2007

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – “Alongside continued weakness in wages, health care and housing, today’s disappointing jobs number is only the most recent indication that the Bush Administration’s simplistic supply-side economic strategy is not working for working Americans. “On President Bush’s watch, seven million more Americans have joined the ranks of the uninsured, nearly […]

LAWFUEL- The Legal Newswirek – Urging a jury to acquit Phil Spector of murder Thursday, a defense attorney charged that law enforcement officials railroaded the music legend in the death of an actress because they were desperate to win a conviction against a celebrity. Making oblique references to the unsuccessful prosecutions of O.J. Simpson and

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Raw Story interviews Judge David Young, whose new daytime court show premieres next week, on Monday, September 10. Young was born and raised in Miami (and lives there currently with his partner), served as assistant state attorney in Miami-Dade County under Janet Reno, and was re-elected twice as a

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – It is likely that Saddam Hussein aide ‘Chemical Ali” (Ali Hasan Al-Majid) and two other aides of the former dictator will be hung this weekend, according to reports from Iraq. The death sentences have been upheld by an Iraqi Appeals court. The other two aides to be executed are

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Paris Hilton is in the law news again, this time the socialite is suing over the use of her picture and catchphrase “That’s hot” on a greeting card. AP reports that Hilton sued Hallmark Cards Inc. in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction and unspecified damages to be determined

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – AP reports that the Iraqi president raised objections Friday to the planned execution of Saddam Hussein’s former defence minister, who is due to be hanged with two other former government officials for their roles in a massacre of Kurds. President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, said former defence minister Sultan

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – WSJ Review – Duane Dog Chapman’s book – Bounty hunter Duane Chapman is not your standard working stiff. He has been stabbed, scratched and beaten with various objects, and he has peered down the barrels of a wide assortment of firearms. Or so “Dog” Chapman, the star of the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Has this been a hectic and encouraging time! First we got almost 17% in the Texas straw poll, an event set-up to represent the establishment, with very restrictive voting rules. That 17% of the Republican hierarchy would support our views, after a full day of pro-war propaganda, is good

LAWFUEL – The Lawyer Newswire – Erica Restall, an associate solicitor at the Wakefield firm of Switalskis, acted for Brett James in the High Court test case which ruled that a prisoner who has served longer than the minimum term in an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP) should be set free.

SYDNEY, Australia–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of North Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and tornadoes on July 15, 2007. Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments