• January 24, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Hook, Line and Singer

    As often happens in the hip-hop world, two rappers became embroiled in a dispute over who owned the rights to a song that utilized a popular phrase. And it took the musical ear of the 5th U.S.

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  • January 25, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    5th Circuit Rules in Rappers' Battle Over Phrase 'Back That Ass Up'

    As often happens in the hip-hop world, two rappers became embroiled in a dispute over who owned the rights to a song that utilized a popular phrase. And it took the musical ear of the 5th U.S.

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  • March 8, 2012 | Bloomberg

    Stanford jury shifts into forfeiture trial

    R. Allen Stanford's jury, a day after finding the Texas financier guilty of leading a $7 billion international fraud, continued hearing evidence on federal prosecutors' request that he forfeit $300

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  • March 2, 2000 | Alm

    A Dire Need to Diversify

    To serve society best, the legal profession has to move toward reflecting the growing ethnic and racial mix of the general population, the head of the nation's largest lawyers group told several h

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  • October 28, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Recoveries of $1 Million and Above

    Case, Date Resolved, Claim

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  • December 19, 2003 | Daily Business Review

    Trial Adviser Working on Her Own Case

    Over the years, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based trial consultant Amy Singer has made a national name for herself helping lawyers get inside the heads of prospective jurors. Now, she's using those

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  • April 3, 2007 | Legal Times

    Ex-Interior Secretary's Former Girlfriend Is Latest Target in Abramoff Probe

    Italia Federici, the one-time girlfriend of a convicted former senior official at the Interior Department, is a target of the ongoing federal influence-peddling investigation into the activities of

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  • June 21, 2007 | The Associated Press

    Microsoft to Change Desktop Search

    Bowing to pressure from Google Inc. and antitrust regulators, Microsoft Corp. will make it easier for Windows Vista users to pick a non-Microsoft program to search their hard drives.Microsof

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  • July 25, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Prosecutor's Immunity Limited

    A prosecutor who conspires to fabricate evidence can be held liable for violating a defendant's constitutional rights, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.Drawing a distinc

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  • December 2, 2002 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Eastern District of Virginia, and in Greenbelt, Md. This information was provid

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