• September 29, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People In The News

    New Associates Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia has announced that Alexis Dillett Isztwan has become associated with the firm. Isztwan will concentrate her

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  • November 16, 2012 | The Associated Press

    BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement

    BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the massive 2010 oil spill and will plead guilty to felony counts related to the deaths of 11 work

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  • March 3, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Predator Drones, Rehab Clinics and Other Emergency Plans for a BlackBerry Shutdown

    I know you. After all these years, I'm familiar with what you think, how you operate, what you eat and how you play. And it makes me proud. As Dick Vitale would say, we've got pretty good situ

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  • March 3, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Predator Drones, Rehab Clinics and Other Emergency Plans for a BlackBerry Shutdown

    I know you. After all these years, I'm familiar with what you think, how you operate, what you eat and how you play. And it makes me proud. As Dick Vitale would say, we've got pretty good situ

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  • August 25, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    And the Winner Is . . .

    I think it has been extraordinarily thoughtful of California to throw America back into electoral turmoil. Just when the flow of jokes about Uday and Qusay on e-Bay had trickled to a stop and

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  • December 1, 2003 | Legal Times

    A Good Bet?

    Betting and sports go together so well that they should be legally joined. Professional athletes should be allowed — read: strongly encouraged — to bet on their games

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  • United States v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2008-08-22
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-19
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Ripple, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-2438

    ARGUED APRIL 7, 2008Before RIPPLE, WILLIAMS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.Virginia Carter was convicted by jury of tax fraud, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1), money laundering, in violation

  • January 11, 2011 | Daily Report Online

    With low-key investiture, Ellington is chief judge

    John J. Ellington says observers won't see changes in how the state Court of Appeals operates now that he's chief judge. "It runs as a unit, not as an individual," he explains. In a de

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  • March 12, 2012 | Special To Law.Com

    'Do Not Track' -- Online Privacy Litigation Now and in the Future

    Over the last several years, attorneys for Internet users have been vigorously attempting to fashion a viable claim against Internet service providers, companies operating websites, app

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  • December 5, 2003 | The Recorder

    Fixing Pro Sports

    Betting and sports go together so well that they should be legally joined. Professional athletes should be allowed -- read: strongly encouraged -- to bet on their games.Currently, all

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