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Posts tagged "Lawsuit"

New Court Decision: Congress Can Withhold ACORN Funding

-By Warner Todd Huston Looks like ACORN lost another round in court last week. New York’s 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision to re-instate Congressional funding of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) ruling that halting funding did not violate the group’s rights. Congress finally cut off... Read more »
By publiusforum,
August 15, 2010 at 1:50 pm
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Hilarious: Lefty Threatens to Sue Illinois Political Blog

-By Warner Todd Huston This is pretty funny… well, not so funny if you are The Illinois Review, one of our fine political news blogs in Illinois. Apparently billionaire Nadhmi Auchi has sent a threatening letter to the blog demanding that they delete an August 9 post linking Auchi to Democrat Senate candidate Alexi “the... Read more »
By publiusforum,
August 12, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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Irregularities in Skilled Healthcare Trial

-By Warner Todd Huston Last month I wrote about the California healthcare case involving Skilled Healthcare LLC. The Nursing Home company was accused by trial lawyers of violating California’s regulations governing how many staff members per resident that is required to operate a healthcare facility and lost its case. What struck me is that this... Read more »
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August 7, 2010 at 10:47 am
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Virginia Challenge of Obamacare Wins One in Court

-By Warner Todd Huston U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson refused to dismiss Virginia’s lawsuit against Obamacare, today, allowing the suit against the federal government to continue on to the next stage. The federal government sought a dismissal of the suit that challenges the Constitutionality of the part of Obamacare that requires every citizen to buy... Read more »
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August 2, 2010 at 1:23 pm
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Jury Damage Award Could Close Calif. Healthcare Facilities

-By Warner Todd Huston When companies are found to have violated regulations that govern their industry, is it right that a jury of non-experts can award damages the amount of which will wipe the company off the face of the earth? That is a question that has been raised in a case recently decided against... Read more »
By publiusforum,
July 22, 2010 at 12:33 pm
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Walsh Campaign Again Faces Lawsuit

Former Campaign Manager Files Amended Complaint for Unpaid Services MORTON GROVE, IL — This morning in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Keith Liscio, former Campaign Manager for 8th Congressional District Republican nominee Joe Walsh, filed an amended complaint against Walsh’s campaign for unpaid campaign management services on behalf of his firm Patrickson-Hirsch Associates. Liscio... Read more »
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June 24, 2010 at 11:44 am
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Illinois One of the Worst Legal Climates in the Country

-By Warner Todd Huston The Institute for Legal Reform has completed its 2010 rankings of the lawsuit climate in the various states and Illinois comes in at a dismal 45th place. If Obama needs some help, that would be 45 out of 50 states (not 57 or 58 states as he said during the campaign)... Read more »
By publiusforum,
May 16, 2010 at 12:59 pm
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Illinois Lawsuit Loan Sharks? Stop This Latest Trial Lawyer Bill

From the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform… Illinois’ reputation for lawsuit abuse hurts our jobs climate. The last thing we need are measures in Springfield that would encourage trial lawyers to file more lawsuits. So then why are our state legislators considering a law that would do just that? This wrongheaded bill (S.B. 3322)... Read more »
By publiusforum,
April 12, 2010 at 5:38 pm
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