District Court Throws Out Wrestlers Lawsuit Against WWE... Again
2009-09-19 22:24:00 Back in February, a federal court in Connecticut dismissed a lawsuit brought by three former wrestlers who contended, among other things, that they were improperly classified as independent contractors.The case garnered national attention for a variety of reasons, including the disclosure of the wrestlers contracts. (If you'd like to see the details on the contract, you can view them here.)But after that, two of the three wrestlers (Scott Levy and Christopher Klucsarits) filed a motion to amend the judgment or otherwise set it aside to allow them an replead (or refile) their claims. Notably, one of the wrestlers --- Michael Sanders -- did not join in this motion.On July 31, 2009, the District Court denied the wrestlers' motions, finding that even if it allowed the amendments at this late date, such amendments would be "futile". In other words, even if the court allowed the amendment, the wrestlers would STILL lose on the merits. You can download the decision here. The wrestlers ...
By: KLQ Blog
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Sexting Conviction
2009-09-18 16:50:00 Sexting Etiquette At the outset, let me impart some advice, based upon my collective analysis cyberlaw cases over the past two decades. Regardless of how many times your underage girl “friend” requests you to email her a picture of your penis, do not, let me repeat, do not email your underage girl “friend” a photograph of ...
By: Blawg IT
MPLAD Scheme?s fate hanging in supreme court: Shantaram Naik
2009-09-17 18:05:00 The fate of Members of Parliament Area Development Scheme is hanging in Supreme Court of India where its validity has been challenged on grounds that the scheme violates constitutional mechanism of allotment of finances and hence, unfortunately, we have to keep our fingers crossed and await for the judgement, which has been reserved by the ...
By: Goa Blog
No Deprecaiation On Stock Exhange Memebership Card Rules Mumbai High Court!
2009-09-13 14:20:00 Whether Stock Exchange Card is an asset for the purpose of Depreciation was always a matter of interpretation differently by assessee and income tax department.While the Department had all along treated memebrship card of stock exchange as not an asset for depreciation claim , the assessee claimed otherwise. Till now various benches of Tribunal have given verdict in favour of assessee and allowed depreciation claim on cost of memebrship of stock exchange. Some of these rulings were in follwowing case laws: Techno Shares & Stock Ltd vs ITO [2006]101 ITR 349 Peninsular Capital Market vs ACIT [2008] 19 SOT 421 R.M Valippan vs ACIT [2006] 103 ITD 63 (CH) However, now the Bombay High Court has given verdict overruling many Tribunals judgement including in Techno Shares , regarding allwance of depreciation on memebrship card.The issue before,Court was The ITAT has held that the Bombay Stock Exchange Membership Card (hereinafter referred to as the 'BSE card') acquired by a...
Michael Jordan: King of the court
2009-09-10 05:46:00 April 11, 1981: Jordan stars in the McDonald's All-American game, setting a record with 30 points. By Kent GreenFor RedEyeThe free-throw-line leap in the 1988 Slam Dunk contest.The six first-half 3-pointers against Portland in 1992.The title-clinching shot against Utah in 1998.It doesn't matter that Michael Jordan retired from basketball in 2003, Kendrick Jackson can reel off Jordan highlights like they were on last night's "SportsCenter."...
Malaysian Court Says MCCURRY Does Not Infringe MCDONALD'S
2009-09-09 07:11:00 McCurry’s owners get a happy result in victory against McDonald’s.Photo credit: AP/Mark Baker On Sept. 8, a 3-judge panel of Malaysia’s federal court found a restaurant’s use of MCCURRY does not infringe McDonald’s Corp.’s rights in its well-known trademark. It’s apparently the end of the line for McDonald’s in its 8-year fight. The AP cites McCurry’s attorney as saying the ruling means McDonald’s does not have a monopoly over “MC” trademarks in connection with restaurants. “This is a precedent to follow,” he said. McCurry’s sells its curry fare in connection with white-and-grey lettering, a red background, and logo featuring a smiling chicken giving two thumbs up. McDonald’s, of course, sells its western-style fare in connection with its familiar golden arches. The court found these differences supported McCurry’s claim it isn’t passing itself off as ...
Oprah's court battles, a timeline
2009-09-08 20:40:00 Oprah's run-ins with the court system have been tons more interesting than her shows (but I'm a guy, so what would I really know.) She's tussled with Texas cattle ranchers, photographers and spurned fans and even a Canadian tabloid that attempted to spread some vicious rumors about her b-friend Stedman Graham. And somehow, the Queen of Talk has emerged unscathed. From $1 trillion to a couple hundred thousand, there is a colorful cast of characters in Oprah's dances with the justice system....
