Archive for December, 2006



Murdoch vs. Regan: Hollywood Girds for Latest Boldface Battle of Egos (New York Times)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 9:25 pm
Hollywood enjoys nothing better than a nasty legal battle, which is what may happen if book publisher Judith Regan proceeds with a lawsuit her lawyers have threatened against the News Corporation.



Valley Saw Year of Changes: Sale of Agere to California Chipmaker Ends High-Tech Dreams for Allentown. (RedNova)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 12:16 pm
By Kurt Blumenau, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Dec. 31--The business and economic changes that swept the Lehigh Valley in 2006 could be felt everywhere from boardrooms to bedrooms, shopping malls to subdivisions.



Steve Young: 2006 Right Wing Talk - The Slide Continues (HuffingtonPost)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 10:41 am
If I might borrow and mangle from Stealers Wheel, you could sum up the Lords of Loud year as "Clowns to the Right of me, Jokers to the Right. Here I am America, stuck in the middle with YOU." Not them. You. Thank you, God. Yet with the Lords of Loud running out of any semblance of credibility, the Liberal Mainstream Media™ still did all they could to Fox News themselves. Katie Couric brought ...



Keystone Embroiled in Another Lawsuit: ‘Not in the Long-Term Interest of the Automakers’ (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 9:51 am
Jerry Marks submits: Sorry, I know I promised you wouldnt hear from me until next year but I received a press release late last week for the year on Keystone Automotive Industries being hit with a new lawsuit.



Duckett lawsuit against Nancy Grace moves to federal court (CBS 46 News Atlanta)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 9:17 am
TAVARES, Fla. (AP) -- A wrongful death lawsuit filed against CNN's Nancy Grace, claiming she pushed the mother of a missing toddler to suicide through aggressive questioning on her talk show, has been moved to federal court.



CNN wrongful death suit in U.S. Court (phillyburbs.com)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 8:47 am
Associated Press A wrongful death lawsuit claiming that CNN's Nancy Grace pushed the mother of a missing toddler to suicide through aggressive questioning on her show has been moved to federal court.



Ka Loko leaves concerns, seven lives in its wake (The Garden Island)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 8:17 am
More than nine months after the Ka Loko Reservoir breach created an environmental disaster that killed seven, the episode looms large and remains contentious.



North Jersey, past and future (NorthJersey.com)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 7:33 am
Taxes. Construction. Traffic. In some ways, life in North Jersey got tougher in 2006. But so did the people who live here. Residents protested overdevelopment, loss of open space and abuse of eminent domain.



Judge orders cleanup of coal, debris (The Columbus Dispatch)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 7:27 am
IRONTON, Ohio (AP) — A judge has given the owner of a Kentucky-based biofuel company until May 30 to clean up its industrial site along Rt. 52 in southeastern Ohio.



Lawyer bills get closer scrutiny (Chicago Tribune)

Sunday 31 December 2006 @ 6:56 am
Some may pad time records, critics say If several recent cases are any indication, lawyers had better double-check their time sheets and expenses before turning them in.



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