LANDMARK WIN ON ASBESTOS BRAKE PADS A former Perth brake mechanic is the first Australian to win a successful verdict against the Ford Motor Company for exposure to asbestos through brake pads.
Antonino Lo Presti, 58, worked as a brake mechanic at Ford dealerships from 1970 to 1987. He was diagnosed in July 2001 with […]

Bulgaria’s non-government organisations, already under-financed, could experience severe financial difficulties after the withdrawal of foreign donors from the country, Bulgarian Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (BCNL) said on February 25 2008, as quoted by mediapool.bg.
Foreign donors provide more than 40 per cent of total financing to Bulgarian NGOs, a survey by pollster MBMD, commissioned by BCNL, […]

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) - A new tribal law aims to make it easier to get loans on Native American reservations. Representatives from about a dozen Native American tribes around the country will attend a 2-day seminar Friday and Saturday in Broomfield to learn about how it works. Banks have previously been reluctant to loan money […]

ALBANY – Five individuals were arraigned for failing to file New York State personal income tax returns, and the remaining 26 will be arraigned on April 4, 2008. The 31 individuals are believed to owe over $650,000 in tax liability.
The charges are the result of an initiative undertaken by the New York State Department of […]

GUATEMALA CITY — Luciany Ball’s adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she could be raised by a loving family in a six-bedroom Indiana farmhouse.
But now some of the documents appear to be fraudulent, part of a slew of irregularities at […]

In October 2007, Anucha Browne Sanders won her sexual harassment case against Madison Square Gardens and was awarded $11.6 million. The verdict was the result of a grueling trial where Browne Sanders, a high-profile sports executive for the New York Knicks, recounted witnessing male executives pressure young female interns into sex. When she approached her […]

COLUMBUS — Senate Bill 17, the most comprehensive drunk driving law in the state’s history, has been passed by the Ohio Senate and now moves into committee in the Ohio House of Representatives. It would create a Web site with the names and pictures of all drunk drivers with five or more convictions.
It would mandate […]

Deane Brown started her legal career at a high-powered firm that tops many new lawyers’ lists of best places to work. But when her daughter Morgan was born in 1996, the Boston University Law School grad worked nights and weekends to meet the billing requirements, leaving her feeling cheated. “At that point, I knew I […]

New Delhi: The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board has released the “Shariat Nikahnama” that they claim would give equal rights to both Muslim men and women.
If the board has its way, a Muslim woman would be entitled to seek divorce if her husband was found having illicit relationship with another woman.
The board has […]

Notary publics who scam Latino immigrants by charging them for legal advice will now face criminal penalties under a new law signed by Gov. Jim Doyle in Milwaukee on Tuesday. In Mexico and Latin American countries, a notario can have legal training, while in the U.S., a notary can only administer oaths and witness signatures.But […]