Appellate Court grants extension for filing Moment of Silence brief
2009-08-31 20:35:00 The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today (Monday, August 31st) granted the request of Assistant Illinois Attorney General Rachel Murphy for an extension of time to file her appellate brief in the Student Prayer Act "Moment of Silence" case. The Appellate Court ordered that the due date for Rachel's brief is changed from September 8th to Thursday, October 8, 2009. The reply brief from my side is due thirty days later, on Monday, November 9, 2009. Rachel's response, if any, to our reply is due fourteen days later, on Monday, November 23, 2009. Here is an actual copy of the Court Order: Granted090831.pdf...
Appellate Court rejects Madigan request to delay Moment of Silence case
2009-08-11 11:15:00 The United States Court of Appeals has ordered Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to file her appeal brief in the "Moment of Silence" case, and to do so by September 8th. Dawn Sherman. Photo by her daddy. Isn't she beautiful?! That's the case in which my sixteen-year-old atheist daughter, Dawn Sherman, who was only fourteen years old at the time, took on the entire Illinois General Assembly in federal court and won, getting the notorious mandatory Student Prayer Act declared unconstitutional on January 21st of this year by federal Judge Robert Gettleman, a former ACLU of Illinois Board Member (how convenient!). Madigan requested last week, for the third time since April, that the Appellate Court suspend briefing on the case until...
Supreme Court rejects Conrad Black's petition for release (hip hurray)
2009-08-11 00:05:00 Conrad Black, whose shadow darkened the Chicago Sun-Times with his theft and draining of every Conrad Blackneeded resource to turn a quality newspaper, will stay in the slammer.An Associated Press story reports today that Justice John Paul Stevens has turned down Black's request to be freed from a Florida prison while he appeals his fraud conviction to the high court.This is good news to all of us who suffered under his "proprietorship," and would keep him in the federal pen for more than the six years he got for gutting a valuable community institution....
Congratulations, New Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, For Your Appoin
2009-08-07 03:57:00 All Republican Senators With The Exception Of Nine Who Prefer The More Moderate Candidate To The More Liberal Ones On President Barack Hussein Obama’s “Short List” Obviously, the true Conservatives have been whining about the G.O.P.’s slick, quick move to the left lately,... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Sotomayor on Supreme Court shows Latinas can defy the odds
2009-08-06 21:30:00 Wise Latinas are celebrating the Senate confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor 68 to 31 to the United States Supreme Court. But this is a moment of pride for all Americans.It shows that no matter your class, race or ethnicity, if you work hard one can aspire to the highest court in the land. But let me explain why Judge Sotomayor means so much to Latina women like myself.It is in part her personal story, daughter of Puerto Ricans, raised in the Bronx, who goes on to succeed at Ivy League schools and defy the odds against her.How hard was it for her to defy these odds? Here are some sobering facts about Latina women in the United States:...
Attorney v. Cook County judge, filed in Cook County court
2009-08-06 01:22:00 An attorney based in Oak Park is suing a Cook County judge for unpaid legal bills. In a suit filed today in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Richard Means accused Dominique Ross of failing to pay in full for his legal representation of her in a 2008 contested election. ...
Madigan stalls again, deceives court on Moment of Silence
2009-08-05 02:40:00 A lawyer working for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed another status report with the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, yesterday (Monday, August 3, 2009), regarding the Student Prayer Act "Moment of Silence" case. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Assistant Attorney General Rachel Murphy "suggests," as she put it in her brief, that the Appellate Court "suspend briefing in this matter" until November 3, 2009. In the alternative, Murphy "proposes that the Court set a briefing schedule." The reasons cited for suspending briefing for yet another three months were disingenuous and misleading....
No. 3 Republican to back Sotomayor for high court
2009-07-30 18:42:00 No. 3 Republican to back Sotomayor for high court WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate’s No. 3 Republican announced Thursday he’d break with the rest of his party’s leaders to support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who’s in line to become the first Hispanic justice. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander said he was voting for President Barack Obama’s ...
