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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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  • June 11, 2010 | The Associated Press

    Conflict seen between 2 deals for 9/11 responders

    NEW YORK AP - Thousands of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers suing New York City over their exposure to clouds of pulverized glass and cement at the World Trade Center site have to decide whet

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  • April 12, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Three Firms Settle a Pellicano Civil Suit

    Three law firms and six lawyers have settled a civil suit alleging that they hired private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap a woman who had sued their clients. The terms of the sett

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  • April 13, 2007 | The Recorder

    Tough To Be a Humorist

    The world is turning into a tough room in which to do comedy. The day after his State of the Union address, President Bush flew in Air Force One � a Boeing 747 � to Wilmington,

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  • November 17, 2004 | The Recorder

    Marin DA Leaving More Than a Year Early, Taps No. 2 to Inherit

    Marin County DA Paula Kamena announced Monday she would retire early next year and named her No. 2, Edward Berberian, as her choice to succeed her.Berberian, 57, said it would be "prem

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  • February 7, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Murphy's law

    Edges usually mean risks. They can be sharp, precipitous or just plain upsetting to be on, but they always mark the boundary of some potentially nerve-wracking transiti

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  • December 22, 2003 | The Recorder

    Can Anybody Still Read?

    I published my second book last month. This ties me with erstwhile Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson, who greeted the publication of his second book by noting that he had now writt

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  • May 24, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Discover Financial: Let's Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

    To show how much the compact legal department at Discover Financial Services can do, general counsel Kelly McNamara Cor

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  • June 5, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Simplicity, credibility

    In the end, it came down to two things: simplicity and credibility. After 16 weeks of trial and more than 50 witnesses, the Enron jury spoke clearly and unequivocally. Their guilty verdi

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