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  Kids Do the Darndest Things!
  It's 11 p.m., do you know where your child is?...And legally, should you care?
  by gururobin / on Oct 20, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “legal”

• Inside Look – Mortgage Rates Fall for 30-Year Fixed Loans – Bloomberg

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 146
  Making Money in Mortgages – Analysis and Discussion with Christopher Harms of CapitalSource Finance (Taking Stock)
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• Despite Gains, Gender Parity in Partnerships Is a Long Way Off

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  As Sullivan & Cromwell celebrates the promotion of four women among five new partners, experts warn that more work needs to be done to shrink gender disparity in partnership ranks. The proportion of women partners has increased only four points to 19.2 percent in the last decade, according to NALP. And a recently ...
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• N.J. Court Weighing Mass Tort Status for Suits Over Birth Control Pills

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  The New Jersey judiciary is considering a judges request for mass tort status for a growing number of suits alleging strokes and other serious health problems from the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella. With 13 suits filed in his vicinage, Judge Donald Volkert Jr. wrote that the litigation "would place a ...
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• Legal Malpractice Plaintiffs Can Recoup Fees Paid to Fix Lawyers’ Mistakes

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 30 that a legal malpractice plaintiff can recover as damages the money it paid to fix a firms negligence. But the opinion is not a complete win for the plaintiff because it lost the majority of its damages claims against the firm. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, once on the ...
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• Disbarred Ga. Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Ponzi Scheme

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  A disbarred attorney has been sentenced to more than five years in prison and three years probation for a real estate investment scheme that took in a dozen victims in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. Steven Ballard was also ordered to pay approximately $1.13 million in restitution to the fraud victims.
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• Philadelphia to Pay $5.9 Million to Settle Strip-Search Claims

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  A federal judge approved a $5.9 million settlement in a suit challenging Philadelphias policy of strip-searching every person admitted into its prison system. As part of the settlement, the city will replace strip searches with non-invasive metal detectors and ion scanners -- a high-tech solution that allowed the ...
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• Legal Consultant Criticizes ACC’s Law Firm Rating Index

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  An Association of Corporate Counsel law firm rating system unveiled last month has triggered a lot of interest from the associations in-house lawyer members, who have submitted 1,500 reviews. But law firms have been crying foul on several fronts, foremost because the comments are anonymous and could cloak lawyers with ...
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• In Latest Venue Dispute Ruling, Delaware Court Transfers Part of Patent Case to Texas

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  A Delaware federal judges transfer of part of a patent infringement case involving software giant Microsoft to the Eastern District of Texas is the latest example of the federal courts shifting approach to patent litigation venue battles. The decision is also notable in that the Eastern District of Texas, known as a ...
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• 9th Circuit Stands Firm on Prosecutors’ Misconduct in Reyes Backdating Case

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  Federal prosecutors got a second punch in the gut over the Greg Reyes backdating case: The 9th Circuit has explicitly refused to back away from a finding that the government committed deliberate misconduct during trial. After a panel threw out the verdicts against the former Brocade CEO, finding that prosecutors ...
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• Chief Justice Takes to the Mound on Supreme Court Baseball Cards

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  If youre a fan of the U.S. Supreme Court bobbleheads that can be found on the desks of powerhouse lawyers and law professors nationwide, youll like the new brainchild of the bobbleheads creator: Supreme Court baseball cards. The first one, commemorating Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. as the Courts "pitcher," shows ...
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• TD Bank Ordered to Turn Over Records to Embattled Law Firm’s Receiver

  
  Corporate Legal Times Magazine — Authority: 153
  Florida Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld has given TD Bank until noon today to turn over its records on embattled law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler and its ousted chairman, Scott Rothstein, who investors say fleeced them out of more than $400 million. Friday the firms court-appointed receiver told Streitfeld the bank has ...
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• Jail - Movie Review

  
  AsianLoveStories.com — Authority: 139
  Madhur Bhandarkar is synonymous with thought-provoking, hard-hitting films. Right from CHANDNI BAR to FASHION, the expert storyteller has made movies that hold tremendous shock-value. In turn, Madhur has cultivated a rich fan-base for his films. With JAIL, Madhur not only makes you visit a prison, but also makes you ...
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• DHS covers for jihad, warns Americans against anti-Muslim backlash

  
  Creeping Sharia — Authority: 576
  Instead of warning Muslims in the United States to end their jihad against Americans or face severe consequences, the Dhimmi’s of Homeland Security (DHS) have chosen to provide cover for the jihad, warning non-Muslim Americans against any anti-Muslim ‘backlash’. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. ...
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• iePolitics Commentary: DA Mike Ramos’ alleged “mistake” proves innocence of others?

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 494
  California’s 58 county district attorneys’ offices are responsible for proving the guilt of defendants on whom their offices file criminal complaints. Yet in San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos may have just proven the innocence of former county officials Bill Postmus and Jim Erwin. Ramos has ...
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• Court Rules: Telenor Not Forced to Block Pirate Bay

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 434
  The entertainment industry is a crybaby again. A recent ruling from the district court for Asker and Bærum was given against its claims and hopes. The court decided that Norwegian ISP Telenor will not be forced to block access to The Pirate Bay. From the beginning of the year, the movie and music industries have ...
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• Does Ireland Need a Network for Innovators?

  
  Brendan Hughes — Authority: 404
  The post I wrote a couple of weeks back -  Is Ireland Really and Innovation Island? – received more interest than usual and in particular generated a very interesting discussion in the comments that is worth checking out. The conversation around the need for an online network for innovators and ...
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• CAIR lies. Americans die. Muslim Vet Group Says No Reports of Harassment of Muslim Soldiers

  
  Creeping Sharia — Authority: 576
  From Fox News, who strangely referred to American soldiers as “Islamic soldiers” in their story headline. They took an oath to be U.S. soldiers, not Islamic. Determining which, if any, are Islamic soldiers is the heart of the problem. Hat tip Jihad Watch , which has more on CAIR’s taqiyya campaign. A Muslim ...
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• Social sharing content from email campaigns works

  
  Reading Tea Leaves by Randy Wilson — Authority: 130
  Has social networking made email campaigns redundant?   This survey  suggests no.  It shows that 80% of marketers believe that adding social sharing functionality to email campaigns extends the reach of the email content rather than cannabilizes it.  What kind of content works best for social sharing?   ...
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• Last Week to Nominate for Ellen Hines Smith Award

  
  SC Access To Justice Weblog — Authority: 122
  You have until November 15th to nominate a South Carolina Legal Services attorney for the Ellen Hines Smith Award . This year the award event is especially exciting because it will take place during the South Carolina Bar Foundation’s Annual Gala on March 11, 2010. I can’t wait to learn who receives the ...
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• Lifting Immunity

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 433
  "An Austin federal jury in Thursday found that two top state parole officials violated the constitutional rights of an ex-convict who was denied a required hearing for 576 days. Jurors also held the Board of Pardons and Paroles [BPP] Chairman Rissie Owens liable for $21,250 in damages and awarded Curtis Ray Graham ...
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