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October 23, 2012 | Law.com

Fourth Circuit: Obscenity directed at judge can be contempt

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on October 23 unanimously upheld the criminal contempt conviction of a man who used obscene language in a federal courtroom in South Carolina last year.
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March 21, 2011 | National Law Journal

DOJ's thumb on the scales

For more than two years, a pair of rival technology companies that make a high-strength synthetic fiber have battled each other in Richmond, Va.'s federal trial court over allegations of trade secret theft and antitrust violations.
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June 02, 2003 | National Law Journal

Voir Dire

Some data on campaign contributions gleaned from various sources:
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January 12, 2007 | National Law Journal

Credit scores: What's fair use?

Business and consumer groups will clash this week in the U.S. Supreme Court over the interpretation of a federal law that is a key weapon in the battle against identity theft and inaccurate credit reports.
5 minute read
December 10, 2012 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

Martha Flanders joins the Dorf & Nelson's corporate law practice area as partner. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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May 06, 2009 | National Law Journal

Judge blasts plaintiffs firm over asbestos suit

A Los Angeles judge has blasted one of the nation's leading plaintiffs firms in asbestos litigation for trying to get the upper hand in a case through what he called a "type of judicially sanctioned extortion." The judge concluded that Waters & Kraus had re-filed in California a case that was first filed in Texas as a way to force a settlement. Calling such tactics a "waste of the court's time," the judge said Waters & Kraus has played the same "grisly game of asbestos litigation" in at least nine cases.
5 minute read
February 23, 2011 | National Law Journal

Brief of the Week: the Fourth Amendment and child protection

A pair of cases coming to the high court for argument test the boundaries of the Fourth Amendment in child welfare cases.
6 minute read
June 15, 2009 | National Law Journal

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

7 minute read
August 22, 2011 | National Law Journal

The case for treating EDD like business as usual

Rather than wait for a lawsuit, companies should plan ahead to meet discovery obligations.
7 minute read
April 30, 2012 | National Law Journal

IP lawyers praise interim rule targeting counterfeit imports

Lawyers are calling a interim rule of U.S. Customs and Border Protection that allows the agency to share information about potentially counterfeit imports with trademark holders "a good start."
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