Legal Cases
Prime News with Erica Hill 11/20/2007 3:17 pm ERICA HILL: There are names that parents know and trust especially around the holidays – names like Toys-R-Us, Mattel, Wal-Mart. Now those companies, along with dozens of manufacturers and retailers, were named in a lawsuit filed by California’s attorney general, Jerry Brown. That suit claims the companies …
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FNC (Fox News Channel) Fox & Friends – 7/3/04 6:22 AM (FOX & FRIENDS CO-HOST): Saddam Hussein’s lawyers say the deposed dictator will never receive a fair trial inside Baghdad. JULIET HUDDY: Joining us from beautiful Miami with his thoughts on the case is former federal prosecutor Kendall Coffey. Hello Mr. Coffey. How are you? …
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MSNBC News Live 5/16/2008 8:13 am ALEX WITT: A Minnesota woman accused of internet bullying that has led to a teen suicide is now facing unprecedented federal charges. The mother, Laurie Drew, allegedly helped create the false identity of a teenage boy with a Myspace account just to communicate with 13 year old Megan Meier. …
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CNN Headlines / 1-09-08 CHUCK ROBERTS: A Los Angeles grand jury is reportedly investigating the on-line hoax that led to a Missouri’s teenager suicide in October of 2006. The L.A. Times reports the grand jury’s already issued subpoenas. Thirteen-year old Megan Meier died October 2006. She was distraught after she was rejected by a 16-year …
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MSNBC Live – 3/21/2008 8:47 am ALEX WITT: The Secretary of State has had to send a personal apology to Barack Obama for security breaches involving the Senator’s personal information. Condoleeza Rice addressed that issue just about an hour ago: Condoleeza Rice: I told him that I was sorry and I told him that I …
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Miami-Ft. Lauderdale ABC / WPLG Local 10 News Sunday 6/15/08 9:38 AM A legal battle is underway over a fortune worth $500 million. It all started after a Florida salvage company found a sunken treasure of gold and silver right off the coast of Spain. The Spanish government says the treasure was once aboard a …
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Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Market WSVN CBS4 News – 4/23/2008 5:04pm There have been two lengthy trials and two mistrials. Federal prosecutors said they will try a third time now to convict the so-called Liberty City 6 for plotting to blow up Chicago’s Sears Tower. TV4’s Michael Williams is in Court for today’s ruling and Michael, I …
read moreIn June of 2014, the Supreme Court ruled that a Massachusetts law was unconstitutional. This specific law from 2007 established a 35 foot buffer zone around every abortion clinic in the state that forbid protestors from approaching close to the entrances around abortion clinics. This buffer zone was established in order to protect patients coming …
read moreThe New Jersey bridge traffic scandal is a noteworthy federal inquiry that came to the forefront of the news in the early half of 2014. Also known as the Fort Lee lane closure scandal or the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal.
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