By: TexasFred's
Delhi To Have India’s First Cyber Court - Atleast One Cyber Court Per
2009-07-29 12:53:00 In this era of computers nobody can deny the presence of computer and internet in their life. With the increasing penetration of computers and internet there is huge splurge in cyber crime. None can forget the arrest of Avneesh Bajaj, CEO, Baazee.com (now ebay.co.in) regarding the sale of MMS of DPS scam or the parliament attack case but these proceedings either happened in regular courts or specialized panels were setup for them. None of which is suitable and possible for all cyber crime cases. Now after a lame attempt to solve the cyber crime cases in regular courts for more than 8 years, Indian Government has recognized the need of a separate court for cyber crimes and is looking to set up at least one cyber court in each region to handle cases related to cyber crimes like email forger, email and website hacking, identity theft, data theft etc. The first cyber court has been setup in Delhi with Justice Rajesh Tandon as the presiding officer of Cyber Regulation Appellate Tribunal...
By: WATblog
"Aldermanic privilege" in Chicago taken to court
2009-07-28 01:31:00 In a federal case filed by the Congress Plaza Hotel, the question of aldermanic privilege in Chicago is taken to court. The hotel wants to open a sidewalk cafe, and Alderman Bob Fioretti won't approve it....
Frank Muller wins Court Ruling
2009-07-26 09:35:00 Franck Muller USA, exclusive importer and distributor of the Swiss luxury watch in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, has won more federal court rulings permanently barring companies from ?importing, selling or otherwise distributing? watches with the Franck Muller trademark.Franck Muller Wins More Anti-Grey Market Court Rulings The seasonally adjusted Credit Manager’s Index fell for ...
By Sotomayor?s Reasoning, Court decision upholding Jim Crow was ?settled la
2009-07-15 09:25:00 President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said yesterday that the Roe v. Wade is “settled law.” By that standard, she would (had she been asked in 1932) have called Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 decision upholding Jim Crow laws, “settled law” .
By: GayPatriot
Ah! the benefits of summer Supreme Court confirmation hearings(not all that
2009-07-15 09:07:00 No wonder Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy scheduled the Sotomayor confirmation hearings for the middle of the summer when fewer Americans are focused on the news and thus less likely to follow the debate over her nomination. With fewer people following the hearings, there will be a smaller pool of people who might object ...
By: GayPatriot
Appeals court activates long-dormant abortion parental notification law in
2009-07-14 21:48:00 "A victory for Illinois parents and children"Overshadowed by the Senate hearings on pro-choice Sonia Sotomayor's suitability to be a Supreme Court justice, a U.S. appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday gave new life to a long-dormant law that requires Illinois parents be notified when their minor daughter seeks an abortion.The three-judge federal appeals panel lifted a permanent injunction imposed by federal district judge David Coar that had been the latest in a series of continuing roadblock to enforcing the parental notification law passed in 1995....
Texas Attorney General Abbott Files Brief with United States Supreme Court
2009-07-09 04:14:00 Texas Attorney General Abbott Files Brief with United States Supreme Court Texas Amicus Brief Joined by 32 State Attorneys General AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that defends Americans? right to keep and bear arms. The amicus brief, which was filed on behalf of 33 state ...
By: TexasFred's
Ex-judge taken to court for eight years of abuse
2009-07-01 01:44:00 The 20-year-old son of former Cook County Court Judge Lambros Kutrubis filed suit in court today, accusing his father of eight years of physical and emotional abuse.In the 16-page complaint, John Kutrubis detailed his father's initial abuse of his mother, Betty Stokes, leading up to an incident in 1999, when he threw her out of the house and cut off all contact between mother and son.In the years following, from 1999 until 2007, Kutrubis claims his father "on a regular, consistent basis, would become intoxicated and then begin physically striking Plaintiff about the head, back and chest, often without warning."...
Liberal Supreme Court (?SCOTUS?) Justices Prove To Be Just As Correct On Re
2009-06-30 04:57:00 Why Are The Conservative Justices The Ones Who Rule In Favor Of The Racially-Discriminated While The Liberals Oppose Them? New Haven, Connecticut Part II… Not that long ago, our so-called “liberal” SCOTUS justices ruled in favor of “Big Bidness” during the Kelo... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
White firefighters win Supreme Court appeal
2009-06-29 22:32:00 White firefighters win Supreme Court appeal WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. The ruling could alter employment practices nationwide and make it harder to ...
By: TexasFred's
Chris Brown & Rihanna Meet In Court ? Chris Cops Plea
2009-06-22 23:59:00 Chris Brown, who faces two felony counts of assault and making criminal threats, accompanied by his lawyer, Mark Geragos, and family attended the preliminary hearing this afternoon. Rihanna was suppose to testify against her former boyfriend but that didn?t happen since Chris plead guilty for felony assault and won?t do jail time. Here are the details ...
