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Immigration reform falls to polarized politics
Attorney Blogs 06/08/2007[##_1L|1288482258.jpg|width="180" height="135" alt=""|_##]"The reality is most people are just desperate to see a solution. If this goes down, the opposition is not offering an alternative and that means the problem is still an issue," said Pete Brod...
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How prepared is your injury lawyer?
Attorney Blogs 05/28/2007[##_1L|1189419024.jpg|width="101" height="102" alt=""|_##]As a Virginia (VA) attorney handling injury cases like automobile accidents for about 18 years, I have come to recognize preparation as the key to success in handling serious injury cases in H...
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Get a life or just Google it - the choice is yours
Attorney Blogs 05/28/2007[##_1L|1039858274.jpg|width="90" height="119" alt=""|_##]Internet search engine Google plans to target people's interests using data collected on its users Lesley-Anne Henry asks: is this the next logical step or the thin end of the orwellian wedge. ...
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Key Reasons that e-Commerce Raises Tax Issues
Attorney Blogs 04/09/2007[##_1L|1112312292.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]E-Commerce creates new challenges to the tax systems. One of the challenges derive from the fact that a business can engage in e-commerce without having a physical presence. This is way beyond ...
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The Vioxx Litigation
Attorney Blogs 04/05/2007[##_1L|1254798332.jpg|width="140" height="103" alt=""|_##]On September 30, 2004, Merck withdrew its painkiller Vioxx from the market because of a study showing a small but statistically significant increase in risk of cardiovascular events from long-...
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High court ruling is major plus for cutting emissions
Attorney Blogs 04/04/2007[##_1L|1318697017.jpg|width="180" height="122" alt=""|_##]California and other states have taken action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks while the Environmental Protection Agency has looked the other way. A U.S. Supreme Court r...
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US and South Korea in landmark trade deal
Attorney Blogs 04/02/2007[##_1L|1158857426.jpg|width="140" height="93" alt=""|_##]Washington and Seoul agreed a landmark deal on Monday that will dramatically liberalise trade between the countries, giving the US an economic foothold in north-east Asia and helping South Kore...
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Another Enron in Europe?
Attorney Blogs 04/01/2007Many European businesses are failing to effectively implement corporate governance codes which is heightening the risk of a serious corporate scandal on the scale of that involving Enron, new research claims. A poll of Europe's 500 largest publicity ...
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Oracle's SAP suit raises users' ethics concerns
Attorney Blogs 03/25/2007[##_1L|1045179749.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]Oracle filed a lawsuit in U.S. Federal District Court on Thursday against SAP, its SAP America division, its TomorrowNow subsidiary and 50 unnamed individuals Oracle claims were SAP employees. ...
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Court Snuffs Internet Smut Law
Attorney Blogs 03/23/2007[##_1L|1108611959.jpg|width="120" height="107" alt=""|_##]Nearly nine years after Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), a Philadelphia federal court judge ruled Thursday that COPA is unconstitutional. As a result of his findings, Ph...
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2006 Tax Year Tough on IRS
Attorney Blogs 03/22/2007[##_1L|1329213333.jpg|width="120" height="155" alt=""|_##]A new telephone refund, last-minute tax changes and a direct-deposit service made the 2006 tax filing season challenging for the Internal Revenue Service. So said IRS Commissioner Mark Everson...
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What is an LLM?
Attorney Blogs 03/13/2007[##_1L|1090145463.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]The LL.M. (Master of Laws) is an internationally recognized postgraduate law degree. It is usually obtained by completing a one-year full-time program. The LL.M. is a higher academic degree, co...