Riverboat Casinos Loses in their Court Appeal Battle against Racetracks
7/23/2011 An appeal filed by riverboat casinos against the racetrack industry was thrown out Friday when the law signed by convicted former Governor Rod Blagojevich, which funneled money from casinos to support the racetracks, was upheld by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The law, which was dubbed as the Racetrack Bill and repeatedly […]
Immigration Law Faces Legal Challenge from Groups Seeking to Stop It
7/23/2011 The Southern Poverty Law Center, along with a coalition of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court in Huntsville asking the judge to block the new illegal immigration law in Alabama. Mary Bauer, an attorney for the law center, said, “Alabama’s law goes much further than other state’s, […]
Medical Pot Offices in Arizona Stand Empty after Brewer Filed a Lawsuit against Feds
7/23/2011 When Ian Christensen, a self-described serial entrepreneur, looked around the white walls of the medical office he intends to lease in Paradise Valley in Arizona, he saw opportunity. Now, the only thing that he needs is some pot. Just like hundreds of many other would-be pot moguls, Christensen wooed investors, hired lawyers, negotiated […]