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4 ex-Auburn players indicted on felony charges
Criminal Law Updates |
2011/05/19 09:57
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Four former Auburn football players have been indicted on felony robbery and burglary charges by a Lee County grand jury.
Court documents posted online Wednesday show that Michael McNeil, Antonio Goodwin, Shaun Kitchens and Dakota Mosley were indicted on five counts of first-degree robbery, one count of first-degree burglary and one count of misdemeanor third-degree theft of property.
They are scheduled for arraignment on May 26 in Lee County Circuit Court.
Mosley also faces a misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to hinder business.
The players were pulled over and arrested shortly after five occupants of a mobile home reported being robbed at gunpoint on March 11. |
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Phillips Lytle plans move to Donovan
Law Firm News |
2011/05/18 16:51
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Law firm Phillips Lytle LLP confirmed Tuesday it has selected the former Donovan State Office Building as its lead choice for relocating, with Benderson Development Co. as the developer and the firm occupying about half of the building.
David McNamara, the firm's managing partner, said Benderson will be submitting an "adaptive re-use" proposal to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. to convert the aging, vacant building at 125 Main St. into the law firm's new headquarters.
The plan comes in response to a request for proposals for Donovan issued by the harbor panel May 2. Responses are due by 4 p.m. June 30, with the preferred developer to be designated by July 18. The project must be completed by Jan. 1, 2014.
Eric Recoon, Benderson's vice president of leasing and development for the Northeast, confirmed the developer's plans but said he couldn't put a dollar value on it at this time. |
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Holland & Hart adds 29 attorneys in Salt Lake City
Law Firm News |
2011/05/18 16:50
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The law firm Holland & Hart recently added 29 attorneys to its Salt Lake City office.
The expansion expand the firm's natural resources and litigation practices, and brings the number of its Salt Lake attorneys to more than 80, according to the firm's press release.
"We have found that Salt Lake City is a very solid center for business — we strongly believe in its future," said John Husband, chairman of the firm's management committee.
The firms' natural resources practice includes oil and gas, water, and climate change law.
The firm employees over 900, including 400 attorneys, in 15 offices throughout the West and an office in Washington, D.C. |
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Ala. chief justice warns more court layoffs coming
Headline News |
2011/05/18 16:44
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Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb warned the state's judges and circuit clerks Monday to expect substantial layoffs because of the budget crisis in the state judicial system.
Cobb met with judges and clerks mostly by conference call Monday. The meeting was not open to news reporters or the public. She said 270 court employees have already lost jobs in the past two years because of budget cuts, and she expects another 265 court workers to be laid off during the coming fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
Cobb told The Associated Press that she had hoped to receive a $10 million supplemental appropriation from the Legislature to help the courts get through the remainder of the current year. She said that is unlikely now because the money is needed to help with recovery from last month's violent tornadoes that killed more than 200 in Alabama.
She said she doesn't expect to receive the supplemental appropriation and she also believes a bill to raise the state's cigarette tax by $1 a carton is dead for this session. Some proceeds from the cigarette tax were to go to the courts. |
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Nevada High Court Won't Hear OJ Appeal
Court Feed News |
2011/05/18 13:46
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The Nevada Supreme Court has declined to hear O.J. Simpson's appeal.
Simpson's lawyer lost his bid Tuesday to appeal for his client's freedom before all seven members of the state's highest court.
The court issued a terse ruling Tuesday saying it won't reconsider Simpson's case.
Simpson's lawyer Malcolm LaVergne in Las Vegas told The Associated Press he'll take the case to federal court.
LaVergne maintains the 63-year-old former football star didn't intend to commit a crime because he thought he was retrieving personal items from two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room in September 2007.
Simpson is serving nine to 33 years in Nevada state prison on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges. |
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Another round of NFL talks ends without agreement
Court Feed News |
2011/05/18 10:45
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The NFL and its locked-out players wrapped up another round of court-ordered mediation Tuesday without any signs of a new agreement and the clock ticking on the 2011 season. Officials and attorneys for both sides said they will return for more closed-door talks with U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan on June 7, four days after a key appeals court hearing in St. Louis on the legality of the lockout. NFL lead negotiator Jeff Pash and Hall of Famer Carl Eller both said the talks went well, but there was no indication of any significant progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement. Pash said he thought Boylan had done a good job of "pushing the parties," but he said he doesn't believe the dispute over the future of the $9 billion business will be settled in court. "The only way we're going to solve this is by sitting down together," Pash said, echoing the NFL's preference for traditional negotiations in a collective bargaining setting and adding: "We owe it to our game. We owe it to our fans. We owe it to each other, to the players and to the clubs, to sit down and negotiate." |
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