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Ethical behavior is almost always more effective in arriving at the right result with less time and money being spent.

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Germany will be reprinting "Mein Kampf" soon; meanwhile, Penguin Books India has agreed as part of a legal settlement to recal...

No Supreme Court case ever has found or even implied that the Second Amendment includes a right to carry a concealed weapon.

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Mobile applications developers need to have a frank discussion about privacy with their users, and figure out what degree of u...

The Treasury Department reported that during 2013, 2,999 Americans renounced their U.S. citizenship or turned in their green c...

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The 9th Circuit has just delivered at least a limited new year's present to those holding the post-mortem publicity rights of ...

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Lawyers, judges, servers and waiters, oh my.

The recess appointments case heard by the U.S. high court recently could end up as a major separation of powers decision limit...

If you lack all the required units there is a fine, but that is nothing compared to the situation you could be in if you claim...

While many groups have been affected, it is now well established that the city's African-American population has borne the bru...

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The patent office shows six registration applications for the 49er quarterback's signature move. ...

It seems "Mein Kampf" is shortly to be republished in Germany for the first time since World War II. ...

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A new case illustrates how hard it is becoming to protect product shapes, despite no less than three different intellectual pr...

The objective of this article and self-study test is to review the source of commissioners' powers.

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By limiting a plaintiff's damages awards based upon race and gender, courts are institutionalizing discrimination.

In Part 2 of this two-part series, we review several cases affecting legal malpractice claims, conflict cases, and other claim...

The past year proved to be an eventful one in terms of government enforcement, in particular for financial institutions and co...

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