Chicago July 8, 2009 -- President Barack Obama extended some partnership rights to federal workers in same-sex relationships.

It was not clear Wednesday whether the lawyer representing the 15-year-old girl charged in the June 5 death of Frank Tonge of Damascus will remain on the case.

Since Sarah Palin abruptly resigned as governor, she has repeatedly cited the bombardment of ethics complaints against her while conceding the financial burden of defending herself had taken its toll.

Since Sarah Palin abruptly resigned as governor of Alaska, she has repeatedly cited the bombardment of ethics complaints against her while conceding the financial burden of defending herself had taken its toll.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Housing , Communities Friday 10th July 2009 - 10:43am More people than ever needing legal aid - CAB As the recession continues, more people than ever are needing to access affordable legal help in areas such as employment, housing and relationships, according to a report published today by Citizens Advice.

Since Sarah Palin abruptly resigned as governor, she has repeatedly cited the bombardment of ethics complaints against her while conceding the financial burden of defending herself had taken its toll.

Claiming he needed money to pay a lawyer and other expenses, a Madison man borrowed at least $80,000 over the past two years from a friend.

President Obama made a promise to "pursue genuine solutions day in and day out [including] immigration reform that will secure our borders, and punish employers who exploit immigrant labor; reform that finally brings the 12 million people who are here illegally out of the shadows by requiring them to take steps to become legal citizens." This past ...

THE Rudd Government yesterday was forced to deliver its "strong concern" about the detention of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu to a junior official in the Shanghai Government, again illustrating Canberra's lack of diplomatic traction in China.

"Our goal is to guide prospective parents into making the right decisions on their journey to building their family through third party assisted reproduction.

Precisely one month after an election that set many Iranians on a collision course with the country's unelected leaders, 19-year-old Sohrab Arabi became the latest known victim of the backlash from mass street protests that followed the disputed presidential vote.

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities (YAI/NIPD) Board of Trustees has elected Eliot P. Green, a Partner at the law firm of Loeb & Loeb LLP, as Chair, and Sheldon Kwiat, President of the diamond ...

Sohrab Arabi's family waited for three weeks to learn what happened to him. Precisely one month after an election that set many Iranians on a collision course with the country's unelected leaders, 19-year-old Sohrab Arabi became the latest known victim of the backlash from mass street protests that followed the disputed presidential vote.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (WDCpix) Over the last several days, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has quietly begun institutionalizing the Obama administration?s pledge to rebalance civilian and military elements of national ...

Skilful media handling can be as important in a celebrity break-up as good legal representation.

Ferdinand C. Buckley died of age-related complications on Monday, July 13, 2009, at 10:15 a.m. He was in his home with his wife, Marianne and his surviving children gathered round his bedside.

Ms Erickson is the owner of Erickson Law, a boutique law firm specializing exclusively in third party reproduction.

KABUL Hundreds of prisoners at the U.S. military's main detention center in Afghanistan are refusing privileges like recreation time and family visits to protest their lack of legal rights, U.S. military and humanitarian officials said. The U.S ...

KABUL (AP) -- Hundreds of prisoners at the U.S. military's main detention center in Afghanistan are refusing privileges like recreation time and family visits to protest their lack of legal rights, U.S. military and humanitarian officials said. The U ...

The coroner's inquest into the death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva will proceed in October, following concessions made by the Quebec government that have satisfied the family.

KABUL - Hundreds of prisoners at the main American detention centre in Afghanistan are refusing privileges such as recreation time and family visits in protest at their lack of legal rights. American forces hold around 600 prisoners at Bagram airbase ...

A Barrie man charged with murdering his estranged wife is without a defence lawyer.

Plans to reform the legal aid system and cut almost 200 million from its budget have brought warnings of a two-tier justice system: one for the rich and another for the poor.

Next > U.S. NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO, Cuba a ' Relatives of the 9/11 victims groaned as a defence lawyer for one of the five accused conspirators of the Sept.

In this courtroom sketch, alleged 9/11 co-conspiratorssit with their legal teams inside the courtroom during a hearing at the Camp Justice compound for the U.S. war crimes commission, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.

BATAVIA -- Prairie State Legal Services received a $2,500 boost this month to help the non-profit provider of legal assistance to low-income people keep serving the community. Peter Flowers, president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association ...

