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Woman pleads guilty to burglaries while pregnant
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2010/06/24 02:01
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| An Ohio woman who authorities say burglarized homes while her children waited in her car and at times used her 5-year-old son to help with break-ins has pleaded guilty to various charges. Samantha Brewer, of the Cincinnati suburb of Cleves, pleaded guilty Wednesday to burglary, attempted burglary and child endangering.pA prosecutor says most of the crimes occurred while 26-year-old Brewer was taking her sons, now 6 and 7, to or from school. Authorities say she sometimes used her younger son as a lookout and at least once put him inside a house through a window to unlock the door./ppBrewer was pregnant at the time of the April and May burglaries in Harrison. She says she gave birth to a girl on June 4 while in jail./ppShe blamed the burglaries on an addiction to pain medication./p |
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High court rejects appeal in rendition case
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2010/06/14 08:58
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pThe Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Canadian engineer who was caught up in the U.S. government's secret transfer of terror suspects to other countries./ppThe court did not comment Monday in ending Syrian-born Maher Arar's quest to sue top U.S. officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft. Arar says he was mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York on his way home to Canada, a year after the 2001 terrorist attacks. He was instead sent to Syria, where he claims he was tortured./ppLower courts dismissed Arar's lawsuit, which asserts the U.S. purposely sent him to Syria to be tortured. Syria has denied he was tortured./ppThe Canadian government agreed to pay Arar $10 million and apologized to him for its role in the case./ppA Canadian investigation found that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wrongly labeled Arar an Islamic fundamentalist and passed misleading and inaccurate information to U.S. authorities./ppThe inquiry determined that Arar was tortured, and it cleared him of any terrorist links or suspicions.
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NY appeals court tosses ruling on RNC surveillance
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2010/06/09 12:16
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| An appeals court has thrown out a ruling that ordered the release of documents related to NYPD surveillance of protesters at the 2004 Republican National Convention.pThe 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan found Wednesday that the district court overstepped its authority by trying to force the department to make the material public./ppMore than 1,800 people were arrested at the four-day convention at Madison Square Garden./ppThe New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of some of those detained. It claimed the arrests violated the protesters' civil rights./p |
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Ex-NFL star: Scott Rothstein's law firm owes money
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2010/05/21 09:09
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| Retired NFL star Warren Sapp is asking to recover over $100,000 in a trust account left by the law firm of a man who pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme.pAttorneys for Sapp filed a federal court petition Monday in Scott Rothstein's criminal case. The attorneys say Sapp has interest in money the government is seeking in a forfeiture action./ppThe seven-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman had nearly $103,000 in a trust account with the law firm when it collapsed after financial fraud came to light./ppSapp's trust account is not connected to the billion-dollar Ponzi scheme Rothstein allegedly ran out of his Fort Lauderdale law office./ppA court hearing has been scheduled involving the petitions of Sapp and others seeking trust account funds./p |
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LimeWire loses copyright case in fight with labels
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2010/05/17 09:03
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| File-sharing software company LimeWire has lost a long-running court battle to the major recording companies. A judge with the U.S. District Court in New York ruled this week that the company and its chairman, Mark Gorton, were liable for inducing copyright infringement.pThe decision in the case, which began in 2006, doesn't mean the site will shut down right away. The record labels and LimeWire are to meet with Judge Kimba Wood on June 1 to determine the next steps, such as a possible deal to work together going forward and a potential award for damages./ppRecording Industry Association of America Chairman Mitch Bainwol said in a statement Wednesday that the ruling was an extraordinary victory against one of the largest remaining file-sharing services in the United States./ppThe RIAA said more than 200 million copies of LimeWire's file-sharing software have been downloaded so far, including 340,000 in the last week alone./ppThe ruling could pave the way for a deal, similar to the way Napster was sued out of existence in 2000 but was reborn and is now under the ownership of Best Buy Inc. with licensing deals with all the major recording companies./p |
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Manchester law firm advises on Midlands care home deals
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2010/05/10 09:08
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JMW Solicitors has advised a care operator on its recent acquisition of two homes.
A team from the Manchester law firm, led by corporate partner Scott Sands and solicitor Vicky Protano, advised Central England Healthcare Ltd on its acquisition of The Old Vicarage in Stoke-on-Trent from private owners Mr and Mrs Kilby. The Old Vicarage is registered to provide nursing care for 45 service users and is rated excellent by the Care Quality Commission.
Richard Wolff, partner and head of corporate recovery and insolvency advised the same Midlands-based operator on its purchase, from the administrators, of Eversleigh Nursing Home in Wolverhampton. Registered to provide nursing care for 84 service users, this is the company’s largest acquisition.
Chris King, corporate partner at JMW advised Central England Healthcare in relation to the refinancing of the group and in relation to the financing of the two acquisitions.
Sands said: “It’s pleasing to see a company that can see real opportunities for growth even when the economic climate is still somewhat uncertain.” |
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Strict new Neb. abortion law faces long legal road
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2010/04/19 07:32
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| pIt's been called a groundbreaking law, but a measure approved in Nebraska last week that changes the rationale for abortion bans probably won't go into effect anytime soon — if ever./ppInstead, abortion opponents are hoping it will become the most important case on abortion to reach the U.S. Supreme Court in recent memory. Even they acknowledge the ban on abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy won't see the light of day unless the high court rules that it is constitutional./ppMary Spaulding Balch, legislative director for National Right to Life, said a court injunction will likely prevent the implementation of the law. The measure passed last week by Nebraska's nonpartisan Legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Dave Heineman is scheduled to take effect in October./ppLower courts have no precedent to support the law, which bases the new restrictions on the assertion that fetuses feel pain./p |
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