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Hollywood Legal Icon Bert Fields, Tom Cruise Named in Pellicano Wiretap Suit (Law.com)

December 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

The Anthony Pellicano wiretapping scandals have now ensnared Tom Cruise and Hollywood legal icon Bertram Fields in a lawsuit accusing Cruise, Fields and Pellicano of illegally wiretapping a magazine editor who threatened to publish material claiming Cruise is gay, court records show. Cruise and Fields sued Michael Davis Sapir, the editor of Bold Magazine, in 2001 for defamation after Bold …

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Banning legal highs is not enough (BigPond News)

December 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

A number of drugs which offer so-called ‘legal highs’ have been banned in Britain including GBL.

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Banning legal highs is not enough (BigPond News)

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Govt threatens legal action on whaling (The Age)

December 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

The federal government insists it will take international legal action against Japan if it doesn’t stop whaling.

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Legal, mental health experts recommend independent watchdog group for 5 N.J. psychiatric hospitals (The Star-Ledger)

December 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Creating an independent watchdog panel for all five state psychiatric hospitals to monitor patient care and programming is a concept the state should pursue, according to a group that met recently at Rutgers University. The group of legal and mental…

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Council member Phil Abts sues Port Richey to get legal fees reimbursed (St. Petersburg Times)

December 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Phil Abts wants Port Richey to reimburse him $36,319 for legal fees.

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Council member Phil Abts sues Port Richey to get legal fees reimbursed (St. Petersburg Times)

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State sued over legal data services (The Salt Lake Tribune)

December 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

LexisNexis, a premiere provider of on-line legal data, is suing the state over allegedly violating its own purchasing procurement code. In a complaint filed in 3rd District Court last week, the Massachusetts-based firm charged that Westlaw, its chief competitor for Utah’s government business,

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Brazilian family agrees to give up legal fight, hand over boy to US father (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

December 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - David Goldman’s bitter five-year battle to regain custody of his son neared conclusion Wednesday, when the child’s Brazilian family halted its legal efforts as a court-ordered deadline for delivering the boy loomed.

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Brazilian family agrees to give up legal fight, hand over boy to US father (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)