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April 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

High court says attempted burglary can bring longer sentence under 'career criminal' law

The Supreme Court on Wednesday underscored the broad impact of a federal law allowing longer sentences for violent "career criminals." In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled against Alphonso James, a Florida man with three prior felony convictions, including one for attempted burglary. As long as an offense presents a serious potential risk of injury to another person, it satisfies the requirements of the Armed Career Criminal Act, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion.
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September 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

State Courts Recall 9/11 Attacks and Three Lost Court Officers

By the time Court Officer Mitchel Wallace saw Mary Jos on Sept. 11, 2001, she had shrapnel embedded in her body and heat burns on her back, left arm and hands. Working in a makeshift triage at the South Tower's base on Church Street, Officer Wallace bandaged Ms. Jos' wounds and prepared to get her to an ambulance. Officer Wallace had a "calming" effect on her, Ms. Jos said. As he cut her pant leg to get to the wound, she told him how much she liked those trousers. "There will be lots of sales, don't worry about it," Officer Wallace told her. Moments later the first tower collapsed. Officer Wallace did not survive.
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July 29, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Thomson Reuters 2Q profit slips 8 percent

NEW YORK AP - News and information provider Thomson Reuters Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter net income fell 8 percent on weakness in its legal and markets divisions.The company is still recovering from last year's economic downturn, which put a crimp in budgets at many of the law firms and financial institutions that it counts as customers.
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July 27, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

DeWitt v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, PICS Case No. 10-2426 (Pa. Commw. July 15, 2010) Kelley, Sr. J. (7 pages).

The Commonwealth Court granted the application for reconsideration filed by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review and quashed claimant's petition for review.
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November 11, 2011 | The American Lawyer

DLA's Burch Dismisses Fraser Milner Tie-Up Report

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September 09, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Revenue Ruling Places Limits on Pension Plan Transfers

In Revenue Ruling 2008-45 last month, the Internal Revenue Service held that the transfer of the sponsorship of a qualified retirement plan from an employer to an unrelated taxpayer violates the exclusive benefit rule contained in Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, if such a transfer is not made in connection with a transfer of business assets, operations or employees.
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December 15, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Legal Ethics: Choose Online Friends Wisely

Before diving into the world of online social networking sites, lawyers need to consider the risks, advises Bruce A. Campbell of Campbell & Chadwick in Dallas. Two risks these sites pose are licensing (for would-be lawyers) and potential discipline (for lawyers admitted to practice), he warns. Evaluating this risk is somewhat difficult, because electronic social networking is relatively new.
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May 07, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Profits per partner reach sky-high levels

THEY MAY LAMENT that they are the poor cousins of hedge fund managers and private equity stakeholders, but law firm partners are hardly suffering. In 2006, for the first time since The American Lawyer started measuring the financial performance of law firms 22 years ago, a majority of America's 100 top-grossing firms had profits per equity partner of $1 million or more.
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January 16, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Blystra v. Fiber Tech Group, Inc. et al, etc.

Where the individual-plaintiff knew of his alleged injury outside the limitations period, his RICO claims that defendants fraudulently deprived him of his ownership interests in certain technology are barred, as are his state claims; the limited partnership's identical claims are not time-barred.
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November 11, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Motorola fires back at Microsoft with patent suit

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. AP - Motorola is returning fire in a legal battle with Microsoft, suing the software maker for infringing on 16 of its patents.Motorola said Wednesday that Microsoft's PC and server software, Windows mobile software and Xbox products infringe on its patents. The complaints were filed by its Motorola Mobility unit in the U.
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