Recent Updates
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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...
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Italian court convicts 2 in asbestos-linked deaths
Recent Cases 02/13/2012An Italian court Monday convicted two men of negligence in some 2,000 asbestos-related deaths blamed on contamination from a construction company, sentencing each of them to 16 years in prison and ordering them to pay millions in what officials calle...
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Student bra search case goes to NC Supreme Court
U.S. Court News 02/13/2012The North Carolina Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether school officials should be allowed to search students' bras for drugs. A student at an alternative school sued after students had to untuck their shirts and pull out their bras with t...
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Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial
Recent Cases 02/09/2012Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops. A nonprofit legal...
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BofA investor lawsuit wins class-action status
U.S. Court News 02/08/2012Investors suing Bank of America Corp won class-action status for their lawsuit accusing the bank of fraudulently misleading them about the 2008 takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co and the size of Merrill's losses and bonus payouts. U.S. District Judge...
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Eugene, Oregon Stalking Order Attorneys
Law Firm News 02/07/2012Our lawyers here in Oregon have seen real world example of clients' lives being extremely affected by erroneous stalking order petitions. And in our experience working in the field, most stalking order cases usually do not have a trial and are dismis...
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Las Vegas Product Liability Attorney - Luis A. Ayon
Notable Attorneys 02/06/2012Las Vegas Product Liability Attorney - Luis A. Ayon Luis has significant litigation experience in Nevada's state and federal courts. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and contested and adversarial matters in bankruptcy court, r...
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Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions
U.S. Court News 02/06/2012Georgia's top court struck down a state law that restricted assisted suicides, siding on Monday with four members of a suicide group who said the law violated their free speech rights. The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling found that the law v...