree after it sped out of control in the wrong direction on a one-way road.
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