09/06/2008 -
Former Law Firm Partner Going to Prison on Tax Charges
Sentencing former Verrill Dana partner John Duncan to 28 months in prison for tax evasion, Judge George Singal told Duncan he broke a public trust when he stole $300,000 from his clients and the law firm. Addressing the federal judge, Duncan said he never would have envisioned himself in trouble with the law when he graduated 30 years ago from law school. "I have gone far astray from the ideas ...
Source:
Law.com
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202424340781&rss=newswire
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09/05/2008 -
AG to decide if company broke Mississippi law
Attorney General Jim Hood's office is determining whether a new Mississippi law was violated by Howard Industries in Laurel, the site of the largest workplace immigration raid in U.S. history.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! Finance
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080905/ms_immigration_raid.html?.v=1
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09/06/2008 -
'Authority of law' is issue in Eagle Mountain case
A former Eagle Mountain Mayor will go to trial in two weeks with the stipulation that only the judge not the attorneys can tell the jury what the law states.
Source:
Deseret Morning News
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700256705,00.html
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09/06/2008 -
Children can learn about law enforcement
LAKE IN THE HILLS ? Children in middle school will have an opportunity to find out more about being a police officer and learn the basics of a career in law enforcement at the Junior Police Academy.
Source:
Northwest Herald
http://nwherald.com/articles/2008/09/06/news/local/doc48bf686e7d8d3097570873.txt
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09/06/2008 -
Attorney tapped to lead state law group
LAS CRUCES ? A Las Cruces attorney has been named president of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association and Foundation. Denise Torres, a native of Truth or Consequences and graduate of the University of New Mexico Law School, was selected to head the more than 600-member association in July.
Source:
Las Cruces Sun-News
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_10394118
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09/06/2008 -
Law seminar is for nonprofits
The third Nonprofit Law Seminar will be held at the Holiday Inn-Rockside Road Sept. 25.
Source:
Akron Beacon Journal
http://www.ohio.com/business/27946094.html
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09/06/2008 -
Company may have broken state law
Attorney General Jim Hood's office is determining whether a new state law was violated by Howard Industries in Laurel, the site of the largest workplace immigration raid in U.S. history.
Source:
The Biloxi Sun Herald
http://www.sunherald.com/218/story/796215.html
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09/05/2008 -
Mass. granted funding extension in health care law
The state has received another two-week extension of the federal health care funding package that's crucial to the survival of the state's health insurance law.
Source:
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/09/05/mass_granted_
funding_extension_in_health_care_law
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09/06/2008 -
New 'Illegal Camping' Law Enacted
A new city "illegal camping" law is enacted.
Source:
KITV Honolulu
http://www.kitv.com/news/17407035/detail.html?rss=hon&psp=news
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09/05/2008 -
Florida using obscure law for storm prep
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Officials in Florida say an obscure state law is helping them prepare for the next major hurricane or tropical storm by better securing area gas stations.
Source:
UPI
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/05/Florida_using_obscure_law_for_storm_prep/
UPI-86741220629479/
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09/05/2008 -
Kilpatrick's law license suspended
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's law license was automatically suspended Thursday when Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner accepted his guilty plea to two felonies, said Robert Agacinski, the State Bar of Michigan's attorney grievance administrator.
Source:
Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/NEWS01/80905084
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09/06/2008 -
Elder-law issues to be discussed
Elder law attorney Alyson Fudge will present the fifth in a series of lectures and workshops at Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church. The hour-long "Ask the Attorney" starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday at, 1605 Harbor View Road.
Source:
The Post and Courier
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/sep/06/elder_law_issues_be_discussed53315/
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09/06/2008 -
Ragsdale fund broke law, final audit finds
The final version of the audit of Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale's Hospitality Fund was released Friday with no substantive changes to findings that his office violated state law and the county charter in handling the account.
Source:
Knoxville News Sentinel
http://knoxnews.com/news/2008/sep/06/ragsdale-fund-broke-law-final-audit-finds/?
partner=yahoo_headlines
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09/06/2008 -
Law to curb theft of metal
A new state law to curb metal theft went into effect Thursday.
Source:
St. Charles Journal
http://stcharlesjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/09/06/news/sj2tn20080902-0903
stc-metal0.ii1.txt
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09/06/2008 -
Smoking law takes effect next week
Photo by Jerry Sowden - Shannon Eckels, tobacco control coordinator for Adaio Health of St. Marys, explains Pennsylvania's new clean indoor air law and exemptions to the smoking ban to a group of local business owners and managers.
Source:
The Derrick
http://www.thederrick.com/stories/09062008-6002.shtml
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