GLEN ST. MARY, Fla. -- When Action News showed up to Crystal Sheffield's home in Baker County, we were welcomed into her mother's living room.

Plucked from their abusive homes, Sacramento County's most vulnerable children are thrust into an overloaded legal system that has neither the time nor the resources to protect them, a federal lawsuit charges. The juvenile dependency court and the ...

After five months with no sign of Haleigh, attorneys representing the family are leaving legal matters to authorities. "At this point, the police and the detectives are the ones that need to look for Haleigh and the family law issues, for right now ...

A PIONEERING legal scheme to protect victims of domestic abuse has been expanded after a successful pilot in the city.

Read 16 times. I have just received this update from TJ Hart of The Sky 97.3 confirming the rumors that were circulating yesterday afternoon about Kim Picazio being out of the Haleigh Cummings case. Simon 97.3 The Sky learned Thursday afternoon that ...

Read 16 times. Yesterday was quite a day in the Haleigh Cummings story. What had been on the insider rumor mill for weeks actually came to pass. Crystal Shefield fired attorney Kim Picazio. You notice the use of the word ?fired?, well that was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Federal prosecutors announced gun charges Friday against a convicted murderer who admitted he sold the pistol that was used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of LaVergne, Tenn., was arrested by ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Federal prosecutors announced gun charges Friday against a convicted murderer who admitted he sold the pistol that was used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of LaVergne, Tenn., was arrested by ...

The baby that was abandoned earlier this week at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital has been placed in the care of a foster family, said Jane Johnson, executive director of the Children's Home Society. Johnson said the baby won't be permanently placed ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Federal prosecutors announced gun charges Friday against a convicted murderer who admitted he sold the pistol that was used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of LaVergne, Tenn., was arrested by ...

A Clayton County school board member was officially charged this week with domestic violence against her former live-in boyfriend. After three months of investigating, the Clayton Solicitor General filed charges against District 7 representative ...

An undated photo provided by the Nashville Police Department shows Adrian Gilliam, 33, of LaVergne, Tenn. Gilliamwas arrested by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for allegedly providing the gun later used to kill ex ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is mourning the loss of one of her closest aides. Donice Harbor died Monday at her Raleigh home at the age of 36. Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson says Harbor's family told her she had been ...

Shamberg devoted the greater part of his practice to the representation of persons sustaining severe personal injury or property damage as a result of negligent acts committed by others.

Federal prosecutors announced gun charges Friday against a convicted murderer who admitted he sold the pistol that was used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of LaVergne, Tenn., was arrested by agents of the Bureau ...

The driver involved in the fatal October bus crash that killed 11 people says he can't get a fair trial in Colusa County because he is black.

Former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering's personal documents are at issue in his estranged wife's lawsuit against his mistress.

This is the cover of Mumia Abu-Jamal's new book, "Jailhouse Lawyers." Order one for yourself and more for loved ones and pen pals in prison - " now only $11.87 in paperback when you order direct from the publisher, City Lights, at www.citylights.com. "Jailhouse Lawyers, we are learning, are often people of extraordinary firmness who fight for a law ...

NEW HAVEN ? - Defense attorneys for one of the suspects in a 2007 deadly home invasion robbery in Cheshire want to reach out to family members of the victims, but Dr. William Petit and his family have refused the offer and are asking a judge to ...

Dharamsala, July 18 ? The Chinese government has denied the right of legal representation to three Tibetans currently under imprisonment, according to a blog maintained by Beijing based noted Tibetan writer and poet Tsering Woser. Dhondup Wangchen ...

A 46-year-old man was sentenced to six years of probation for sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman at a faith-based care facility in Tyler where his wife worked. Martin Metzner, was found guilty after more than five hours of deliberation by ...

Angelique EagleWoman remembers the moment when she decided she wanted to devote her life to law. She was 8 and watching the television in her family's living room in 1978 when news broke that her uncle, a black man who had married into a Native ...

The answer could bolster the credibility of Barbara Thayer, the family housekeeper, who said she made the call to check on the welfare of Michele Harris that morning. But if Calvin Harris made that call, as the defense insists, it shows he made an ...

National Rifle Association firearms instructor Lee Merriman says a lot of people fear the criminal elements around them. That is keeping Merriman busy these days as he trains people from all walks of life to use a firearm safely. ?I have a lot of ...

