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  • May 7, 2002 | The Recorder

    California Supreme Court OKs Jailhouse Taping

    The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a heart-to-heart chat between an inmate and a visitor can be taped by authorities and used as evidence against the defendant in a criminal

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  • July 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Bad 'Mamma'

    There are those of us old enough to remember a certain commercial from the late '60s and early '70s. To wit: "Mamma Mia That's a spicy meatball" Well, the new movie, "Mamma Mia,

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  • September 20, 2005 | Legal Times

    Is FDA's New Chief Counsel a Change in Name Only?

    Sheldon Bradshaw arrived at the Food and Drug Administration without the baggage lugged around by his predecessor.The previous chief counsel at the FDA, Daniel Troy, was pilloried by c

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  • November 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Three Flags over France

    The history of Ch�teau Palmer is the history of Bordeaux in miniature. The origins of today's Third Growth Margaux estate date back to feudal times. When Thomas Jefferson arrived in Paris as A

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  • June 30, 2005 | Legaltech News

    Patently Odd Web Sites

    Necessity, it is said, is the mother of invention. Sometimes, however, invention appears to come first. How else do you explain U.S. patent 3984595, an inflatable rug? Or U.S. patent 05356330,

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  • February 25, 2002 | Legal Times

    The Blues in Lobbyland

    There are 99 ways to reach out to lobbying clients in Washington, D.C. Here is the 100th: Grab D.C. singer Janine Wilson's CD, "The Blue Album," and send it to most every one in your Rolodex. Or wh

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  • March 14, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    Funding Crunched for Federal Criminal-Defense Appointments

    The dispute over funding the U.S. government is affecting the federal court system, and its first victims are lawyers who take criminal-defense appointments in U.S. district courts. Notices

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  • November 20, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Philadelphia Lawyer Secures $10.5M Verdict for Delaware Farmer

    A Philadelphia lawyer has secured a $10.5 million damage award for a Delaware farmer who suffered burns over nearly 40 percent of his body when one of his chicken houses erupted in flames.

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  • January 23, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Gambling charges go forward in mah-jong case

    As its many fans will testify, winning at mah-jong demands more than luck. Now, a New York state judge has agreed with them. After a brief survey of the game's history from online sour

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  • December 10, 2012 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    DOJ LOSES APPEAL BID IN TOBACCO LABEL CASE The U.S. Justice Department last week lost its bid to convince the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Cir

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