MTV's 'Snooki' fined $500 for annoying beachgoers (AP)

AP - Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July.

Jurors told to disregard part of nanny testimony (AP)

AP - The judge in Anna Nicole Smith's drug conspiracy trial in Los Angeles has told jurors to disregard part of a former nanny's testimony because he did not consider it reliable.

Schwarzenegger continues to reject Prop 8 appeal (AP)

AP - California's governor does not have the legal duty to appeal the recent ruling that overturned the state's same-sex marriage ban, a lawyer for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday.

Polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs: One Step Closer to a Texas Court (Time.com)

Time.com - Looking thinner and frailer, Warren Jeffs is fighting extradition to Texas but all his defense may be able to do is delay

Serial killer stalks teens in `Fever of the Bone' (AP)

AP - "Fever of the Bone" (HarperCollins, $14.99), by Val McDermid: When serial crime fiction is done well, readers can drop into any installment and within a few chapters, understand nearly everything about the primary characters and their relationship with one another.

Attorney: Immigrants held illegally in Tenn. jails

A Nashville attorney says immigrants are being held illegally in Tennessee jails for days and even months after they have served their sentences.

Ocala Attorney Joins Casey's Defense Team

An attorney from Ocala is joining Casey Anthony's defense team, WFTV learned Wednesday. READ: Notice Of New Co-Counsel

`Pretty Little Things' is tale of sexual predators (AP)

AP - "Pretty Little Things" (Vanguard Press, $25.95), by Jilliane Hoffman: Jilliane Hoffman takes the standard "To Catch a Predator" plot — adult male sex offender ensnaring unsuspecting teens by various online chat rooms or social networks — and escalates it to a thoroughly creepy serial killer level.

Law Professor Discusses Marriage Equality

Columbia Law School professor Suzanne Goldberg is much more than just a litigator. As director of the Law School’s Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic, which she founded in 2007, she helps students use the law, legislative drafting, public policy advocacy and media commentary as ways of securing rights related to gender and sexuality.

Law School dean to step down, return to faculty

University of Wisconsin Law School Dean Kenneth B. Davis Jr. said today (Sept. 8) he will step down in September 2011 and return to the faculty.

Fed Lawyer: No 'Plan B' If Barclays's Lehman Buy Fell Through

Accused Somali pirate pleads guilty in DC (AP)

AP - An accused Somali pirate has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy from a November 2008 attack in the Gulf of Aden on a Danish ship carrying cargo from a U.S. company.

Lawyer for victims of N.L. chopper crash urges separate offshore safety agency

A lawyer for the families of those who died in a helicopter crash off Newfoundland says a separate offshore safety agency should be considered.

Sheridan v. Cherry Moves Forward (The Advocate)

The Advocate - A Los Angeles superior court judge is allowing Nicollette Sheridanâs $20 million wrongful-termination lawsuit against ABC and Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry to move forward.

UK extradition review to scrutinize U.S. requests (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain said on Wednesday it would review its extradition laws after criticism that treaty arrangements with other nations, in particular the United States, make it too easy to transfer suspects for trial there.

Bob Marley's daughter pleads guilty to drug charge (Reuters)

Reuters - The youngest child of late reggae star Bob Marley has pleaded guilty to a drug charge after police caught her growing marijuana in her Pennsylvania home, her lawyer said.

NY man, 90, sentenced in wife's battering death (AP)

AP - A 90-year-old western New York man has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for battering his wife of nearly 68 years to death with a hammer.

Attorney dies on North Cascades peak

MARBLEMOUNT - Seattle attorney John Arum, who died during a hike last week in North Cascades National Park, had worked for the Colville Confederated Tribes.

Clemens Lawyer Argues That McNamee's Defamation Suit Should Be Thrown Out

A lawyer for Roger Clemens urged a judge to throw out a lawsuit in which the former Major League Baseball pitcher is accused of defamation by his onetime trainer, Brian McNamee.

Lawyer Wants Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber Cartoon Strip Pulled

A lawyer for pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber has threatened legal action against comic book creators over a series of unauthorized cartoon str...

Law professor contradicts McMahon camp over WWE death clauses

A Yale Law School professor, challenging a statement from the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon, said Tuesday that it’s “just not true” that the company controlled by McMahon and her husband had never invoked the so-called “death clause” in its talent contracts.

