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Driver acquitted in deadly Megabus crash in NY
Recent Cases 02/28/2012A bus driver was acquitted Tuesday of homicide charges in the deaths of four passengers killed when his double-decker crashed into an overpass in upstate New York. A judge announced the verdict after a non-jury trial for 60-year-old John Tomaszewski ...
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Eugene Family Law Firm - MJM Law Office, P.C.
Law Firm News 02/25/2012MJM Law Office, P.C. represents men and women throughout Lane County and surrounding areas in family law cases. Mr. Mizejewski understands the emotional turmoil that can accompany a change in your family dynamics, and he strives to protect your inter...
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Appeals court tosses Armenian payments law
U.S. Court News 02/24/2012A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a novel and controversial California law that allowed descendants of 1.5 million Armenians who perished in Turkey nearly a century ago to file claims against life insurance companies accused of reneging...
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Appeals court tosses Armenian payments law
Recent Cases 02/24/2012A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a novel and controversial California law that allowed descendants of 1.5 million Armenians who perished in Turkey nearly a century ago to file claims against life insurance companies accused of reneging...
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Court: Rights don't have to be read to prisoners
Recent Cases 02/21/2012The Supreme Court said Tuesday investigators don't have to read Miranda rights to inmates during jailhouse interrogations about crimes unrelated to their current incarceration. The high court, on a 6-3 vote, overturned a federal appeals court decisio...
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Lower Chinese court rules shops should pull iPads
Recent Cases 02/20/2012Apple's dispute over the iPad trademark deepened Monday after the Chinese company that claims ownership of the name said it won a court ruling against sales of the popular tablet computer in China. Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Shenzhen Proview Technolo...
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Indianapolis Construction Law Firm - Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
Law Firm News 02/20/2012As part of our experience representing owners, contractors and design professionals throughout the industry, we have written and negotiated contracts based on industry standard forms (such as the AIA forms) and have also developed custom contract doc...
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Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP Announces a Proposed Class Action Settlement
Legal Marketing 02/20/2012To: All persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation from May 5, 2008 to October 28, 2008, inclusive, including all those who purchased the common stock of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation pursua...
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Indiana Litigation Law Firm - Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
Legal Marketing 02/17/2012Indianapolis Business & Corporate Law Firm Entity Selection & Formation There are many important decisions to be made by an emerging business, each of which come with potential pitfalls that be damaging to the business and its owners in the a...
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NY appeals court orders NJ programmer's acquittal
Recent Cases 02/17/2012A federal appeals court on Friday reversed the conviction of a former Goldman Sachs programmer on charges he stole computer code, ordering an acquittal in a case that tested the boundaries of what can be considered a crime as companies seek to protec...
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Web sites need not check for IP breaches
Recent Cases 02/16/2012A European Union court ruled Thursday that social networking sites cannot be compelled to install general filters to prevent the illegal trading of music and other copyrighted material. The decision is a victory for operators of social networking sit...
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Why do law firms need a good SEO?
Legal Marketing 02/14/2012Most lawyers who are freshly introduced to the idea of internet marketing will build their website with a design company and then think visitors will start flowing in automatically after the website's initial launch. No matter how professional and ae...