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Legal News Roundup: February 17
Posted in In the news on February 17, 2021
Here's a roundup of recent legal stories in the news. Citi will have to live with its $900m gaffe Al Jazeera - A United States federal judge said banking giant Citigroup Inc is not entitled to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of its own money that it mistakenly wired to the lenders of...
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Legal News Roundup: December 23
Posted in In the news on December 23, 2020
Here's a roundup of recent legal stories in the news. Pardons from President Trump NBC News - President Donald Trump pardoned former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos on Tuesday, along with over a dozen other people, including several former congressmen. The White House said that Trump was granting full pardons to 15 people and commuting...
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Legal News Roundup: December 9
Posted in In the news on December 8, 2020
Here's a roundup of recent legal stories in the news. U.S. government calls for breakup of Facebook NBC News - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued to break up Facebook on Wednesday, asking a federal court to force the sell-off of assets such as Instagram and WhatsApp. “Facebook has maintained its monopoly position by...
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Legal News Roundup: November 11
Posted in In the news on November 11, 2020
Here's a roundup of recent legal stories in the news. Supreme Court Looks Willing to Leave Obamacare Intact CNBC - The Affordable Care Act seems likely to withstand its third challenge at the Supreme Court. During Tuesday's arguments in a case seeking to eliminate Obamacare, two of the court’s conservatives judges indicated they would...
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Legal News Roundup: October 21
Posted in In the news on October 20, 2020
Here's a roundup of recent legal stories in the news. Odell Beckham Jr. and Drake Involved in Lawsuit Yahoo News - A man named Bennett Sipes is suing rapper Drake, Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Kourtney Kardashian's ex-boyfriend Younes Bendjima over an alleged assault. The incident occurred outside of an L.A. nightclub...
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Legal News Roundup: October 14
Posted in In the news on October 13, 2020
Here's a roundup of recent legal stories in the news. Notes From Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation Hearing Reuters - Amy Coney Barrett said on Tuesday at her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing that she is not hostile to the Affordable Care Act. The conservative federal appellate judge declined to specify whether she believes landmark rulings...
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Ohio Supreme Court Candidates to Take Part in Virtual Forum
Posted in In the news on September 15, 2020
The four candidates running for the Ohio Supreme Court will take part in a virtual forum on October 9, according to a cleveland.com story by Laura Hancock. Participants will be: Sharon L. Kennedy (incumbent) John P. O'Donnell (challenger) Judith L. French (incumbent) Jennifer L. Brunner (challenger) [caption id="attachment_31909" align="alignright" width="212"] Get to know the...
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Legal News Roundup: July 29
Posted in In the news on July 29, 2020
Here's a roundup of some major legal stories from the past week. Big Tech CEO Hearing NPR - Tech CEOs began their defense at a major antitrust hearing on Capitol Hill. Virtual testimony included appearances by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai. Lawmakers will discuss whether the...
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Ohio Supreme Court declines appeal of $2.7M verdict for fatal motorcycle accident
Posted in Accident & Injury, Firm News on March 3, 2017
On February 22, the Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a $2.7 million verdict awarded to victims of a fatal trike motorcycle crash. Elk & Elk attorneys Gary Cowan and Kimberly Young represented the family of the Ohio man killed in the accident and his surviving spouse, who suffered severe injuries....
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