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Hearings Scheduled on Four Nominees to Federal Court Judgeships
Some federal court judicial nominations must die that others may win Senate confirmation. That was the unspoken message at a joint press conference held for Sens. Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum to announce that they have struck a deal with their Republican colleagues to get committee hearings for four pending nominees to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania bench.Internet Services Found Not Subject to State Tax
Independent Internet service providers struggling against the twin behemoths of major telecommunications companies and state regulatory structures have won a key battle in New York, where the Tax Appeals Tribunal has held that telephony and telegraphy services are inherently interstate and, therefore, exempt from sales tax. The ruling could spell the end of a tax policy that had frustrated and burdened independent Internet service providers.Lockheed Employee's YouTube Video Sounds Ethics Alarm
In 2003 Michael DeKort faced an ethical quandary. He thought his company's shipbuilding project for the U.S. Coast Guard was dangerously off-course. He was convinced that both sailors and national security were at risk -- but he couldn't persuade his superiors. When his concerns were ignored by managers up the line, he spent two years pursuing three separate internal investigations. Finally he contacted the press and elected officials -- to no avail. That's when he hit on a desperate gambit: YouTube.View more book results for the query "*"
This Week in 'Law Journal' History
'Law Journal' stories through the last century.Sharp 10-year rise in prison time for federal offenders, but alternative sentencing takes a dive
The rate at which federal offenders are being sentenced to prison time has increased by 10 percentage points in the past 10 years — from 75.4% to 85.3% since fiscal year 1997 — while the use of alternative sentences, such as probation and probation with confinement, has decreased over the same period.MGIC loss narrows to $33.7 million as insurer's claim costs fall
MGIC Investment Corp., the largest U.S. mortgage insurer, said its quarterly loss narrowed as claims costs declined.Trending Stories
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