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  • September 16, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Judge Upholds Student's Suspension for Fake MySpace Page

    An eighth-grade student who was suspended for 10 days after she created a fake page on MySpace.com that depicted her principal as a pedophile and a sex addict has lost her civil rights suit now tha

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  • Hobson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-08-07
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-29
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: John M. Walker, Jr., Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-0364-cv

    Argued: October 30, 2008Before: WALKER, B.D. PARKER, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.Plaintiff-Appellant Deborah Hobson ("Hobson") is a member of an employer-provided health care plan (the "Plan") tha

  • Fairley v. Andrews

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-08-20
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Easterbrook, Chief Judge
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    Case Number: 07-3343

    ARGUED MAY 6, 2009Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.Roger Fairley and Richard Gackowski worked as guards at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. After their peers

  • Bourbon v. Kmart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-10
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    Date Filed: 2000-08-04
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: POSNER, MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges
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    Case Number: No. 98-2433

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Kenneth Bourbon sued hisemployer, Kmart Corporation, under Illinois lawfor retaliatory disc

  • In re Marriage of Jordan

    Publication Date: 2008-07-21
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-16
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 10
    Judge: Felipe Reyna Justice
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    Case Number: 10-07-00210-CV

    OPINIONMarguerite Ann Jordan brings this appeal from the divorce decree dissolving her marriage to Donald William Jordan. Representing herself, Marguerite presents what we shall characterize as fiv

  • February 15, 2008 | Bloomberg

    Time to go back to the drawing board on tax policy

    The fix is in. Last week the U.S. Congress passed a $168 billion fiscal stimulus bill, including tax rebates for households and tax breaks for business. President Bush signed it Wednesday. Th

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  • Donlin v. Philips Lighting North America Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-23
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Hardiman, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Nos. 07-4060, 07-4081

    PRECEDENTIALArgued November 17, 2008Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, FUENTES and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges.OPINIONColleen Donlin sued Philips Electronics North America Corporation for employme

  • November 16, 2009 | Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report Newsletter

    How Lawyers Can Address the Challenge of Too Much Information

    In the midst of a legal recession, one might assume that lawyers' greatest challenge is to attract and retain clients, increase revenues, control costs and operate more effici

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  • March 20, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Former Sen. Santorum Joins Eckert Seamans as Consultant

    Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has joined Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott as a consultant in the firm's Washington, D.C., office. He works in the firm's business division, assisting clie

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  • Lawson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-09
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-05
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 2
    Judge: Bob Mccoy Justice
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    Case Number: 2-08-116-CR

    OPINIONI. IntroductionIn three points, Appellant Maurice Felton Lawson appeals his conviction for violation of a permanent injunction under the "gang injunction statute." We affirm.II. Factua