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September 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

FTC approves consent order requiring Reed Elsevier to divest some public record services

The FTC, finding that Lexis-Nexis owner Reed Elsevier's proposed $4.1 billion acquisition of commercial data broker ChoicePoint would be anti-competitive and violate antitrust laws, approved a consent order requiring Reed Elsevier to divest certain ChoicePoint electronic public record services to Thomson Reuters Legal Inc. within 15 days after the purchase is completed.
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April 12, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Asbestos Exposure Not an 'Accident,' but a 'Disease'

In a significant victory for insurers, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that occupational asbestos exposure does not meet Pennsylvania law's traditional definition of a workplace accident, but instead must be treated as a disease.
6 minute read
May 25, 2000 | Law.com

Gun Possession is 'Crime of Violence'

A convicted felon's subsequent possession of a firearm is a "crime of violence" under the Bail Reform Act of 1984 and justifies his detention pending trial, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
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October 25, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Discipline

Three lawyers are suspended.
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January 04, 2012 | Law.com

Government denies that placing attorney on trial would constitute double jeopardy

Federal prosecutors insist that they can fairly pursue two felony campaign finance charges against trial attorney Pierce O'Donnell, despite having previously struck a deal allowing him to plead to related but lesser crimes.
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November 18, 2009 | National Law Journal

Was Chief Justice's Comment on Special Masters Too Harsh?

Continuing to reverberate around Supreme Court circles is a comment made by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. during oral argument last month in a case involving the Court's so-called "original jurisdiction." Roberts bluntly characterized the special masters appointed by the Court in such cases as "more akin to a law clerk than a district judge." It came across to some in the field as a demeaning comparison, but some former special masters refused to talk about the comment, not wanting to cross the chief justice.
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August 05, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Mann

The trial court fairly concluded that the police had reasonable and articulable suspicion to support an investigatory stop of defendant and that the seizure of drugs from both locations was lawful.
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November 16, 2006 | National Law Journal

Abramoff begins serving sentence at Maryland prison

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff reported to prison yesterday in Cumberland, Md., to begin serving a sentence of almost six years for defrauding banks of $23 million when buying a Florida casino cruise line in 2000.
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April 30, 2003 | Law.com

Bank Withdrawal

Firms that -- overwhelmed with more lucrative work -- dumped banks as clients during the tech boom of the late '90s are hungry again for investment banking work. But they're finding it tough going. Some investment banks that were unhappy about their relative pecking order as a client "chose to go elsewhere and might not come back," says Cooley Godward partner Laura Berezin.
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January 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Topeka police

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that a Kansas City, Mo., man filed against the Topeka Police Department and Shawnee County District Attorney's Office.
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