Johnson & Johnson Agrees to $181 mln Settlement over Improper Marketing of Risperdal
On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson announced that the company has agreed to pay a sum of $181 million for settling…
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It is Unconstitutional to Zone Strip Clubs, Topless Bars, and Adult Video and Book Stores Away from Schools and Churches
On Thursday, Justice Louis York of the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan held unconstitutional and unnecessary, a set…
Law Firms Making a Beeline for License to Practice in Singapore
Law firms go where the money is and where commercial growth of the economy makes sense in investing. Almost every…
Venezuela Probes Mindless Massacre in Remote Amazon Village
On Wednesday, the public prosecutor of Venezuela said the government was investigating an alleged massacre of indigenous people in the…
Former Teacher Pleads No Contest to Charges of Molesting 13 Boys and Girls
On Monday, a former Telfair Elementary teacher pleaded no contest to molesting seven girl and six boy students, all aged…
Citigroup Agrees to Pay $590 Million to Settle Lawsuit over CDOs
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in Manhattan granted preliminary approval of a settlement between Citigroup and its shareholders…
Court of Appeals Throws Out ‘Career Offender’ Sentencing
On Wednesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in a case, “the district court's error in sentencing (defendant…
Court Upholds 30-year Sentence for “Sexting” Coach
On Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals let stand a 30-year prison sentence of a former high-school hockey…
Federal Court Rules Indiana Sex Offender List Unconstitutional
On Tuesday, while the Indiana Department of Correction humbly tried to convince the court that the Department was not directly…
Louis Freeh’s Freeh Sporkin Merges with Pepper Hamilton LLP
On Tuesday, Pepper Hamilton LLP , the Philadelphia-based 122-year old law firm announced that former FBI Director Louis Freeh is…
Yale Law Students Create Dictionary of Pronunciation
Did you know Dougas was not do-gas, but doo-gwah? If you didn’t, then this one is for you. Recently, a…
Forbes Says Oprah is the Highest-paid Celebrity
According to Forbes.com’s list of highest-paid celebrities released on Monday, Oprah Winfrey continues to lead the brigade for the fourth…