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| Tax Law Profs Create Political Issue: Did Sarah Palin Pay All Tax Due? | Tax law professors are taking center stage in the latest political issue concerning Sarah Palin's candidacy for vice president on the Republican ticket. Among the questions they are raising about her recently released 2006 and 2007 tax returns is whether she reported all the taxable income she received for her work for the state, notes the Caucus, a New York Times political blog. For example, the returns apparently don't include $43,490 in reimbursement that Palin received for travel by her husband and children. “The children’s travel payments are clearly taxable income,’’ says professor Jack Bogdanski of Lewis and Clark Law… |
| Calif. Prosecutor Arrested on Suspicion of Rape, Makes $1M Bail | A veteran California prosecutor has been arrested on suspicion of rape in an alleged incident reportedly involving another Contra Costa County deputy district attorney. He has posted $1 million bail. Michael Gressett, 51, is on paid administrative leave after being arrested Thursday on suspicion of four felonies—rape, oral copulation, sodomy and penetration with a foreign object—reports the San Francisco Chronicle. However, a final decision about whether to proceed with the case against Gressett has not yet been made, according to a spokeswoman for the state attorney general's office, which is handling the prosecution. Attorney Michael Cardoza, who is defending Gressett,… |
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| Ohio Plaintiffs Secure $97.5 Million Payout From PwC in AIG Securities Class Action | Prominent international accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has agreed to pay $97.5 million to settle its part in a securities class action filed against American International Group by three Ohio pension funds, according to the Ohio attorney general's office. The settlement is one of the 10 highest ever paid by an accounting firm to settle a securities fraud class action and closes the book on PricewaterhouseCoopers' role in a suit filed against AIG in 2004. |
Jurist
| | Uganda generals could be prosecuted under new US child soldier law: report | [JURIST] Senior officers in the Ugandan military [official website] could held responsible for the use of child soldiers under a new US law, according to a Monday report [text] in Kampala's Daily Monitor. The Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008 [text], signed into law [press release] by US |
| ICC prosecutor urges arrest of Uganda war crimes suspect after new attacks | [JURIST] International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Monday renewed his call for the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader and war crimes suspect Joseph Kony [BBC profile; case materials] after new attacks attributed |
Google law
| | Connecticut towns grapple with new Web law - The Associated Press | |
| Leading Law Firm, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan, Announces Membership ... - MarketWatch | |
Yahoo law
| | Bloomberg wants to change NYC law, seek 3rd term (AP via Yahoo! News) | Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to try to reverse the term-limits law he had long supported so he can seek a third term next year and help the city emerge from financial turmoil, a person close to the mayor who has been briefed on the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. |
| 'No-match' law is fair to voters, Crist says (Miami Herald) | Gov. Charlie Crist has a message for any new voter worried about running afoul of Florida's new and controversial ''no-match'' law: Open your mail. |
Google legal news
| | Judge traps RealDVD in legal limbo - Register | |
| Georgia transgender politician wins legal battle - Atlanta Journal Constitution | |
Yahoo legal news
| | DVD-copying software sparks legal battle with movie studios (AFP via Yahoo! News) | RealNetworks on Tuesday released software that lets people copy films on DVDs, sparking a heated legal battle with Hollywood film studios fearful of rampant piracy. |
| Gurkhas win legal battle to stay in Britain: lawyers (AFP via Yahoo! News) | Former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers on Tuesday won a legal test case on their bid for the right to settle in Britain, their lawyers said. |
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