• November 29, 2004 | The Associated Press

    Telecoms Lobbyists Put Pressure on Low-Cost Wi-Fi Efforts

    Philadelphia's plan to offer inexpensive wireless Internet as a municipal service -- the most ambitious yet by a major U.S. city -- has collided with commercial interests, including local phone com

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  • August 9, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Create a Game Plan From Notable Class Actions

    Recent blockbusterdeals have made for severalrecord years in classaction settlements. By mid-2005, for example, the mean settlementvalue for shareholder classactions had risen to a new record o

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  • April 7, 2003 |

    The Return of Hammurabi

    Imagine two thieves. Both steal $150,000 worth of goods. Thief A steals $150,000 worth of diamonds so he can live the good life with his ill-gotten gains. Thief B steals $150,000 worth of

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  • March 14, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    When It Looks And Quacks Like A Duck

    You know the drill. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and has a few feathers, it's probably a duck. Such reasoning pales before the question of whether apparent agency exists. The bird's

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  • October 25, 2004 | National Law Journal

    INSURANCE LAW | Insurers can't collect from Big Tobacco

    In a victory for big tobacco companies and a loss for the state's largest medical insurer, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that insurance companies cannot directly recover under

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  • December 1, 2008 | Legaltech News

    Growth by Association

    The green movement is one area of social responsibility where professional associations can have a profound impact by demonstrating leadership. Going green is a commitment to responsibility for glo

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  • July 14, 2010 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Legal Implications of Social Networking Websites in the Workplace

    The use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter continues to increase. Recent statistics show that Facebook has more than 100 million users in the United States and an estimat

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  • February 1, 2007 |

    Ranking the Lords of the New Search

    If an Internet year is like a dog year, as one Mangrove Capital partner suggests, then Google Inc. is pushing 60, while Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN are in their mid-80s. By contrast, se

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  • August 29, 2000 | Daily Report Online

    Office Priority: Make Firm Space Work

    They're joking in the halls of Atlanta's Alston & Bird these days about next year being "2001 -- A Space Odyssey." You probably would, too, if your Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Raleigh, N.C.,

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  • November 3, 2003 | The Recorder

    Legal Sites

    You are very busy and have a lot on your mind. Developing your law firm's Web site has not made it to the top of your to-do list. It's now time to do it. Consumers are coming to expect all bus

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