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  • September 15, 2004 | The Associated Press

    House Moves to Crack Down on Frivolous Lawsuits

    House Republicans pushed through legislation Tuesday aimed at reducing frivolous lawsuits.The Republicans prodded Democrats with statements by the Democratic presidential team of John

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  • October 3, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    You Are What You Eat

    Before anyone gets the idea that I'm fixating too much on the subject of food, let me admit right up front that I've been on a diet lately, and it hasn't been going too well. I'll be good and

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  • New York County First Department SUPREME COURT,

    Publication Date: 2012-03-19
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    Justice Eileen BranstenNestle Waters North America v. Pure Tech Plastics (650497/12)—Motion Disposed As IndicatedJustice Rich

  • February 23, 2011 | The Associated Press

    Congo Colonel Sentenced in Landmark Case

    One by one, the rape survivors relived their attacks for a panel of judges: A newly married bride flung her torn, bloodied clothing onto the courtroom floor. A mother of six dropped to her knees, r

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  • August 17, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    "A sad chapter" is repeated

    The comments of lawyers, court officials and friends all say "it's a sad chapter for the judge." What is missing is that it's a sad chapter for the women as well. I read about the resi

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  • United States of America v. Ronfredrick F. Boling

    Publication Date: 2011-06-01
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    Date Filed: 2011-05-24
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-3479

    ARGUED NOVEMBER 2, 2010Before CUDAHY, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.Defendant Ronfredrick F. Boling was convicted in federal court of one count of possession with the intent to distribu

  • March 29, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

    How GCs Can Avoid Being Caught in the Middle

    The greatest challenge for general counsel and other inside lawyers is to reconcile the dual -- and at times contradictory -- roles of being both a partner to the business leaders and a guardian of

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  • Bergeron v. Cabral

    Publication Date: 2009-03-16
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-09
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1683

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Selya and Siler,*fn1 Circuit Judges.This interlocutory appeal requires us to determine whether defendant-appellant Andrea Cabral, the du

  • Hudson v. United States

    Publication Date: 2002-01-18
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    Date Filed: 2002-01-17
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Farrell, Associate Judge
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    Case Number: Nos. 96-CF-558,

    Argued December 18, 2001Before us is a combined direct appeal from appellant's convictions for malicious disfigurement while armed (D.C. Code �� 22-506, -3202) (2001) and aggravated assault while a

  • March 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Civil litigators getting used to life in the doldrums

    Anyone who hoped that commercial litigation might help law firms weather the recession was surely disappointed last year. That's judging by the recoveries Nat­ional Law Journal/

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