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Suspected al QaedaTerrorist to be Tried in Court

Added: 2013-10-31 15:32:48

Plans have been made to prosecute a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist in a U.S. civilian court instead of a military tribunal. Nazah Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, also known as Libi, will be tried at a U.S. federal court in the Southern District of New York for his role in the twin bombings of U.S. embassies...

Chinese Pet Treats Makes Thousands of Cats and Dogs Ill

Added: 2013-10-30 15:31:40

Federal officials have reported that around 600 pets have died after consuming jerky treats manufactured in China. MSNBC.com revealed that dogs of all sizes, breeds and ages have become ill after eating duck, sweet potato and chicken flavor treats. Despite thorough testing, the root cause of th...

Chance of Settlement in Fosamax Case

Added: 2013-10-29 15:30:24

Strong competition from major pharmaceutical firms, massive layoffs and a potentially pricey legal maneuver are prompting news analysts and observers to ponder about a possible settlement by Merck in the ongoing multidistrict litigation involving the controversial medication Fosamax. Alendronic ...

Juvenile Detention Center in PA Reaches Settlement

Added: 2013-10-28 15:30:19

A settlement has been reached in the high profile case involving two former judges who took $2.8 million in alleged kickbacks from a commercial builder, an attorney, and a businessman in exchange for giving higher and more frequent sentences to juveniles in order to keep full two new juvenile deten...

9 year-old Stowaway on Flight Removed From Home

Added: 2013-10-25 11:30:59

A nine-year-old boy from Minnesota who stowed away on a flight to Las Vegas will not be allowed to go home for an indeterminate period of time. The child, who managed to outwit airport security and board the flight before anyone realized anything was amiss, is too young to be charged with a crime u...

BP Settlement Requested to be Upheld

Added: 2013-10-24 10:35:39

The attorneys for plaintiffs who agreed on a court settlement worth billions of dollars have asked an appeals court to review a judge's decision. The personal injury suit was initially filed seeking damages against BP for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Carl Barbier, a United States Di...

NJ Judge Rules on Same-Sex Marriages

Added: 2013-10-23 11:30:55

New Jersey is in a bit of a legal uproar when it comes to civil unions and marriages. Despite where the state’s legislature and governor wanted to be, a state judge ordered on September 27, 2013, same-sex couple could enter civil marriages. This decision was confirmed again by the same judge when...

4 year-old Steven Johnson Syndrome Victim Makes a Rare Recovery

Added: 2013-10-22 11:28:49

When 4-year-old Emma Miller came down with a fever one Friday evening, her parents gave her ibuprofen, thinking nothing of it. "We were giving her ibuprofen for the fever to go down, that was a Friday," her mother told The Daily Iowan. "But Saturday morning, there were red rashes covering her fa...

Regulation of Greenhouse Gases to be ruled on by Supreme Court

Added: 2013-10-21 11:26:35

The Supreme Court announced on October 15, 2013 that it would hear petitions to determine whether the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its jurisdiction by invoking the Clean Air Act in its decision to regulate carbon dioxide. The EPA found that since carbon dioxide from vehicles qualifie...

Same Sex Marriage Ban Challenged in Oregon

Added: 2013-10-18 10:38:03

While states across the country have been adopting legislation to legalize same sex marriage, the marriage equality movement has been an uphill battle in certain states. In recent weeks, New Jersey's governor Chris Christie has filed appeals to overturn the state's decision to legalize same sex mar...

One of the More Damaging Side Effects of Accutane

Added: 2013-10-17 10:38:13

Accutane is a medication prescribed by doctors primarily for the treatment of severe cystic or nodular acne. It has also been used to treat some forms of cancer and skin disease. While there is no doubt this drug has helped many people, it is also true that the drug itself may produce horrible side...

Abortion Restrictions Written Into State Budget; ACLU Sues Ohio Officials

Added: 2013-10-16 10:39:10

The American Civil Liberties Union's Ohio branch has filed suit against to challenge House Bill 59, which included three state budget amendments that relate to abortion. The amendments call for abortion service providers to inform pregnant women who are seeking an abortion of the fetus' heartbeat,...

California to Pass Bills on Financial Elder Abuse

Added: 2013-10-15 10:40:24

In an effort to combat financial abuse of the elderly, California is expected to pass three bills that will go further to protect elderly citizens. Entitled Assembly Bill 477, would have the effect of updating the definition of "undue influence" in addition to requiring notary publics to report ins...

Microsoft Google Patent Dispute Being Reconsidered by ITC

Added: 2013-10-11 10:56:18

A victory for Google's Motorola Mobility branch was dashed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Thursday, as the court held the International Trade Commission erred with its noninfringement finding on a graphical interface patent in dispute by the parties. The decision brea...

Risk Factors vs. Benefits of Lipitor Continue

Added: 2013-10-10 10:53:29

The Lipitor website says this drug blocks formation of an enzyme the liver uses to produce cholesterol. With less cholesterol produced, the liver compensates for the shortage by removing what it requires from cholesterol circulating in the bloodstream and so lowering the cholesterol blood level. Th...

New Execution Drugs Challenged by Prison Inmates

Added: 2013-10-09 10:52:03

Three inmates who are currently on death row in Texas have decided to challenge the constitutionality of execution drugs that would likely be administered for their cases. The argument raised by the inmates is interesting in that it asserts that the Texas prison system was only able to obtain these...

BP Trial to Continue

Added: 2013-10-08 10:50:47

The courtroom clashes stemming from the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout off of the Louisiana coast continue to grind forward more than three years after the incident, with the pace slow more often than not. However, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit added some momentum t...

Federal Judge Maintains that Religious Disputes are a State Issue

Added: 2013-10-07 10:48:13

U.S. District Judge C. Weston Houck has reaffirmed his previous decision that jurisdiction over the Episcopal Church controversy in South Carolina lies in state court. Bishop Charles vonRosenberg had filed a lawsuit in federal court, on behalf of the national Episcopal Church. His objective was...

Sports Gambling Remains Illegal in NJ

Added: 2013-10-04 11:45:26

Governor Chris Christie's plans to legalize sports gambling in New Jersey suffered another setback on Tuesday. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier ruling, in effect keeping sports betting illegal in the state. The state's next move remains unclear. Because only three judges...

Stricter Laws Needed for Online Privacy

Added: 2013-10-03 11:42:01

With revelations about the National Security Agency's activities bringing the formerly little-discussed agency into front-page news, the debate about online privacy has intensified. As a result, Human Rights Watch and other organizations have called on global governments to make the creation of str...

Diabetes Drug, Byetta, About to Face Big Trial

Added: 2013-10-02 11:40:15

The diabetes drug, Byetta, is under fire right now for allegedly causing the death of two individuals and causing acute pancreatitis in five others. As of today, the number of prescriptions written in the US for Byetta towers at over seven million. In November, the case will reach the California co...

Anti-Trust Lawsuit Turns Into Gay Legal Rights Battle

Added: 2013-10-01 11:37:45

In a surprising twist, a massive antitrust case between two pharmaceutical corporations has morphed into a debate with implications on gay rights. The controversy arose after lawyers representing one of the companies removed a juror because he was gay. The case is between Abbot Laboratories a...

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