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Bills cut QB Jackson before minicamp

...open court or in private labor arbitration.A single-sentence docket entry filed Monday for the cases said U.S. District Judge Anita Brody expected to rule July 22. The ruling is likely to give one side the upper hand in what could be a multibillion-dollar...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2013-06-10/bills-cut-qb-jackson-minicamp
Federal judge ready to close Richmond County school desegregation lawsuit

...appointed to the district bench in December of 1979," Bowen wrote. "... this case has outlived the three previous district judges who handled it from time to time."It has also outlived most of the original lawyers and many of the original plaintiffs...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-06-04/federal-judge-ready-cl
Overtime

...related to Jerry Sandusky, calling his argument "a Hail Mary pass" that easily warranted dismissal.U.S. Middle District Judge Yvette Kane's decision put an early end to the antitrust lawsuit Gov. Tom Corbett filed in January in which he sought...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2013-06-06/overtime
Judge approves Savannah dredging suit settlement

CHARLESTON, S.C. - U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel on Wednesday approved a settlement ending a legal challenge to the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-29/judge-approves-savannah-dredg
O.J. Simpson returns to court, seeking new trial

...room. Of the 22 allegations of conflict-of-interest and ineffective counsel his lawyers raised, Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell has agreed to hear 19.Simpson has said his former attorney, Yale Galanter, had rejected appropriate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-14/oj-simpson-returns-court-seeking-ne
Federal judge making morning-after pill available to all

...prescription.Buyers must prove at the pharmacy that they're 17 or older; everyone else must see a doctor first. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman, of New York, blasted the government's decision on age limits as "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-05/federal-judge-making-morni
Flacco to portray Unitas in movie

...group of retired players seeking publicity rights has been given preliminary approval by a federal judge.U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson also warned retirees Monday not to be too fussy about the money now that it's been awarded. COLLEGEAUBURN...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/2013-04-08/flacco-portray-unitas-mov
Brain-injury panel is labeled a 'sham' by players' lawyer

...Frederick argued at the pivotal federal hearing to determine if the complaints will remain in federal court.U.S. District Judge Anita Brody's decision could be worth billions to either side.About one-third of the league's 12,000 former...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2013-04-09/brain-injury-panel-labled-sha
Across the region

...who lives in Guatemala, was sentenced Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to the charges against him in November. U.S. District Judge Willis B. Hunt Jr. sentenced Martin to serve four years and two months in prison followed by three years of supervised...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-26/across-region
Suit seeking pay for student-athletes moves slowly

...former players since 2005 while having to share revenues going forward with current and future athletes.U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken has scheduled a hearing in June to consider the class action request.The former players have also included...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/2013-04-01/suit-seeking-pay-student-