Appeals court rejects halt to Mattel-MGA (Oregon personal injury attorney) Bratz case

Appeals court rejects halt to Mattel-MGA Bratz case - Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday declined to intervene to stop Mattel Inc's trial against Bratz doll maker MGA Entertainment Inc over ownership of the popular doll franchise after a juror made ethnic slurs against MGA's chief Source: www.reuters.com Author Wins Attorney Fees Despite Dismissal of Free Speech Action - Law.com New York must pay $104,191 in attorney fees to an infomercial pitchman even though his claim that the state squelched his free speech rights to promote his book against the health care establishment was ultimately dismissed, a federal judge has ruled Source: www.law.com Death penalty sought in boy's stomping death in Galveston - Houston Chronicle GALVESTON -- Prosecutors said today they would seek the death penalty for Travis Mullis, accused of stomping his 3-month-old son to death to stop him from crying. Officials from the office of Galveston County District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk met Source: www.chron.com Investigator accidently shoots self in leg - San Diego Union-Tribune LEMON GROVE A District Attorney's Office investigator accidentally shot herself in the leg Tuesday as a law enforcement task force was trying to arrest a robbery suspect, authorities said. The investigator reportedly was getting out of her car Source: www.signonsandiego.com Man convicted of murder in boy's starvation death - Miami Herald DENVER A man who had agreed to care for his ex-girlfriend's 7-year-old son was convicted of murdering the boy Tuesday by starving him to death while confining him to a tiny closet. Jurors took just 3 1/2 hours to convict Jon Phillips of first-degree Source: www.miamiherald.com