Supreme Court Renders Age Discrimination Impossible To Prove
2009-06-22 17:00:00 Many workers tend to believe that long tenure, a good work ethic and loyalty will be rewarded by their employer. Instead of jumping ship, many have stayed at a particular company with the reliance that such allegiance will reap long term benefits. The Supreme Court just shattered such job security by making it more difficult for older workers to prove age discrimination....
UAE court upholds 33-year-old Pinoy?s jail term for rape
2009-06-17 14:49:00 A Dubai appellate court has upheld the three-month jail term of a 33-year-old Filipino who was found guilty by a lower court of raping a Filipino housemaid last September, a report said on Wednesday. Online news site Khaleej Times (www.khaleejtimes.com) said the Dubai Court of Appeals upheld Tuesday the decision of the Criminal Court of First ...
How to Claim Back Bank Fines after the Current Court Actions
2009-06-10 19:45:00 Overdraft fees of up to 39 pounds a time are applied by banks when you go over your agreed overdraft limit. The cost to the bank so simply decline or temporarily grant a small loan (if they so decide) clearly doesnt cost this much, and the Office of Fair Trading has provisionally decided that they ...
Supreme Court Of The United States Ruling: Elected Judges Must Recuse Thems
2009-06-09 04:22:00 As Would Be Predictable — Only G.O.P. Justices Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas And Samuel Alito Object To Such Common Sense The New York Times is reporting the SCOTUS’ mostly liberal and/or sensibly-moderate body of justices have ruled 5-4 against elected judges ruling on... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to DADT
2009-06-08 20:43:00 I’m not able to get much into this today as I’m getting ready for vacation (more on that later). But I did want to get up a post so everyone can comment on today’s SCOTUS/DADT development. Supreme Court Rejects DADT Challenge - Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding ...
By: GayPatriot
SHOCKER: Who?s Up Next In Court Battles For Marriage Equality? Take A Wild
2009-06-07 03:54:00 ANSWER: Polygamists… And rightfully SO, my friends. The fact is, many Bibilical figures had mulitple wives, some Mormons believe it is a “sin” to marry just one woman as is the case with some Muslims and more than a few of the wilder women I’ve known in my time who think... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Obama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court
2009-06-02 22:13:00 I apologize for not getting this up yesterday, but I sleep sometimes. Yesterday morning Obama announced his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court to replace Justice Souter. Sotomayor would become the second woman on the court, only the third female justice in the history of the Supreme Court, and the first Hispanic justice to serve on ...
By: Menstrual Poetry
Appelate Court Slashes Patent Award By $87M
2009-06-02 17:06:00 The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) cut a 2007 $226M patent infringement award by $87M Monday. The case, Dupuy v. Medtronic, involved infringement of United States patent 5,207,678 by Medtronic’s Vertex line of pedicle surgical screws. The CAFC cut $77.2M from the judgment relating to lost profits from the sale of related, ...
By: Blawg IT
United State Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Bilski (business method) Pa
2009-06-01 18:23:00 The United States Supreme Court has taken the unusual move of agreeing to review the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s (CAFC) decision in In re Bernard Bilski (In re Bilski). What might this mean for the future of business method patents? While I cannot see into the future, a little look in to ...
By: Blawg IT
GP CA Calls State Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Prop. 8 a ?Sad Day? for
2009-05-29 06:00:00 The Green Party of California - in response to the California Supreme Court decision upholding Prop. 8's ban against gay marriages - said today it's a "sad day" when the "state moves backward instead of forward towards justice and equality.
President Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court VIDEO TEXT
2009-05-28 02:30:00 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN NOMINATING JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Well, I'm excited, too. (Laughter.) Of the many responsibilities granted to a President by our Constitution, few are more serious or more consequential than selecting a Supreme Court justice. The members of our highest court are granted life tenure, often serving long after the Presidents who appointed them. And they are charged with the vital task of applying principles put to paper more than 20 [sic] centuries ago to some of the most difficult questions of our time.So I don't take this decision lightly. I've made it only after deep reflection and careful deliberation. While there are many qualities that I admire in judges across the spectrum of judicial philosophy, and that I seek in my own nominee, there are few that stand out that I just want to mention.First and foremost is a rigorous intellect -- a mastery of the law, an ability to hone in on the k...
CA Supreme Court?s Prop 8 Decision & the Way Forward on Gay Marriage
2009-05-27 17:51:00 Over a Pajamas, they’re running my piece on yesterday’s California Supreme Court decision upholding Proposition 8: With the California Supreme Court upholding Proposition 8 yesterday, the initiative Golden State voters approved last fall to amend our state’s constitution to recognize only unions between one man and one woman as marriages, advocates of gay marriage have their ...
