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ALI-ABA Remakes Forms Library
financial crisis, general practice, health law, immigration, insurance, intellectual property, international practice, land use, law practice, lawyering skills, litigation, nonprofit organizations, real estate, securities, taxation, and torts.
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:35P
ALI-ABA Remakes Forms Library
financial crisis, general practice, health law, immigration, insurance, intellectual property, international practice, land use, law practice, lawyering skills, litigation, nonprofit organizations, real estate, securities, taxation, and torts.
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:35P
Jury struggling in genocide trial
By AP WICHITA — A federal jury apparently is struggling to reach a verdict on both counts in the immigration fraud trial of a Topeka man accused of lying about his involvement in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Jurors in the trial of Lazare Kobagaya asked
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:34P
John Edwards probe hinges on campaign finance law
The check was endorsed over to a law firm as payment for Moran's divorce attorney. Moran had also sponsored legislation that benefitted the drug company. In reviewing that case, the FEC focused on whether the money was for the campaign or not -- and
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:34P
Possible Pearce Recall: Who Will Be Arizona's Next Top Hate-Monger?
He was the main force behind Senate Bill 1070 in Arizona, which gives law-enforcement officers the right to question a person about their immigration status on a traffic stop, detainment or arrest if they have a suspicion that the suspect is an illegal
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:34P
Possible Pearce Recall: Who Will Be Arizona's Next Top Hate-Monger?
He was the main force behind Senate Bill 1070 in Arizona, which gives law-enforcement officers the right to question a person about their immigration status on a traffic stop, detainment or arrest if they have a suspicion that the suspect is an illegal
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:34P
Stuntman, Empire State Building settle lawsuit over his 2006 parachute-jump
A lawyer and a spokeswoman for the skyscraper's owners did not immediately respond to telephone and email messages Tuesday. Heller says Corliss is pleased with the resolution. In 2006, authorities said Corliss got into the building wearing an elaborate
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:33P
(Mis)Adventures in Colombia and Peru
I wasn't nervous traveling alone, even to Colombia, because I'm fluent in Spanish and I knew that I would meet fellow travelers along the way. I didn't realize how fast I would make friends on my trip: On the plane from Florida to Colombia I happened
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:32P
Inside Ralph Esmerian's Downfall
In an indication that Esmerian was overextending himself financially, in December 2006, he pledged the same collateral — REI's inventory — to Acorn Capital Group LLC to secure another loan in the amount of $40 million, an illicit activity known as
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:32P
Recalling Dream Act not a partisan issue
I have signed the petition myself and I am neither a conservative nor a Republican. My reasoning is that some effort must be made by the state of Maryland and the city of Baltimore to uphold the laws of the land, especially those relating to immigration.
Updated: 05/31/2011 02:31P