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  • September 9, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Will the Supreme Court Unleash Civil RICO?

    Many believe that the 1970 civil racketeering law was created to apply only to traditional Mafia-style criminals as a way to force them to pay for their criminal enterprise.Over the ye

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  • June 2, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    s with any journey, whether it is for career or pleasure, a sure way to success is to have a good roadmap and a well-made plan. So far, your journey is going well. You've made the grades and t

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  • February 1, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers Brace for Flood of Elderly

    About 70 million baby boomers are close to hitting their retirement years, a seismic demographic shift that will dramatically alter the way attorneys and courts do business in the coming decad

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  • November 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Mississippi Maelstrom

    On the morning of August 21, 1997, plaintiffs lawyer Paul Minor walked into a Kmart store in Jackson, Mississippi, accompanied by two U.S. marshals. Three of Minor's clients had recently won a

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  • Jantzen v. Hawkins

    Publication Date: 1999-08-31
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    Date Filed: 1999-08-31
    Court: United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit
    Judge: EBEL, Circuit Judge, MCWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge and MURPHY, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark L. Henricksen
    for defendant: Gayla I. Jones
    Case Number: No. 98-6000

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. EBEL, Circuit Judge. In May 1996, Defendant-Appellee Lewis Hawkins was the incumbent Sheriff of Can

  • Badillo v. American Brands, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Date Filed: 2001-01-30
    Court: Nev. Sup. Ct.
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    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.O P I N I O NPER CURIAM:This case comes to the court in the form of certified quest

  • Godwin v. Barnhart

    Publication Date: 2005-08-09
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    U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Cote On April 14, 2004, Gail Godwin ("Godwin") filed this action pursuant to the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.

  • June 28, 2011 | The Associated Press

    International Court Orders Arrest of Gadhafi, Son, Key Aide

    International judges ordered the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi on Monday for allegedly murdering Libyan civilians who rose up against him, as NATO warplanes pounded his Tripoli compound and world leade

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  • CANAVAN v. GALUSKI

    Publication Date: 2003-12-11
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    Court: Appellate Division, 3rd Dept
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    Case Number: 94195

    Decided and Entered: December 11, 2003 94195 SEAN P. CANAVAN, Appellant, v DAVID GALUSKI et al., Respondents. ________________________________ Calen

  • United States v. Mannava

    Publication Date: 2009-05-22
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    Date Filed: 2009-05-15
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-3748

    ARGUED DECEMBER 4, 2008Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.Rahul Mannava was convicted by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), which makes it a crime to persuade, induce,