By: GayPatriot
The California Supreme Court Does Have A Brain After All
2009-05-27 00:39:00 The court has upheld “Prop 8″ which stated that marriage was between and man and a woman. Talk about a shock. So it appears that the voice of the voters does actually mean something. And it only took two tries to get it right.
Sotomayor nominated to high court - first Hispanic
2009-05-26 20:01:00 Sotomayor nominated to high court - first Hispanic WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, praising her as “an inspiring woman” with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely. Obama said Sotomayor has more experience as a ...
By: TexasFred's
CA Supreme Court Upholds Prop 8
2009-05-26 19:04:00 I believe the justices made the right decision this time. The decision was 6-1. Now, the issue is developing a strategy to repeal the state constitutional provision defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. And to do so in a manner which respects those who favor that definition. The court ...
By: GayPatriot
Obama to name Sotomayor as Supreme Court pick
2009-05-26 15:07:00 From: CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama has chosen federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, two sources told CNN on Tuesday. Obama plans to announce his nominee at 10:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, sources told CNN. Sotomayor, a 54-year-old judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was named a district ...
By: News for Greens
Sonia Sotomayor Selected by Obama for Supreme Court
2009-05-26 14:43:00 President Barack Obama has selected Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court according to a published report. Sotomayor becomes the first Hispanic nominated to the Nation’s highest court. Sotomayor, 54, is currently a Circuit Court judge for the United States. She will have to go through a tough and likely lengthy ...
Should CA Supreme Court Uphold Prop 8 when it releases its ruling on Tuesda
2009-05-24 22:56:00 While my rabbi differ on the result we’d prefer* from the California Supreme Court when it hands down its ruling Tuesday on Prop 8, she holds a few nearly identical to my own on how we should react should the court uphold that popular initiative. On Friday, she said, “we don’t need to finger point; ...
By: GayPatriot
Boxer Demands Obama Pick A Woman For Supreme Court
2009-05-13 15:14:00 More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! Like other supporters, I received this email letter from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, but this one was pointed right at one of my favorite subjects: "Who should be Justice David Souter's replacement on the Supreme Court?" After not much stewing on the matter, I would guess, Senator Boxer wants it officially known: President Obama's choice must be a woman and she's taking to the Internets to make it known. I still favor Kathleen Sullivan for the job so no harm there; this is what Senator Boxer wrote: Dear Zenophon, Women make up 51% of our nation's population. Yet only 17% of the seats in Congress are held by women. Only 3% of corporate CEOs are women. And just one out of nine Supreme Court justices is a woman. President Obama can change that. Send an email to the White House now — and urge President Obama to nominate a woman to the U.S. Supreme Court! Since Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement from the Supreme Court ...
Court Says Police Can use GPS to Track Anyone
2009-05-11 14:38:00 From CNET News.com: An appeals court in Wisconsin decided that police can stick a GPS-tracking device on anyone they want without getting a search warrant. Even if that person is not suspected of anything more than living, breathing and expectorating. Read the whole artic
Another Flowers Fraud On Obama?s High Court Choice
2009-05-08 21:29:00 I have to believe that the Philadelphia Daily News give column space to Christine Flowers on Friday because it will make our weekends more enjoyable to know that her dreck won?t appear again for seven days afterwards.She wastes more of our time here today on the question of who President Obama will choose as his Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice David Souter; after telling us that Obama ?still? hasn?t made his choice (is he supposed to be governed by sands running from an hourglass on this?), she implies that he?s busy making sure the demographics of his choice are satisfactory to the voters who elected him.And then she tells us this?This is the first time in more than a decade and a half that a Democratic president will be asking a majority Democratic Congress to approve his high court pick. The last was Bill Clinton, whose choice of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was graciously handled by both sides of the aisle: She was confirmed by a 96-3 vote.Don't expect to see those numbers this...
Pam Karlan for Supreme Court
2009-05-04 23:36:00 Today, Glenn links a post by my law school Civil Rights Professor endorsing my favorite left-wing law professor to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court. I have to agree with Glenn that, “We could do worse, and probably will.“ There would be few things more entertaining than to watch Pam Karlan go head-to-head with Justice Scalia ...
By: GayPatriot
Supreme Court Justice David Souter Announces Retirement
2009-05-01 06:06:00 United States Supreme Court Justice David Souter has announced that he will be retiring from the Nation’s highest court at the end of the current court term. At 69, Souter is nowhere near the oldest member of the court. In fact, he is in the younger half of the court’s age range, with five justices older ... |
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