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A stunned Lynne Stewart was re-sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday, in part because she crowed that she could handle the initial 28-month sentence ordered by New York federal Judge John Koeltl in 2006 “standing on my head.” Koeltl, instructed by an appeals court to reconsider sentencing enhancements for terrorism, perjury and abuse of her position of trust as a lawyer, did just that as he ordered a longer term for the 70-year-old former defense lawyer for providing material support to a terrorist conspiracy.

Time could be running out for some companies hoping to file an insurance claim over damage caused by the Gulf Coast oil spill.

A woman who says she was fired from her position at the State Ethics Commission of Georgia when she raised concerns about staff attorneys working for their private firm on state time and using state resources has filed a whistleblower suit against the agency and its director. The staff attorneys are not named as defendants in the case.

The judge who blocked the Obama administration’s moratorium on deep-water oil drilling has an image as a stern jurist, but he has sparked little controversy over the years. With a reversal record since 2000 that is the second-lowest among judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Martin Feldman has navigated his position without much drama — until now.