Index of all Articles in the Federal Lawyer Category

Senate Passes New Bankruptcy Law

The United States Senate passed a law on March 10, 2005 that changes the bankruptcy laws in America. It is expected that the House of Representatives will look to pass the same bill in April, which will send it to President Bush for his signature. Since
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Too Many Lawyers In Franchising Today

Attorneys and Lawyers are ruining the franchise industry. It is too bad too, because franchising represents over 400,000 businesses in our country and accounts for just over one-third of every consumer dollar spent in this country. By over regulating an
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What A Federal Lawyer Can Do For You.

If you’ve recently gotten into trouble with the law - the federal law - then you’ll soon know it. Federal marshals will come to your house and arrest you. The good aspect to breaking a federal law as opposed to a state law is that the marshals at the fed
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Lawyers News and Current Events

Haditha Marine's lawyers call Anonymous "cowards" after hack

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for a U.S. Marine court-martialed for his role in killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha slammed the international hacking collective Anonymous as "cowards" on Monday after they knocked out the firm's website and published internal e-mails on the web. The e-mail and web site of law firm Puckett and Faraj, PC - which represented Marine Frank Wuterich, who pleaded ...

Lawyers worried by aid changes

Palmerston North lawyers predict changes to legal aid funding next month could lower the quality of defence available to people in court.

Lawyers for man accused in Biendl slaying question judge's fairness

EVERETT -- Lawyers for the prisoner accused of killing Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl for a second time are asking for a new judge.

Italy's lawyers on war-footing against reform

ROME (Reuters) - Lawyers in Naples taped up their mouths and turned their backs on a government speaker at a solemn ceremony to mark the start of Italy's judicial year. Colleagues abandoned a similar ceremony in Venice last week, leaving their robes symbolically on their chairs. Italy's hundreds of thousands of lawyers plan a strike and nationwide demonstrations on February 23-24 and have ...

Lawyers in NY Facebook suit spar over fee amount

Lawyers for Facebook are looking for $84,000 in legal fees from a New York man after a judge ruled he caused delays in his lawsuit seeking part ownership in the social networking site.They also want a ...

'Lawyers using questionable docs face disbarment'

MANILA, Philippines - Prosecution lawyers may face repercussions if they insist on using bank records obtained through â€œcriminal act", defense lawyers of Chief Justice Renato Corona said Monday.

Redknapp lawyers slam 'repugnant' prosecution case

The lawyer for Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp said Monday that the use at his tax evasion trial of evidence from Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid was "repugnant".

Lawyers exploiting native school survivors, says group

Former students of native residential schools say they are being mistreated by some lawyers who are supposed to help them claim federal compensation.

Former Ala. professor's lawyers want trial delayed

Lawyers for a former Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting want a state appeals court to delay her March trial because officials haven't paid for expert witnesses or testing by a neurologist.

Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine Recognizes Edelson McGuire Partners

CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â Jay Edelson, founder and managing partner of Edelson McGuire, LLC was recognized by the Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine as a 2012 Illinois Super Lawyer, and his partner, ...