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Barnes & Noble Directors in Hot Seat over College Textbook Company Deal
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Delaware Vice Chancellor Leo Strine Jr. said that the board's approval of the controversial purchase of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, as portrayed by the plaintiffs, had a "fishy smell." He refused to dismiss a derivative suit in which shareholders allege that the directors approved a sweetheart deal for Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio, who allegedly made more than half a billion dollars from the sale.

February 13, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Rochester Attorney Disbarred, Ordered to Pay Restitution

The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, said Andrew J. Cohen, who was suspended in 2011 for misappropriating client funds had previously received eight letters of caution but had evinced "a total disregard for his fate as an attorney and his professional obligations to his former clients."
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August 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

Rare win in gun case for a felon

A third-year law student at Wake Forest University accomplished what no other criminal appellate lawyer in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has managed: She won a reversal of a 15-year conviction for a felon in possession of a firearm based on the defense the possession was justified.
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July 02, 2007 | Law.com

Supreme Court Reaches Pro-Business Consensus on Commercial Issues

The narrow split between liberal and conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices was evident throughout the Court's most recent term with one prominent exception: business cases. Unlike the blistering ideological divisions stemming from cases about abortion and other hot topics, justices often found common ground when ruling on commercial issues such as shareholder rights and antitrust law. The justices' conformity in financial cases has resulted in a very business-friendly court.
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February 22, 2012 | Law.com

Court wrestles with lies and free speech

During an intense hour of debate before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that touched on the harms and benefits of lying, the dramatic high point came when Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. asked if a "pure lie" had any value under the First Amendment.
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September 20, 2011 | Daily Business Review

ConAgra 1Q profit falls on higher costs

ConAgra Foods Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter profit fell 42 percent, partly pressured by higher costs in its consumer foods unit.
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September 19, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Chi Iota Colony of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity v. City of New York

All-Male Fraternity Loses Bid to Prevent College's Enforcement of Its Non-Discrimination Policy
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September 17, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Police: Officers shoot gunman on Capitol Hill

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September 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Gitmo prosecutor quits post over detainee case

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba AP - Defense lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee say a military prosecutor has resigned because his office withheld exculpatory evidence.The attorneys for Afghan prisoner Mohammed Jawad say the prosecutor, Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, is supporting their bid for the dismissal of charges against the detainee.
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March 12, 2008 | Law.com

Barnes Foundation Court Fight Starts Up Again

Montgomery County and a group of art students, alumni and neighbors of the Barnes Foundation are seeking standing in order to relitigate a judge's 2004 decision allowing the foundation to move its $6 billion art collection to Philadelphia's Museum Row.
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