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TUCSON, Ariz. – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Agripina Rey-Carrasco, 46, of Phoenix, was sentenced here today to 15 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins. Her daughter and co-defendant, Aracely Carrasco-Rey, 27, also of Phoenix, was sentenced to 18 months in

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Three Central Kentucky lawyers accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from their clients in a lawsuit over the diet drug combination fen-phen may soon have to start accounting for that money. A senior judge who previously ruled that the three breached their fiduciary duty and should

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution’s guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show. The ruling was in response to a December 2005 lawsuit brought by six same-sex couples seeking to wed. They were denied marriage licenses and claimed such

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Globe & Mail reports on Dog the Bounty Hunter, the enormously popular, No.1-rated A&E reality show and now a blunt, sugar-free autobiography, You Can Run But You Can’t Hide. But life for Duane (Dog) Chapman has not been all kibble and off-leash walks in the park. As he

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Kevin Federline’s lawyers want Britney Spears to pay some of her former husband’s legal expenses in their divorce case, court documents show. Mark Vincent Kaplan says his client has “no net income” after various expenses, and that Ms Spears is “clearly the monied party” in the dispute. According to

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Wachtell Lipton dedicated more lawyers to helping Larry Silverstein rebuild at Ground Zero than to any other project in its history. It’s been the eminent firm’s most taxing representation, as American Lawyer reports.’ LawFuel’s lead story, from ‘The American Lawyer’

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Justice Department’s inspector general acknowledged Thursday that he was examining whether outgoing Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales made false or misleading statements to Congress about the National Security Agency’s terrorist surveillance program, the fired U.S. attorneys affair and other subjects. Responding to a congressional query, Inspector

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Madeleine McCann disappearance took another legal turn today with the announcement of a libel action by Madeleine’s parents against a Portugese newspaper that claimed they killed the missing four-year-old. The BBC reports that last week, Tal & Qual reported that the “police believe” Kate and Gerry McCann killed

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Newcastle club doctor Neil Halpin joined Herald columnist and former coach Roy Masters by saying he too has long known former Australian captain Andrew Johns was a drug taker. Halpin admitted to knowing of Andrew Johns’ drug use for five years. In a stunning admission, the first from a