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Uno restaurant parent announces Texas-sized franchise deal
Uno Restaurant Holdings filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in January 2010, emerging the following July. Since the bankruptcy filing, several Uno's locations have closed in the Boston area, including the Allston neighborhood of Boston and Porter Square in
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:53P
City honors retiring police chief
Sections of the street may be closed to traffic for periods during the day as inlets and drainage pipes are installed. Neighboring roads will remain open to provide access to area homes and businesses. • In his weekly report, City Administrator Nick
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:53P
Prosecutor Dwi Seno Jailed For 1.5 Years
Presiding judge Martini Marja said that the defendant had been found guilty of violating the Anti-Corruption Law. The judge reminded the court that the defendant was also a member of law enforcement who should have taken part in all efforts to enforce
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:53P
US Justice won't brief lawmakers on AT&T merger, (NYSE: T)
The US Justice Department will not hold a briefing for lawmakers to explain its decision to challenge AT&T Inc's (TN) purchase of Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile USA. In a letter sent on Monday to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:52P
Full Tilt Poker allegedly a Ponzi scheme
20 (UPI) -- High-profile Internet poker Web site Full Tilt Poker defrauded players out of more than $300 million, the US Department of Justice has charged. The Web site says it will hold money in accounts belonging to participants, but that money was
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:52P
Motorcycle Helmets Vs. Religious Rights
The Ontario Highway Traffic Act currently requires all motorcyclists to wear a helmet, which for Sikhs, is impossible. The Record reports that Khalsa Sikh do not remove any hair from their bodies and are required to wear a dastaar, or turban.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:52P
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
MITCHELL STABBE joined Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge as an intellectual property partner in Washington, DC Stabbe specializes in trademark and Internet law. He last worked at Dow Lohnes. Bankruptcy lawyer ERIKA MORABITO jumped from Patton Boggs to
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:52P
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
MITCHELL STABBE joined Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge as an intellectual property partner in Washington, DC Stabbe specializes in trademark and Internet law. He last worked at Dow Lohnes. Bankruptcy lawyer ERIKA MORABITO jumped from Patton Boggs to
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:52P
Tax Evasion Investigation Focuses on Eight Offshore Banks
Photographer: Gianluca Colla/Bloomberg Eight offshore banks are under federal grand jury investigation for facilitating tax evasion by US citizens as part of a probe the Justice Department said has dealt “fabled Swiss bank secrecy a devastating blow.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:52P
Full Tilt Online Poker Website Used Player Money to Pay Board, U.S. Says
“It's fundamentally unfair to call this a Ponzi scheme,” said Melinda Sarafa, a New York criminal-defense lawyer who has previously worked on Internet gambling cases. “This was a poker business that had a legitimate business model but ran into
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:51P
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