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Reversal of $145 bln award upheld; win for tobacco
WAFF - It also decertified the class action, meaning smokers would have to sue individually, not as a group. Lawyers for the ailing smokers asked the Florida Supreme Court to reinstate the class-action verdict. The case, filed a decade ago by Miami Beach

Hollywood car seizure practice does not conflict with law, court rules
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Mulligan is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against Hollywood Similar suits have been filed in Miami, West Palm Beach and other cities. Miami alone faces more than $12 million in potential damages, said attorney Ronald Guralnick

Crimestoppers 7/5
WLNS - Their class-action lawsuit contends that police, acting on orders from the Secret Service, moved some 200 war protesters, but let pro-Bush demonstrators stay on the sidewalk. The lawsuit asks for an injunction barring the Secret Service and police

Wechsler Harwood LLP Files Securities Class Action Suit Against
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK, July 5, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Wechsler Harwood LLP today announced that it has filed a class action suit on behalf of all securities purchasers of Vonage Holdings Corporation (NYSE:VG) ("Vonage" or the "Company") who purchased or otherwise

Lawyers want Khadr back in Canada after US court rules against ...
Canada.com, Canada - Jun 29, 2006WASHINGTON (CP) - Omar Khadr's Canadian lawyers say they'll request his extradition to Canada from Guantanamo Bay now that the US Supreme Court has ruled that ...

Supreme Court Already Decided DADT Lesbian Major's Lawyers Tell ...
365Gay.com - Jul 1, 2006by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff. (Seattle, Washington) Lawyers for Air Force Reserve Maj. ... Government lawyers have filed a motion to have the case dismissed. ...

JK sex scandal: Jammu lawyers on strike
NDTV.com, India - Jun 29, 2006Lawyers in Jammu are on strike for a second day on Friday to protest the Kashmir Bar Association's move to disallow members from appearing in the sex scandal ...

Court paralysed as lawyers cease work
The Statesman, India - Jul 1, 2006KRISHNAGAR, July 1. Judicial activities came to a screeching halt at Nabadwip court in Nadia today as lawyers of the Nabadwip Bar Association went on an ...