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August 03, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Judge refuses to drop charges in meth merchants sting

ROME, Ga. AP - A federal judge has refused to toss out cases against dozens of South Asian merchants charged in a police sting aimed at retailers selling methamphetamine-related products to drug makers.U.S. District Judge Harold Murphy said Tuesday that the defendants had failed to show that prosecutors targeted them because of their ethnic or national origin.
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August 02, 2007 | National Law Journal

Commentary: Every Pay Raise Has Its Price

During the past month, large Texas law firms have engaged in a salary war that started with Vinson & Elkins raising first-year associate pay to the New York rate of $160,000. But at what price, asks Mark Donald? These young lawyers will bill around 2,000 hours a year -- minimum. And with the dreaded billable hour comes disillusionment. Add to that the fact that the average career life expectancy of an associate at a big firm is three years -- before a law firm even starts to make money off the attorney.
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February 25, 2009 | National Law Journal

Kent's abrupt retirement shrouded in mystery

The terms of former federal judge Samuel Kent's abrupt retirement following his guilty plea Feb. 23 to obstructing an internal investigation of sexual contact with a former courtroom deputy, remains shrouded in secrecy. Kent, who is 59, is not eligible for retirement under judiciary rules, which require a judge to be 65 and have at least 15 years service to retire. His only other option would be a disability retirement, which requires 5th Circuit Chief Judge Edith Jones to certify he is disabled and notify the president.
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April 25, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

No Case Against Pittsburgh Hospital Over Pap Smear Reports

A would-be class action suit over the methods used by a major Pittsburgh hospital to review Pap smear tests was dealt another blow when the Superior Court upheld a trial judge's decision to dismiss the case.
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September 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

The Ultimate Dropped Signal

When wireless companies go belly up, as was the case with Amp'd Mobile, customers should get fair warning, say Gerard Waldron and Enrique Armijo.
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January 14, 2011 | Law.com

Circuit Finds 'Crude' Filmmaker Lacked Independence

Independence is the key factor in determining whether journalists can invoke a qualified evidentiary privilege for the information they have gathered. That point was emphasized yesterday as the Second Circuit explained why it upheld a judge's order that filmmaker Joseph Berlinger turn over footage from "Crude," a documentary about the multi-billion dollar litigation over oil company pollution in Ecuador.
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April 04, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

This Week's Winners and Losers

The title says it all.
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April 16, 2004 | New York Law Journal

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March 27, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Capital Sources: Private equity funds face more rivals in health care

Acquisitive companies are competing harder with private equity funds to buy promising businesses in the consolidating health care industry.
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July 07, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

No Punitive Damages Available When Liability Is Unclear

Overturning a punitive damages award of $650,000 in an insurance bad faith case, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that punitive damages cannot be awarded in a case where neither the insurer's liability nor the amount due was clear ...
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