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  • March 1, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Justices Focus on Jury Impartiality in Enron Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in the third of a series of challenges to the "honest services" fraud statute, this time in the context of the prosecution of former Enron

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  • June 13, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Get the Most Out of VoIP

    As law firms upgrade their internal phone systems, many are taking advantage of new technology based on the same standards as the Internet. Known as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), it off

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  • September 20, 2004 | Special To Law.Com

    A Decade as a Solo

    Eleven years ago next month, I founded my law firm, the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant. As I write this retrospective on my practice as my introductory column for smallfirmbusiness.com, I'd li

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  • June 4, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Is Exxon Valdez Litigation Over? Company Says It Will Appeal Again

    After years of bouncing back and forth in appeals courts, the ExxonValdez litigation may finally have reached the end of the line in the9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals -- and a potential resoluti

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  • March 22, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    War of the Words: Pleaded vs. Pled

    As lawyers, we get to debate some of the most pressing questions of our time: the limits of Congress's commerce power; the reach of the Due Process Clause; &a ;pleaded&a ; versus &a

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  • December 2, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    U.S. Attorney's Office Changes With the Times

    Matt Orwig joined an exclusive fraternity when he was sworn in as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas earlier this year. Since 1953, only seven men have had presidential appoin

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  • January 7, 2011 | The Recorder

    Viewpoint: Up Off the Canvas

    The middleweight champion of the world from 1907 to 1910 was a fella named Stanley Ketchel. They called him the Michigan Assassin, and a few years ago The Ring magazine named him the fourth b

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  • April 1, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    The IRS and the Avian Flu

    Editor's note: The following are hypothetical case studies, with fictional managers and fictional businesses, which provide a way for executives to learn more about some of the situations t

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  • June 16, 2010 | The Associated Press

    Past crises hint at whether BP can pass its test

    BP is being vilified from the Louisiana marshlands to the White House as its leaking oil well pollutes the Gulf Coast, raising doubts about whether the company can survive the backlash

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  • March 15, 2007 |

    Betting on the Dragon: Doing Business in China Offers Opportunity -- and Risk

    China, if you believe what you read in the papers, is a newly awakened economic dragon, poised to take over the world's business and financial arena. But behind all the fire-breathing hype is the r

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