Swastikas scrawled in California neighborhood (AP)

AP - Racist graffiti and swastikas scrawled on garage doors and cars in a Southern California neighborhood are being investigated as a hate crime.

Legal action could stall Pilbara project

Cape Lambert Resources Ltd has begun legal action over Western Australia's Pilbara project.

Law — 60th

Jack and June Law of East Wenatchee will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a private reception Saturday. The event is being planned by their son, Cameron Law of Grand Junction, Colo., and their daughter and son-in-law, Adrienne and Bill Cook of Bothell.

Bob Marley's daughter pleads guilty to drug charge (AP)

AP - The youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley has admitted growing marijuana in her Philadelphia-area home.

Legal Secretary - Intellectual Property Â£32,000 - London - Administration &

A UK law firm with stunning new offices based near St Pauls is looking for a legal secretary to join their IP group. The role is supporting a partner plus associates with all documentation, diary management and organisation of meetings and events.

Legal Secretary Trademarks Â£32,000 - London - Legal -

Based a short walk from Fenchurch Street station, this top UK law firm is looking for a legal secretary to join its Trademarks team. The department has a real 'team playing' environment and the role itself is working for a Partner and a two Associates.

Austrian kidnap victim details ordeal in new book (AP)

AP - An Austrian woman kidnapped at age 10 says she was repeatedly beaten, starved and forced to do housework half-naked during her 8 1/2 years at the mercy of a man who admired Hitler and considered himself an Egyptian god.

Attorney J.D. Hensarling to teach Pretrial Law at Campbell University School of Law

Triangle - Ragsdale Liggett PLLC Announces that Attorney J.D. Hensarling will teach at Campbell University School of Law Raleigh, NC – September, 2010 -- Ragsdale Liggett PLLC announces that J.D. Hensarling will teach Pretrial Litigation at Campbell University School of Law in Raleigh, NC, this fall as an Adjunct Professor.

John Lennon's killer is again denied parole in NY (AP)

AP - John Lennon's killer was again denied parole in New York, nearly 30 years after gunning down the ex-Beatle outside the musician's New York City apartment building.

Philippine massacre 'carefully planned': witness (AFP)

AFP - A powerful Muslim clan carefully planned and carried out the killings of 57 people -- including 30 journalists -- in the Philippines' worst massacre, a witness said Wednesday as the landmark trial began.

Judge calls Nicollette Sheridan lawsuit "annoying" (Reuters)

Reuters - ABC suffered a few pre-trial setbacks on Tuesday related to former "Desperate Housewives" actress Nicollette Sheridan's $20 million wrongful-termination lawsuit against the network and series creator Marc Cherry.

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Legal action over $3bn Pilbara project

[AAP] - Iron ore explorer Cape Lambert Resources Ltd has begun legal action it says could stall a multi-billion-dollar magnetite operation in Western Australia s Pilbara region.Cape Lambert executive chairman ...

Law Requires Coop to Post Prices Online

A new federal law requires Harvard and other publicly funded universities to post the prices and ISBNs of course books online.

Law Enforcement Explorer Post 3775 begins new season

After a success 2009-10 season, the Maple Grove Law Enforcement Post is eager to begin a new year. The Explorers a group of young men and women between the ages of 14 to 20 who have chosen to "explore" a career in the law enforcement profession.

Law Society supports on-the-spot fines

The Law Society has backed the Barnett Government's plan to introduce on-the-spot fines for minor offences.

Law firms taking on might of capital

YORKSHIRE'S law firms are competing with their London rivals to gain work from Britain's biggest companies, according to research compiled by the legal industry 'bible', the Legal 500. (07/09/2010 20:14:24)

Longtime friend testifies in Islamic charity trial (AP)

AP - A longtime friend of a man accused of using an Islamic charity to smuggle money to Muslim fighters in Chechnya has testified that defendant Pete Seda wanted to promote peace and help orphans.

Attorney general seeks freeze of former trooper's assets

The Indiana attorney general filed a lawsuit today to freeze the assets of a former state trooper, alleging he embezzled about $89,000 from the Indiana Toll Road post near Bristol.