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Senecas: Buffalo casino open during legal fight (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Seneca Indian Nation's temporary Buffalo casino will remain open and construction of a permanent facility will continue while a court battle over whether they are legal wages on.
County, Schools End $29M Legal Battle (R News)
It has been a fight that took Monroe County and its school districts to court. At stake, there was $29 million in sales tax money the county wanted to take from schools to fill a budget gap for Medicaid. However, both sides have agreed to end the legal battle.
Lawmakers Tell KC Schools To End Legal Fight (KMBC-TV Kansas City)
Seven Missouri lawmakers called on the Kansas City School District to end its legal fight with the Independence School District in a bitter school transfer dispute.
Michael McCann: Answering key questions about Clemens' growing legal problems (Sports Illustrated)
SI.com legal analyst Michael McCann has been closely following the Roger Clemens-Brian McNamee story since the release of the Mitchell Report late last year. Last week, in this story's latest legal twist, McNamee's lawyer filed a new motion to dismiss Clemens' defamation suit against him or have it moved to New York. Today McCann answers four key questions about Clemens' growing legal problems ...
Second legal challenge filed against tree cutting on east side of 17th Street Canal (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
A second legal challenge, this one in federal court, has been lodged against the Army Corps of Engineers' high-profile tree and fence removal initiative on the east side of the 17th Street Canal.
Dwain Chambers’s legal sprint for a place in the Olympic Games (Times Online)
With the Beijing Olympics just weeks away, the disgraced sprinter Dwain Chambers is set to launch a legal claim to lift the ban that stops him taking part in the Games.
HEALTH LAW, ETHICS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Wellness Programs and Lifestyle Discrimination -- The Legal Limits (New England Journal of Medicine)
Many health plans and employers offer wellness programs and incentives for participation. In this article, the authors examine the legal issues employers and health plans must consider as they develop programs to reward healthy behaviors and discourage unhealthy ones.
Thai PM assures ruling party's confidence despite legal blows (People's Daily)
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej assured executive members in his People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday that he was not discouraged by the latest legal troubles that threatened his party and the government's survival. The premie ...
Peru: At-Risk Women Denied Legal Abortions (AlertNet)
Source: Human Rights Watch (Lima, July 9, 2008) – The Peruvian government's deliberate refusal to streamline procedures and approve guidelines for legal abortion is endangering the lives and health of women and girls who are ...
A-Rod adds a couple of lawyers to legal team (Miami Herald)
Alex ''A-Rod'' Rodriguez, whose wife Cynthia filed for divorce Monday in Miami-Dade circuit court, added more players to his legal team: Alan Kluger and Jason Marks. They filed a notice of appearance on Tuesday.