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May 13, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

Court: Contract Work Counts as the Practice of Law

Massachusetts' highest court has held that a lawyer's contract work at New York's Sullivan & Cromwell while he was licensed in New Jersey counts toward "the active practice of law" requirement for admission to the Massachusetts bar.
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April 14, 2008 | National Law Journal

One of Us?

The Constitution states that the president must be a "natural-born citizen." While there are certainly good arguments that John McCain (or anyone else born to American parents on a U.S. military base abroad) meets this requirement, there is simply no legal precedent, writes Jill Pryor. Every president was born on American soil. With McCain as the presumptive Republican candidate, the debate will continue.
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September 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Another Loss for Former Students Alleging Law School Fraud

The fraud class actions targeting law schools around the country haven't received much love from the bench.
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June 30, 1999 | Law.com

Live Picture's Assets Sold Off in Bankruptcy Court

The once high-flying imaging software maker Live Picture Inc. met a quiet demise in a San Francisco bankruptcy courtroom on Wednesday. Only a single foreign buyer, which had forced Live Picture into bankruptcy, showed up.
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June 08, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Briefs in Chrysler Appeal

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November 12, 2007 | Law.com

Plaintiffs Lawyers Fume Over Use of Offer of Judgment to Reduce Verdict

New Jersey's offer-of-judgment rule was created to spur settlements by making it risky for a litigant to reject a bona fide offer. But a recent ruling suggests the offer may work to the offerer's detriment if the defense appeals. An appellate panel ordered remittitur of a $500,000 auto injury verdict to $50,000, based in part on an observation that the plaintiff had made a $12,500 offer of judgment, "reflecting her assessment of a reasonable settlement." Plaintiffs lawyers say its a misuse of the rule.
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November 09, 2009 | Law.com

Disbarred Ga. Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Ponzi Scheme

A disbarred attorney has been sentenced to more than five years in prison and three years probation for a real estate investment scheme that took in a dozen victims in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. Steven Ballard was also ordered to pay approximately $1.13 million in restitution to the fraud victims.
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October 05, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Unemployment claims by legal staff in August soar to 234, a high for 2010

The number of lawyers filing for unemployment in Georgia dwindled in August but the number of legal staff filing initial unemployment claims rose to a new high.In August, 48 Georgia lawyers filed for unemployment benefits, down from the year's high of 76 claims in January, according to data from the Georgia Department of Labor.
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December 17, 2012 | Daily Business Review

World Fuel to buy fleet payment processor Multi Service for $137 million

Miami-based World Fuel Services will acquire some of the assets of Multi Service, a payment processor for a similar set of companies. The deal will be funded mostly through existing credit facilities and is expected to close within a month.
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