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White House confident on legal health care challenge (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The White House said Wednesday it was confident President Barack Obama's health reform law had a solid legal foundation after 14 states vowed to challenge it on constitutional grounds.
Claiming Panic Attacks From Workload, Legal Secretary Sues Firm Over Firing (Law.com)
Nancy Topolski, a former legal secretary for Davis Wright Tremaine, claims she was unfairly fired by the firm after suffering panic attacks brought on by unrealistic work demands following staff layoffs. After 11 secretaries were laid off in 2009, Topolski became responsible for supporting an additional attorney, who "had a tendency to wait until the last minute to give assignments," according ...
French Sex Workers Protest Legal Brothels Proposal (Fox News)
Lawmaker Chantal Brunel says opening brothels in France would take prostitutes off the street and give them medical, financial and legal protection.
Arroyo names new Chief Legal Counsel (Manila Bulletin)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday carried out minor changes in her official family, designating retired Sandiganbayan Justice Raoul Victorino as her new Chief Legal Counsel. Victorino replaced Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Natividad Dizon who was transferred to head the Bureau of Pardon and Parole, according to Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza. Mendoza said the President also ...
HOMELESS HOLD UP: Legal delays for new homeless shelter in Des Moines (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
Groundbreaking on a new homeless shelter in Des Moines was planned for this spring, but a legal challenge from one neighboring business is delaying those plans. "There were two lawsuits filed against the City of Des Moines and the State of Iowa about the process of how we acquired the land. that pretty much put the whole project on hold," says Central Iowa Shelter & Services Executive Director ...
Alabama notes: Tide's legal bills for NCAA scandal top $180,000 (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The final legal bill is in now that Alabama’s NCAA textbook case has met its conclusion.
Slots referendum signatures won't be certified until legal fight is over (Baltimore Sun)
The Anne Arundel County Board of Elections said Wednesday that it will delay certifying the signatures collected for a ballot referendum on slots at Arundel Mills mall until the legal battle surrounding the effort is resolved.
Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority OKs contract for legal counsel to review finances, appoints new board chairs (The Jersey Journal)
Mark Maurer/Hoboken NowCommissioner Toni Tomarazzo was appointed to the chair position on the Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority board at Wednesday's meeting. She drafted a resolution authorizing the contract of a special legal counsel that would oversee Hoboken University Medical Center's...
Pot Legal In California: Former Drug Dealer Not High On The Plan, But Stoned In Our Interview (FOX40 Sacramento)
It's been fourteen years since marijuana became legal for medical use.
Seniors’ legal, financial planning seminar Thursday-Friday (The Frisco Enterprise)
A free seminar for seniors will cover legal and financial planning topics Thursday and Friday. The Frisco Chamber of Commerce is among the hosts for “It's All in Frisco: A Guide to Senior Living.”