9, 2012 file photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, the cargo ship Rena is split in two and sits on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The captain and the navigating officer of the ship that ran aground on the reef last year pleaded guilty Wednesday, ...more »
A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the disclosure statement outlining the Los Angeles Dodgers' proposed bankruptcy reorganization plan, keeping the team's plan for an April 30 sale on track. Approval of the disclosure statement in a Chapter 11 ...more »
However, the judge ruled that barring extraordinary circumstances, further extensions weren't justified. In March 2005, another judge said "there is room to seriously consider the release of the detainee from administrative detention. However.more »
... into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The website is funded by the California Endowment. It was created by a partnership that includes the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, California Small Business Development Centers, ...more »
Frank M. Jones III, 29, of the 2200 block of W. 5th Ave. in Gary was arrested and charged with criminal recklessness, resisting law enforcement, being a felon in possession of a handgun, possessing a handgun without a permit and auto theft in ...more »
He's threatened to veto the DREAM Act, which is supported by 85 percent of Latinos and promised to model a national immigration law based on Arizona's discriminatory and inhumane policy. Latinos should be terrified of a Romney presidency.more »
For the nation, a huge energy source near where tens of millions of Americans live is a once-in-a-lifetime development. For the region, the dream is even grander: that cheap energy will make manufacturing competitive again and restore industrial might ...more »
Buoyed by its victory over income tax department on December 20 after the Supreme Court on Friday set aside Bombay High Courts order directing the company to pay income tax of Rs 11000 crore, Vodafone on Tuesday moved the dispute resolution panel, ...more »
Mercury General Corporation and its subsidiaries are a multiple line insurance organization offering predominantly personal automobile and homeowners insurance through a network of independent producers in many states. For more information, visit the ...more »
... Alabama legislation would increase penalties for those involved in cockfighting, but several Facebook posts and emails suggested the law may actually go further, possibly even outlawing 4H poultry shows and other currently legal animal exhibitions.more »
LAS VEGAS, Feb 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Health Level Seven(R) International (HL7(R)) announced today a pilot program to provide some of its key intellectual property free of charge. "HL7 is keeping its promise to lower the barriers to adoption of ...more »
Thomas C. Horne, Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, By Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Division, Attorneys for Appellee. THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY ...more »
He argued that the O'Connor opinion had abandoned that standard, and simply accepted the Law School's assurances that it had satisfied the Constitution's requirements. When the Court approaches its coming decision in Fisher v.more »
India's Civil Aviation Ministry has categorically refused a government bailout like the one extended to state-run Air India. “The government is not going to bail it out, but we hope Kingfisher can mobilize its resources somehow because if they don't, ...more »
The attorney told him he would have to do a quitclaim deed or something like that since they don't have trusts in Wisconsin. The attorney was not sure if capital gains would have to be paid when the quitclaim deed is filed, or is that only if the ...more »
"I don't have the best credit in the world," she said. Could your credit score really keep you off the clock? That all-powerful FICO score can already determine your mortgage rate and credit line. It can also keep you from getting a credit card.more »
You are urged to obtain a copy of the Notice, which includes, among other things, a description of: (1) the litigation in this Action prior to the Settlement; (2) the full terms of the proposed Settlement; (3) the Plan of Allocation for the proceeds of ...more »
Washington communications attorney Jack Goodman: In her commentary arguing for broadcasters to put their political advertising files online, UNC J-School Dean and former broadcaster Susan King takes several wrong turns. For one thing, it's never been ...more »
A Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatrist who screens soldiers for PTSD has been removed from clinical duties while investigators look into controversial remarks he made about patients and the financial costs of disability benefits, according to US ...more »
The San Francisco-based Electronic Freedom Foundation has opposed the government's actions in the case because it believes easy-to-use encryption software should be used by everybody to prevent computer crimes and fraud, said Hanni Meena Fakhoury, ...more »
By This Is Money Reporter Annual profits more than doubled at insurer LV=, despite a further increase in personal injury claims and attempted fraud. The UK's fourth largest car insurer reported trading profits of £72.1million, while premium income grew ...more »
A perusal through the first draft of the Zimbabwe Constitution has shown that when compared with what is prevailing at the moment, a significant effort has been made to include provisions that enhance the role of Parliament in the law-making process ...more »
The rulings came in a malpractice action filed by Kevin So, a Chinese businessman, against Leonard Suchanek, a former administrative law judge who represented So and others in litigation arising from an international Ponzi scheme.more »
But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau went through as part of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Now the agency, headed by Richard Cordray, wants to expand its authority in an entirely appropriate way.more »
OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Inland Real Estate Corporation (NYSE:IRC) today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 2400000 shares of its 8.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Series A ...more »
The Monroe deal is the latest in a series of legal actions and commercial transactions involving her, and they have highlighted continuing battles over the marketing of dead stars. In America, licensing the images, names and voices of 'delebs' (dead ...more »
In my work as a consultant on crisis communications and other complex public perception issues, I'm often accused of relying too heavily on sports metaphors when counseling and training. But they work. . . so I'm making a Linsane drive to the hoop once ...more »
Lawyers for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System and the state attorney general's office presented oral arguments in Ronson Bush's appeal. The case is in the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Bush pleaded guilty without agreement with prosecutors ...more »
Investigate whether the preparer has any questionable history with your state's Board of Accountancy (for CPA's), the State Bar Association (for attorneys) or the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) for enrolled agents.more »
The proposed change would add sexual orientation and gender identity to a list of classes protected from discrimination. The list includes race, sex, familial status, disability, religion, age, color, national origin and ancestry.more »
By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One of the nation's biggest debt collectors has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company tried to trick people into paying old debts -- part of a crackdown ...more »
The other non-GAAP adjustments include mark-to-market losses resulting from economic hedging activities associated with the retail energy supply business of Pepco Energy Services, and the impact of adopting a tax law change in the District of Columbia.more »
By David W. Schlossberg In the early part of the last decade, the most common reason for families to replace their wills with a revocable living trust was to reduce exposure to estate taxes (aka death taxes or inheritance tax).more »
Some 38 percent of swing state voters said passage of the law was a “good thing.” Moreover, some 42 percent of swing state voters and 41 percent of voters nationwide said that Obamacare will make things worse for their family, while only 20 percent ...more »
Ukrainian construction workers who were stuck in Baghdad for more than six months are trying to win compensation from their employer, a firm that left them without money or visas. Some 200 mostly Ukrainian workers came to Iraq last winter to build ...more »
