Recent Updates
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Dui laws and information for the state of Maryland
DUI Law 08/23/2014DUI or DWI? In Maryland DUI, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, BAC .08 or higher, 2 months/$500. DWI, Driving while Impaired by Alcohol, BAC .07, Year/$1000. Maryland State law mandates the automatic suspension of your driving license for 45 da...
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Maine is very strict on DUI laws
DUI Law 08/23/2014You are OUI in Maine if your blood alcohol content is .08% or higher. Following your arrest, based on the police report and blood alcohol content (BAC) test results, the Secretary of State will immediately suspend your license. Maine is very tough on...
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Kentucky DUI laws and Information
DUI Law 08/23/2014You Are DUI When: When your blood alcohol content (BAC) is.08 or higher, you are DUI in Kentucky. The test must be given within 2 hours of operation of motor vehicle for results to be admitted into evidence in DUI prosecutions. Operators can be convi...
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Iowa DUI laws and information for offenders
DUI Law 08/23/2014Iowa First Offender You are OWI (Operating While Intoxicated ) in Iowa if your blood alcohol content BAC) is 08% or higher. First Offense Penalties OWI is a serious misdemeanor punishable by: Jail: Up to one year in jail and a fine of $1,000, or both...
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UCLA Law Reviews
Law Reviews 08/23/2014Mission: The UCLA Law Review is published six times a year by the students of the UCLA School of Law and the Regents of the University of California. The Law Review is a completely student-run organization and all management, editorial, and publicati...
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Equifax goes to US Supreme Court with tax appeal
Tax Law 05/24/2014Credit bureau Equifax Inc. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal from an adverse tax ruling in Mississippi. The appeal is a reaction to a 2013 Mississippi Supreme Court decision that Equifax had to prove that it didn't earn any taxable inco...
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Court to hear dispute over state tax collection
Tax Law 05/24/2014The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider a dispute over how a state may tax the income that its residents earn in another state. In a case that could affect how taxes are collected in every state, the justices will hear an appeal from Maryland...
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Bankrupt Stockton defends financial plan in court
Bankruptcy Law 05/23/2014The largest city in California to file for bankruptcy protection is asking a judge Monday to approve its plan for reorganizing more than $900 million in long-term debt to rescue the city from two years of financial uncertainty. Standing in Stockton's...
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Court weighs securities fraud class-action cases
Corporate Law 04/24/2014The Supreme Court is considering whether to abandon a quarter-century of precedent and make it tougher for investors to band together to sue corporations for securities fraud. The justices hear arguments Wednesday in an appeal by Halliburton Co. that...
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Man to plead guilty in Disney insider info case
Corporate Law 04/24/2014A man will plead guilty to securities fraud and pay regulators around $801,000 for using insider information to profit from Disney's $4 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment in 2009. According to the deal filed in Los Angeles federal court Wedn...
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Tokyo court starts Mt. Gox bankruptcy proceedings
Bankruptcy Law 04/23/2014Bankruptcy proceedings have begun for Mt. Gox, a move that was widely expected after the Tokyo District Court decided earlier this month that the bitcoin exchange would not be able to resurrect itself. An administrator will try to sell the company's ...
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Detroit bankruptcy judge opens court to critics
Bankruptcy Law 04/23/2014A judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy is getting an earful from retirees who are opposed to the city's plan to get back on its feet. Judge Steven Rhodes is giving dozens of people five minutes each to air their objections Tuesday. He held a similar...