<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : lawyers : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : lawyers : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers to serve notices on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/85236/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Canberra lawyers have won the right to serve legally binding court documents by posting them on defendants' Facebook sites.<br/><br/>*big brother...As fast as DSL*]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Judges Grill CIA Lawyers on JFK Secrets]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39372/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers for the Central Intelligence Agency faced pointed questions in a federal court hearing Monday morning about the agency's efforts to block disclosure of long-secret records about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Back and to the left...)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian lawyers tie man to tree and beat him]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/22259/1/</link><description><![CDATA[<i>&quot;This whole court room is out of order!&quot;</i>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Medical Malpractice Is Off Limits ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/133838/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Malpractice suits with outrageous rewards and huge rates for malpractice insurance cost Americans $200 billion annually in health-care costs. Serious tort reform could help 300 million Americans. Democratic controlled congress has resisted such reforms. Trial lawyers rank among the largest contributors to Democrats but that is just a coincidence right?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wigs off as courtroom tradition ends]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27265/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing horse-hair wigs of white fake curls in non-criminal cases.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pepsi ordered to pay one BILLION dollars to a  couple of dudes in Waukesha, Wisconsin]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135220/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The uber idea they claim Pepsi stole from them?  Selling purified bottled water.  No sh*t.  One billion dollars. <br/><br/>For their part, Pepsi (who's lawyers never showed up for the trial) claims the statute of limitations should preclude the lawsuit.  But also that they weren't aware of the lawsuit until after the ruling.<br/><br/>I'd LOVE to see the board meeting where they talk about this one!]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trading Favors for Campaign Cash?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/63003/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Nevada's system of electing judges means the decision-makers have to ask for campaign funds, often from the very lawyers who try cases in front of them. They say it's not an ethical dilemma for them, but is it? The FBI has an audiotape in which a prominent local attorney speaks candidly about how he uses campaign dollars.<br/>*Justice for sale in Las Vegas too?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abducted by aliens? Call now for compensation]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/2387/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Lawer hopes to earn more by helping people who claim to have been abducted by aliens.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rape Charge Against Councilman Is Dismissed]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48247/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A State Supreme Court justice threw out the rape indictment against City Councilman Dennis P. Gallagher this morning, finding that prosecutors had unfairly prejudiced members of the grand jury when presenting the case against him, a lawyer for Mr. Gallagher said.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the irony]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/60841/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Manitoba Bar Association pulled out of inquiry because it lacked funds to hire a lawyer.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eminent Domain - A  womans fight to keep her property.]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55614/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Avon Schools: Progress yes. Eminent domain no. <br/><br/><br/>That's the slogan used by Avon Citizens for Change. The group has registered as a political action committee with the Lorain County Board of Elections and started a legal defense fund to help Mary Jane Wolfe in her fight to keep her property.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victim's MySpace page subpoenaed in lawsuit]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50813/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A young woman&#8217;s life was changed in a split-second by a devastating car crash.  Now her family wants to know why Chrysler lawyers issued the subpoena for a court order to get inside her MySpace world to see her personal blogs.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craigslist Job Scam Dupes Dozens]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35826/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers scrambled to sign up for $14,000 per month for 2 months only to find out it was all a hoax.<br/><br/>Check out the link at the end of the article for a personal account of one &quot;employee&quot;.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/82151/1/</link><description><![CDATA[80 years ago today (18th November 2008) saw the premier of Steamboat Willy, notably the first animation to feature sound.  Probably more notably it was the first appearance of Mickey Mouse.<br/><br/>(With apologies to Jax if the Happiest Lawyers On Earth(TM) object to the use of Mr Mouse's likeness as a theme pic)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[25-year quest for revenge lands man in prison]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59747/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A 25-year obsession over a lost fortune has landed a  man and his attorney in prison for a scheme to exact revenge by fraudulently selling the homes of the lawyers, judges and bankers they blamed.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Settles With Boy Who Had Cross Burn Into His Arm]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/131868/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/66089/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">year</a> ago a teacher burned a cross into a student's arm. The school has settled with the family. Problem is the family got $5500 and their lawyers $115,500. Also the teacher is suing the school for $1m claiming his right of free speech includes burning children.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prison smuggling inquiry finds machetes, cell phones and a tomahawk]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30270/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Australian prison bans 467 visitors, including three lawyers. 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