One of the lesser-known bills signed into law last week by Gov. Jan Brewer further clarifies the government's role in mediating life-and-death medical decisions for people in a coma or permanent vegetative state. In essence, the law now requires, in ...

When family problems reach their breaking point, when divorce seems like the only option left to get yourself out of a troubling situation, expert legal representation is vitally important to help you wade through the often murky waters of the legal system.

The newest turnover in the legal team of Canadian-born terror suspect Omar Khadr shows the detainees facing charges at Guantanamo Bay enjoy access to extensive, high-value legal representation.

When family problems reach their breaking point, when divorce seems like the only option left to get yourself out of a troubling situation, expert legal representation is vitally important to help you wade through the often murky waters of the legal ...

INDIANAPOLIS - Hundreds of criminal convictions, including that of a man found guilty of a crash that killed three people, could return to court because the Indiana prosecutor who oversaw the cases had an inactive law license for more than three ...

The Detroit corruption case that snagged Monica Conyers , wife of Rep. John Conyers, continues to grow.

The newest turnover in the legal team of Canadian-born terror suspect Omar Khadr shows the charged detainees at Guantanamo Bay enjoy the privilege of extensive high-value legal representation.

Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, July 20, 2009, at Lunn?s Colonial Chapel with Tom Rodgers of Grace Church officiating. A private family burial will be held prior to these services. Arrangements are under the direction of Lunn?s ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Hundreds of criminal convictions, including that of a man found guilty of a crash that killed three people, could return to court because the Indiana prosecutor who oversaw the cases had an inactive law license for more than three ...

Canadian defendant Omar Khadr sits with his defense team during a hearing inside the courthouse for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, July 15, 2009, in this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin which was reviewed by the U.S. military.

Out of 221 people who appeared before the custody tribunal after being detained over the past two weeks by the Immigration Authority's Oz unit, 65 percent are asylum-seekers from Sudan and Eritrea who cannot be deported and have been released by the ...

MOSCOW, Idaho Angelique EagleWoman remembers the moment when she decided she wanted to devote her life to law. She was 8 and watching the television in her family's living room in 1978 when news broke that her uncle, a black man who had married into ...

Michael Jackson's death is unlikely to result in murder charges against any of the performer's doctors, according to a senior law enforcement official familiar with the evidence being assembled by a multiagency investigation. "There's nothing I have ...

CONCORD, N.H.? Renny Cushing is convinced a former New Hampshire state trooper got away with murder. So the state representative from Hampton sponsored a law that will have people looking over their shoulders for the rest of their lives if they've ...

That's where the forensics expert and television celebrity will be this week at the Calvin Harris murder trial in Tioga County. Lee is expected to testify for the prosecution Thursday, Tioga County District Attorney Gerald Keene said. Keene began ...

ome of the finest jurists and attorneys in South Florida paraded into a top-floor conference room in a downtown Miami courthouse to make their case for becoming the next federal judge or U.S. attorney. Only six were left standing ? three for each ...

YOU WANT NUMBERS, you get numbers, bleak, grim statistics. Black and Latino kids from the ages of 5 to 14 drown 2.6 times more often than white kids. Many of them can't swim, because their parents couldn't swim. They wait outside a pool till 5 o ...

HENRY Ford's production line techniques transformed the car industry in its infancy. But, as a new book reveals, his methods and warped beliefs also had a huge effect on the Nazi leader The staff were astonished to see a portrait other than the ...

Authorities deny a Tibetan filmmaker and two monks the right to legal representation in what some are calling a wider crackdown on independent lawyers. Photo: Dechen Pemba Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen. DHARAMSALA?Chinese authorities have ...

When people who have been injured or wronged have nowhere else to turn, they turn to a plaintiff's attorney. July 21, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A plaintiff's attorney is a lawyer who represents individuals who have been harmed physically or ...

July 21, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A plaintiff's attorney is a lawyer who represents individuals who have been harmed physically or financially.

Tibetans are stopped from employing a trusted lawyer, lawyers are removed and they denied access to clients. In closed door trials, without a trusted defence, Tibetans who dared to protest or praise to the Dalai Lama, are handed down heavy sentences ...

NEW HAVEN - A Superior Court judge this afternoon is expected to consider a motion filed last week by the lone survivor of a deadly home invasion robbery two years ago in Cheshire seeking a no-contact order against the suspected killers and their ...

