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March 28, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Gall offers options at trial

"Thank you for calling the Department of Justice. Please listen carefully as your federal sentencing menu options have changed." Until December 2007, white-collar criminal defendants didn't need to listen to the full menu of options when they dialed into the federal criminal justice system. That's because the options really never changed.
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March 15, 2004 | Law.com

Big Donor Firms Reap Big Rewards

A review by the Law Journal of all 65 state agencies -- encompassing 347 law firms and $80.4 million in legal bills -- shows a strong correlation between the sitting governor's major donors and the law firms that get the most state business.
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September 01, 2004 | Daily Report Online

Innocent Man Spent 17 Years in Jail

Steven H. [email protected] his arm around his fiance, Clarence Harrison walked out of the DeKalb County Courthouse Tuesday morning a free man. Harrison, the first inmate to be exonerated thanks to the efforts of the Georgia Innocence Project, had spent the last 17 years in prison for a 1987 rape conviction. The results of a DNA test, received last week by the Innocence Project, ruled out Harrison as the rapist.
5 minute read
November 09, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Coalition Seeks Disclosure Rules for Corporate Political Contributions

A coalition of 40 investment professionals, foundations, religious investors, and financial planners have come out in support of a proposal to require public companies to disclose their spending on political campaigns.
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December 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online

UBS writes down $10B from subprime losses

ZURICH, Switzerland AP - UBS AG will write off a further $10 billion in losses from the U.S. subprime lending market, the Swiss bank said Monday, and raise billions in capital through share sales to Singapore and an unidentified investor in the Middle East.UBS said it will post a loss for the fourth quarter and may now record a loss for the full year as well.
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June 02, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Say It Ain't So: Al and Tipper Separate

Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are separating after 40 years of marriage that included a White House run when their sunny relationship offered a counterpoint to President Bill Clinton's philandering.
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May 17, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Merck Shareholders' Vioxx Suits Tossed Due to Lapse in Protocol

Still smarting from a $13.5 million New Jersey verdict over its painkiller Vioxx � and a judge's referral of the case to state prosecutors for possible criminal action � Merck & Co. got some welcome good news from a federal court. U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler in Newark dismissed shareholder derivative suits against the company, finding the plaintiffs failed to comply with a federal court rule requiring shareholders to demand, prior to filing suit, that the board of directors take corrective action.
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March 15, 2001 | Law.com

The 'Jackass' Syndrome: Are Televised Warnings Enough?

After watching an episode of MTV's "Jackass" in which the lead character had others set him on fire, 13-year-old Jason Lind and his friend tried to re-create the stunt. The Connecticut boy suffered third-degree burns over his hands and legs. Were MTV's warnings during the broadcast enough to defeat a tort claim against the network? How big a role do First Amendment freedoms play in such a case?
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December 21, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Loophole lets mentally ill Texas juveniles go free

TYLER, Texas AP - A 16-year-old former juvenile detainee is accused of stabbing a high school teacher to death with a butcher knife. Another teen was convicted of killing a roofer during a 30-minute robbery spree.Both were released by the Texas Youth Commission because the agency wasn't equipped to treat their mental illnesses and had to let them go under the law.
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