The drumbeat for a Congressional solution to the asbestos crisis has never been louder. The reason for such noise is likely the result of several factors taking place simultaneously. While there is more than one possible national solution to the asbestos crisis currently being floated, the one garnering the most...
Byline: Angela R. Elbert The asbestos litigation mess appears no closer to ending with the apparent failure of the latest congressional attempt to set up a trust fund to compensate victims of asbestos-related illness. Two gap-filling measures may Byline: Angela R. Elbert...
Thomson FindLaw (Eagan, MN) has added information on federal dockets to its Thomson Legal Record information service. TLR helps in-house corporate counsel verify and document the experience of the outside attorneys they hire to ... Thomson FindLaw (Eagan, MN) has added information on federal dockets...
GTE Wants Cross-Ownership Rules Reviewed WASHINGTON -- The FCC should promptly resurrect its docket on whether to eliminate telephone-cable cross-ownership restrictions, GTE Service Corp. told the commission in a filing that discusses the agenc GTE Wants Cross-Ownership Rules Reviewed ...
Minnesota state lawmakers last week seemingly quashed Gov. Jesse Ventura's bid to force cable operators to unbundle their high-speed networks. Moreover, an attempt by Ventura supporters to amend open-access language to Senate legislation that Minnesota state lawmakers last...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Weight Watchers, the leader in the multi-billion dollar weight loss industry, may in fact assist in weight loss but at what cost? Regina Nathe, in an unprecedented lawsuit commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York...
OLYMPIC ROUNDUP Softball Feel free to move on to the next section if the details of the latest U.S. rout bore you. It was a nine-run first inning against the hostesses on the way to a 9-0 win over China, leaving the Americans...
The long farewell came to an end Thursday evening as Stephen N. Limbaugh left the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse for the last time as a federal judge. On his last day of work, the judge tried to clear off as much of his docket as...
The long farewell came to an end Thursday evening as Stephen N. Limbaugh left the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse for the last time as a federal judge. On his last day of work, the judge tried to clear off as much of his docket as...
AS A WRITER AND book lover, I often muse about the lost 116 pages of the Book of Mormon -- especially this year, when the Book of Mormon is on the Sunday School docket. Read the full story online at MormonTimes.com...
Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissionersannounces approval of a partial settlement agreement with 22 foreign aircarriers operating at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los AngelesInternational Airport LAX. Los Angeles World Airports officials released the following statement afterthe Board publicly reconvened yesterday from a closed session that followedits regularly scheduled...
By Steve Fry and Ann Marie Bush THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A Topeka police officer charged with shooting and seriously wounding two brothers in a far west Topeka neighborhood in March is scheduled to appear in Shawnee County District Court on Aug. 6. ...
By Steve Fry and Ann Marie Bush THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A Topeka police officer charged with shooting and seriously wounding two brothers in a far west Topeka neighborhood in March is scheduled to appear in Shawnee County District Court on Aug. 6. ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Eagan O'Malley & Avenatti today announced that Big Four auditing firm KPMG, LLP has been ordered by a New Jersey Superior Court judge to stand trial in a massive accounting fraud lawsuit. Cast Art Industries, LLP v. KPMG, LLP, Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division...
The Council for Responsible Nutrition added Stuart Rothenberg to the speaker docket for its annual meeting, to be held just outside Albuquerque, N.M., from Oct. 2 to 5. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "As the editor and publisher of a biweekly political newsletter, The Rothenberg Political Report, Rothenberg is...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The United Illuminating Company UI, a subsidiary of UIL Holdings Corporation (NYSE:UIL), today filed a notice of intent with the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control DPUC, requesting an increase to its electricity distribution rate. If approved by the DPUC, electric bills of...
People who decide to go it alone in court now have some formal guidance on what to expect. The Supreme Court has approved new rules, which took effect July 1, for those who choose to represent themselves rather than hiring an attorney. ...
People who decide to go it alone in court now have some formal guidance on what to expect. The Supreme Court has approved new rules, which took effect July 1, for those who choose to represent themselves rather than hire an attorney. ...
An elderly woman will keep a $480,000 jury verdict she received for the injuries she suffered during a fall at an Independence hospital. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District recently affirmed the verdict for Marjorie Closson, who was 80 when she tripped...
Despite nearly a six-year delay between his arrest and conviction, a Morgan County man's right to a speedy trial was not violated, an appeals court ruled this week. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said Tuesday that Michael A. Newman did not...
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