Tucson shooter was troubled, but could still buy a gun

By Kimberly Leonard

The months-long pattern of bizarre behavior by alleged Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner has once again raised questions about what sort of

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"… y Act] — a law that sets forth privacy for students,” he said.Virginia attorney Stephen P. Halbrook, a frequent defender of gun owners’ rights, asserted …"

JIEDDO: The Manhattan Project that bombed

By Peter Cary and Nancy Youssef

The Pentagon’s main effort to counter improvised explosive devices has spent $17 billion, but the results have been disappointing by almost

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"… information in Afghanistan. Furlong, an ex-Army officer, said through his attorney Nancy Luque that the project was approved by Army Gen. David McKiernan, th …"

Donald Trump's lawsuits could turn off conservatives who embrace tort reform

By Peter H. Stone

Trump and his companies have sued, and been sued, hundreds of times

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"… in much the same language as before, but with some tweaks.Amy Petrick, an attorney for Palm Beach County, told iWatch News that last year in responding to Tr …"

"… astructure charges. And the same judge awarded Trump about $1.3 million in attorney’s fees.Trump, who had paid the firm $1 million for its work, alleged tha …"

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During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

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"… needs to be evaluated” said Stephen Sheller, a Philadelphia class action attorney instrumental in the Zyprexa settlement. “Bill Clinton had the bimbo …"

"… he rate of those taking placebos in clinical trials, according to the U.S. attorney.Although the company withdrew its application for the Alzheimer’s approv …"

"… sedate disruptive patients, according to a statement from Brian Kenny, an attorney representing company whistleblowers.Lilly even devised a sales slogan, “ …"

"… ended use, it needs to go through the drug approval process,” government attorney Jeffrey Steger said at the settlement hearing, according to the transcript …"

Analysis — The insurers’ real agenda for change

By Wendell Potter

Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....

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"… llenges to the law and the repeal efforts. They understand that Republican attorneys general who filed the lawsuits and the Congressional Republicans who vote …"

Special treatment for 'high profile' patients; exasperation for the rest of us

By Wendell Potter

The president's mother and his struggle for health care reform

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"… inally informed the company she was turning over her case to “my son and attorney, Barack Obama.”Obama was indeed a lawyer by then, but his name would hav …"

"… have meant little to CIGNA in 1995. He was still serving as a civil rights attorney and lecturer at the University of Chicago law school. He simply was not im …"

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Buyer beware

By David Heath

New consumer agency powerless against dishonest auto lending practices

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"… court. But that’s rarely an option either.Kathi Rawls, the Oklahoma City attorney who handled cases for both Moses and Barnes, says she gets about 15 to 20 …"

"… ice. But Tammy Moses’s case shows that some scams may be unavoidable.Her attorney discovered that Automax Hyundai got 51 duplicate certificates of origin in …"

SEC extracts fines, but not confessions

Federal judge scolds SEC for routinely letting businesses and executives settle civil lawsuits without admitting any guilt....

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"… in a way that they can take as established by these proceedings.”Defense attorneys say that this type of boilerplate language is necessary for clients who m …"

"… Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., do so as well.David Martin, a former SEC attorney who now practices at Covington & Burling in Washington, said that such …"

"… a group of elderly Sisters of Charity nuns in the Bronx.John Savarese, an attorney for Dell, told the Center that the SEC inserts the “without admitting or …"

"… c of discussion during Dell’s settlement negotiations.David Schrader, an attorney for Chironis, declined to comment specifically on the case, but said he ha …"

No guarantees at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

By John Solomon

Last November, the federal corporation charged with protecting Americans’ retirement funds issued an ominous public warning: the amount of p

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"… ircuit City, the IndyMac Bank, and the Lehman Brothers investment firm.And General Motors’ and Chrysler’s continued losses leave their massive pension plans han …"

Coal ash: The hidden story

By Kristen Lombardi

Pat Nees never liked the water at the Moose Lodge. Almost everyone in tiny Colstrip, Montana, drank and dined at Lodge #2190, but the well w

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"… clean up contamination. “It’s really a sham,” charges Lisa Evans, an attorney for EarthJustice who used to enforce federal waste laws for the EPA. “It …"

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