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  • August 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Let the (Social) Games Begin!

    Athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games in London will be playing by some new rules this summer. Women will be boxing for the first time, and runners who jump the blocks will be automatically disq

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  • December 20, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    Companies Should Brace for a Storm of Activity on the Food Front

    "Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens." Shakespeare's happily permissive tone toward obesity is fine in "As You Like It" (Act ii, Sc. 1), but it's bad advice in today's brave new world of food and

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  • Dist. of Columbia v. Brookstowne Community Development Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-01-27
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    Date Filed: 2010-01-21
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Washington, Chief Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-CV-264

    Argued October 28, 2009Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, REID, Associate Judge, andPRYOR, Senior Judge.The District of Columbia appeals from a judgment entered against it for breach of a contract

  • May 2, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    The Insiders

    When Bill Lerach, Dickie Scruggs and Mel Weiss check into prison, each will be handed a uniform, photographed, fingerprinted, and asked to disrobe for a mandatory cavity search. Whatever perso

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  • March 8, 2000 | Daily Report Online

    Pogo'S Wymer Heading for King and Spalding

    Two top labor and employment partners and client Home Depot have left Atlanta's Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy for Atlanta's King & Spalding. The partners are John F. Wymer III,

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  • September 9, 2010 | Law.com Corporate

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    john AMSTER Founder, CEO, RPX Corporation Many in the tech world were skeptical in September 2008 when lawyer John Amster launched RPX as a defensive patent aggregator with the missi

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  • August 30, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Public Employees Must Make Higher Contributions to Benefits

    The Supreme Court of New Jersey did not decide many employment cases this term, but the ones it did decide are significant. For instance, DePascale v. State of New Jersey, 211 N.J. 40 ( )

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  • February 18, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Buffett, McCartney have something 'elementary'

    Paul McCartney found his. So did Warren Buffett, Meg Ryan, economist Paul Samuelson and photographer Gordon Parks, who directed the movie "Shaft." They all discovered what Ken Robinso

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  • June 25, 2008 | Focus Europe

    Divorce American Style

    When Mansur Maqsudi divorced the daughter of Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, Maqsudi bought himself a load of tr

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  • December 20, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Planning for Adjusted Gross Income

    Adjusted gross income (AGI) is more than just a line on the tax return. AGI is the figure used as a limitation or threshold for many tax breaks and opportunities. AGI is gross income reduced by ded

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