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September 7, 2013 – TriCities.com – Putting a face on gas royalties tied up in lock-box escrow accounts

Putting a face on gas royalties tied up in lock-box escrow accounts Posted: Saturday, September 7, 2013 9:31 pm BY MICHAEL L. OWENS | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER RAVEN, Va. — Bonnie Clemons doesn’t realize she just might be the symbolic face of the frustration surrounding a federal lawsuit seeking at least $30 million in natural […]

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August 15, 2013 – The Madison-St. Clair Record – ‘Avery’ lawyers say plan for Karmeier deposition is not immediate

‘Avery’ lawyers say plan for Karmeier deposition is not immediate August 15, 2013 10:30 AM By Steve Korris EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyers whose plan to depose Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier became public now say they will do it later or maybe not at all. On Aug. 14, they told U.S. District Judge […]

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August 14, 2013 – Center for American Progress – Dodging a Billion-Dollar Verdict

Dodging a Billion-Dollar Verdict SOURCE: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast Republican Judge Lloyd A. Karmeier smiles as he reads from a t-shirt, “Top Ten Reasons I Voted For Judge Karmeier,” after defeating Democrat Gordon E. Maag for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, Tuesday, November 2, 2004, during an election night gathering at the American Legion […]

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August 14, 2013 – The Huffington Post – Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Secretary Of State, Accuses SEC Of Ignoring Fraud Victims

Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Secretary Of State, Accuses SEC Of Ignoring Fraud Victims By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS 08/14/13 06:52 PM ET EDT Follow: Delbert Hosemann, Securities And Exchange Commission, Delbert Hosemann Sec, Mississippi, Mississippi Secretary Of State, Morgan Keegan & Co, Sec, Politics News JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has failed to […]

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August 14, 2013 – MS News Now-WLBT & WDBD – Mississippians file suit over settlement money

Mississippians file suit over settlement money Posted: Aug 14, 2013 4:48 PM CST Updated: Aug 14, 2013 6:56 PM CST By Stephanie Bell-Flynt – bio | email JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – Some Mississippi investors are demanding their money back from the federal government, and now, they’ve filed a lawsuit to get it. “Put […]

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August 5, 2013 – The Am Law Litigation Daily – Mayer Brown Loses DQ Bid in Yogurt Labeling Case

Mayer Brown Loses DQ Bid in Yogurt Labeling Case By Max Taves | The Litigation Daily | August 5, 2013 Max Taves writes for The Recorder, an American Lawyer affiliate. Mayer Brown swung for a TKO against the team of plaintiffs lawyers behind a recent wave of food labeling litigation. But in the end, it lost […]

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July 16, 2013 – Cleveland.com – Jimmy Haslam settles fuel rebate shortage lawsuits; preliminary order filed in Arkansas court

Jimmy Haslam settles fuel rebate shortage lawsuits; preliminary order filed in Arkansas court (Plain Dealer file photo) Print By Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer Email the author | Follow on Twitter on July 16, 2013 at 6:18 PM, updated July 17, 2013 at 8:09 AM Pilot Flying J Investigation Haslam suit settlement leads to new […]

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July 16, 2013 – Associated Press – Pilot Flying J to repay trucking companies

Pilot Flying J to repay trucking companies Travis Loller, Associated Press       July 16, 2013   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has agreed to pay back the trucking companies that were cheated out of fuel rebates, according to a settlement given preliminary approval Tuesday. […]

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June 14, 2013 – TriCities – Virginia GOP says Puckett has most to gain from prolonged gas royalty court case

Virginia GOP says Puckett has most to gain from prolonged gas royalty court case Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013 8:09 pm | Updated: 4:53 pm, Fri Jun 14, 2013. BY MICHAEL L. OWENS | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Virginia Republicans said Thursday that the Democratic state senator calling for a state investigation into how Attorney General […]

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June 13, 2013 – The Washington Post – GOP says Democratic senator who called for probe of Cuccinelli has his own conflict

GOP says Democratic senator who called for probe of Cuccinelli has his own conflict By Fredrick Kunkle, Published: June 13, 2013 Virginia Republicans say a Democratic state senator who called for the state’s Inspector General to investigate Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II’s handling of a complex legal dispute over mineral rights may have his own potential […]

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