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Kevin Iredell Returns to ALM as Vice President of Research and Continuing
ALM's market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:41A
Fortnightly outlook for currencies
The second push came in the form of the worsening debt situation in the Euro zone as Greece is on the verge of bankruptcy. The US dollar was inevitably the most favored among all major currencies. The deteriorating debt situation in the Euro zone,
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:37A
Tasered Veteran Files Lawsuit Against New Lenox Police
The lawsuit claims officers acted with "reckless disregard" and maliciously prosecuted him. By Michael Sewall Brian Wilhelm, 28, looks through medical documents that show he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. New Lenox police officers used
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:35A
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Pro-Life Unborn Victims Law
It correlates that if the state protects the unborn child under criminal law, then it should also protect the unborn child under civil law. The court cites previous court decisions showing the connection between Alabama's fetal homicide law and its
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:34A
Saab secures reorganisation appeal right
Saab has been granted leave to appeal against its bankruptcy protection rejection, raising hopes the troubled automaker could yet find a way out of its financial crisis. It is now expected the Court of Appeal in Gothenburg will hear Saab's request to
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:34A
Institute Sued For Knowingly Exposing Black Children To Lead
A class action lawsuit is being brought against the Kennedy Krieger Institute, a prominent Baltimore medical institute, for alledgedly knowingly exposing hundreds of Black children to lead poisoning as part of a study. “Children were enticed into
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:34A
FBI says violent crime dropped by 6 percent last year, fourth straight year of
Violent crime dropped 6 percent in 2010, marking the fourth straight year of year-to-year declines, while property crime was down for the eighth straight year, falling 2.7 percent, the FBI reported Monday.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:33A
Illegals Collecting Billions In Child Tax Credits
The Fiscal Times observed, "The audit underscores a broader debate about the contribution of illegal immigrants to the US economy, as well as who is ultimately charged with enforcing immigration law." Ira Mehlman, of the Federation for American
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:32A
Anker elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
Anker, one of the nation's top scholars in immigration law, is director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic and has taught immigration law and supervised clinical students for over 20 years. “As one of the leading experts on refugee and
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:32A
2nd man charged in a deadly Connecticut home invasion, Joshua Komisarjevsky
The trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, the second defendant charged in the slaying of a mother and her two daughters during a notorious Connecticut home invasion, is set to begin today in New Haven Superior Court. The 31-year-old faces a possible death
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:32A
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