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Judge Victor C. Howard begins his two-year term today as chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Howard was recently elected by the court’s panel of 11 judges. He replaced Edwin Smith as chief judge. “To be ...

In a case in which a judge helped a defendant avoid being arrested, a New York Court of Appeals ordered that the judge be removed from office. The state’s highest court concluded Laura D. Blackburne, a justice of the Supreme ...

Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley could benefit from last week’s decision by the Supreme Court to hear a case challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles. The city is a part of a coalition, ...

The destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001 has produced a tangle of disputes over who owes money for what, and at the center of the complex insurance litigation is Long Island’s largest law firm, Rivkin Radler. Earlier this ...

When lawyers for Esteban Carpio announced that they would pursue an insanity defense in front of a jury in their client’s first-degree murder trial, attorneys in Rhode Island questioned the wisdom of that decision from the sidelines. According to the ...

Recruiting the best talent requires a multipronged approach. In addition to going out and finding qualified applicants, you should inspire them to come find you, too. Branding your company as a great place to work, a long-term process, will make ...

The computer and video game industry last month filed a lawsuit against Oklahoma regarding the video game law that was put into place three weeks ago. Gov. Brad Henry signed legislation that restricts video games that have what is considered ...

A buyer in a real-estate transaction was entitled to enforce a written “option contract” in which the parties had orally agreed to extend the deadline for performance, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled. The plaintiff seller argued that the ...

New Astoria Federal Savings employees have long received hard copies of the company handbook at their orientation session. Soon, riding the technological wave, Astoria will offer the must-read manuals on desktops as well as desks. “We provide updates to all ...

A black woman may continue with her federal race and gender discrimination lawsuit against the Charles County (Md.) Sheriff’s Office, a magistrate judge has ruled. In an unpublished opinion released last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Connelly denied Sheriff Frederick ...

Though Republican leaders have been trying to get their candidates to be nice to one another during the primary season, things are heating up between the contenders for some of Oklahoma’s high-profile offices. The Republican and Democratic primary elections will ...