Albertville attorney Lawton Dale Fuller has been officially disbarred from practicing law in Alabama. Fuller?s disbarment came on July 9, following the results of a ?Petition for Interim Suspension? investigation initiated by the General ...

Jerri Gray was doing all she could to help her son lose weight, her attorney says. But something had gone terribly wrong for the boy to hit the 555-pound mark by age 14. Authorities say that what went wrong was Gray's care and feeding of her son ...

In a matter of less than fourteen days, Bradford's brand new website surpassed millions of websites vying for the top ten, most visible spots in Google and become No. 4. Dallas, TX - A virtually unknown IT/managed systems company has launched into a ...

CHICAGO, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Burgeoning real estate development company Amble Resorts assembled an exceptional team of international professionals to develop their new eco resort on a secluded island property in Panama, the Resort at Isla ...

Jerri Gray was doing all she could to help her son lose weight, according to her attorney, Grant Varner. But something had gone terribly wrong for the boy to hit the 555-pound mark at the age of 14. Authorities in South Carolina say what went wrong ...

Jerri Gray was doing all she could to help her son lose weight, her attorney says. But something had gone terribly wrong for the boy to hit the 555-pound mark by age 14. Authorities in South Carolina say that what went wrong was Gray's care and ...

Die without one, and the state decides. That's an issue being sorted through by the family of former Titans quarterback Steve McNair. The football star had no will, an emergency court filing last week by his wife said, nor any apparent estate ...

Just before Tyler Kales was led from a Mount Vernon, Wash., courtroom to begin serving his sentence earlier this month, he apologized to the family of his victim. ?All I want to say is how sorry I am,? the reed-thin 15-year-old said in a ...

AURORA ? City officials met with the FBI on Tuesday about concerns that police harassed a lawyer who is representing the family of a man shot by police. Councilwoman Deborah Wallace and City Attorney Charlie Richardson met with the Federal Bureau ...

Jaspersoft Announces Series of Major Updates to Community Edition, Membership in ?Open Source for America? New visualization features, enhanced OLAP tools and support ... Luxology and Pixologic Collaborate on Innovative New Workflow for modo and ...

Dr. William Petit collects himself for a moment during his statement to the media outside Superior Court in New Haven Tuesday. (Mara Lavitt/Register photos) NEW HAVEN ? Attorneys for the two men accused in the 2007 Cheshire home invasion and ...

Tony West leaves the Bay Area this week to start his new gig Thursday as assistant attorney general for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. (He's scheduled to be sworn in on Friday.) But... New DOJ honcho Tony West tells us what's ...

Ten months ago, Lavennia Coover left her troubled son at an Omaha hospital under Nebraska's safe haven law, unsure what would happen. ?I didn't know if I would ever see him again,? she said recently. Now her 12-year-old is coming home. Coover is ...

Fresh Sherdog.com scoop indicates that former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett has registered a positive test that has left a marquee Aug. 1 bout with Fedor Emelianenko at "Affliction: Trilogy" on thin ice. (Barnett tested positive for illicit ...

Mental health records for Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho that were missing for more than two years have been discovered in the home of the university clinic's former director, according to a state memo shared with victims' family members. Cho ...

RICHMOND, Virginia - Missing mental health records for a gunman who killed 32 people and himself on a university campus have been discovered in the home of the university clinic's former director, according to a state memo shared with victims' family ...

District Attorney General John W. Carney Jr., who has been DA for the 19th Judicial District for almost 16 years, had been unaccounted for to the public for the past five weeks. On Monday, his family said he is dealing with "health issues." On ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? Mental health records for Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho that were missing for more than two years have been discovered in the home of the university clinic's former director, according to a state memo shared with victims ...

After three months of appeals by the defense, a Warren County judge ruled Wednesday, July 22, convicted bathtub killer Ryan Widmer deserves a new trial and set bond at $1 million. Widmer, 28, was convicted in April of drowning his wife Sarah Widmer ...

A memo from the university to Gov. Tim Kaine's chief legal counsel and shared with victims' family members says Cho's records and those of several other Virginia Tech students were found last week in the home of Dr. Robert C. Miller. The memo was ...

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction and death sentence of a man accused in the 2005 rape and murder of University of Delaware sophomore Lindsey M. Bonistall. The decision by a sharply divided court in a more-than-100-page ...