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December 27, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Stolen credit cards go for $3.50 online

In mid-September, a European hacker nicknamed Poxxie broke into the computer network of a U.S. company and, he said, grabbed 1,400 credit card numbers, the account holders' names and addresses, and the security code that comes with each card.With little trouble, he sold the numbers for $3.50 each on his own site, called CVV2s.
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May 03, 2007 | Law.com

Islamic Scholars Play Role in High Finance

Deal work in the Islamic world is booming -- ballooning this year more than tenfold to an estimated $750 billion. "In the last three years, the industry has gone from nascent to burgeoning," says Oliver Agha, the partner who launched DLA Piper's Islamic finance practice. But the industry is facing growing pains, with an acute shortage of lawyers and Islamic scholars who can advise companies and financial institutions on how to structure their deals so as to comply with Islamic law.
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December 17, 2002 | Law.com

Working on Overtime

Lawsuits accusing employers of cheating workers out of overtime have proliferated in recent years, and many say they will continue to grow. But not if people like Tammy McCutchen can help it. McCutchen, a top official at the Labor Department, hopes to slow the stampede to the courthouse. She's embarking on the ambitious undertaking of rewriting the federal rules that many employers use to determine which workers are ineligible for overtime pay.
11 minute read
March 02, 2007 | Law.com

Judge Rejects SEC Suit Against Former Citigroup Execs

Charges by the SEC that two former Citigroup executives "aided and abetted" their company in a scheme to cheat mutual fund investors of almost $100 million have been dismissed by a federal judge in New York. The judge granted Thomas W. Jones and Lewis E. Daidone's motion for summary judgment, finding that the SEC's actions seeking civil penalties and an injunction against the executives were time-barred. The judge also held that the SEC's request for disgorgement was "not supported by sufficient facts."
6 minute read
March 14, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Patent Injunctions

Peter J. Pizzi, a partner at Connell Foley, writes that fanfare about patents essential to tens of thousands of Blackberry users may spur a dialogue about public interest factors courts are to consider in deciding whether to grant an injunction against patent infringement. Such debate is particularly timely given that the U.S. Supreme Court will soon weigh in on the subject in a patent case on its docket
12 minute read
February 24, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Evers,

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September 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Hot Spot

As Africa's economy takes off, independent firms prosper, and global firms refine their strategy. A look at the changing landscape.
19 minute read
January 16, 2004 | Law.com

Star Athlete Fights 10-Year Prison Term

The Supreme Court of Georgia is due to enter the fray surrounding a nationally publicized case that could answer a novel legal question on teen sex and mandatory minimum sentencing. The case centers on a star athlete found guilty of statutory rape and aggravated child molestation -- charges stemming from contact between Marcus Dwayne Dixon, who is black, and a female classmate, who is white. Says defense attorney David Balser, "If it's not rape, then it's sex between teenagers."
11 minute read
June 06, 2001 | Law.com

The High Court and the Death Penalty, Again

John P. Elwood returns with his take on the U.S. Supreme Court's latest consideration of the death penalty in the Penrycase, involving a mentally impaired convicted murderer. Also, he takes a look at this week's other high court opinions and case grants, in a special "Ask Mr. Supreme Court Answer Person" session.
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