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Pa., other states sue RJ Reynolds for Rolling Stone ad
An illustrated advertising section in Rolling Stone magazine violates the tobacco industry's 9-year-old promise not to use cartoons to sell cigarettes, prosecutors in various states said Tuesday.Verizon told to sell assets before merger
WASHINGTON AP - The Justice Department on Thursday effectively gave Verizon Wireless the go-ahead to buy Alltel Corp. in a $28 billion deal that would create the nation's largest wireless carrier.Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. and Britain's Vodafone Group PLC, already has agreed to the government's condition that it sell assets in 22 states.
Social Media Use as Evidence of Juror Misconduct
A trial court has certain authority to investigate juror misconduct, but to what extent can a court compel a juror suspected of misconduct to disclose printouts of social media communications made during a trial.Summer Must-Reads for the In-House Set
Where are your company's most valuable assets stored? A computer database? A factory? A warehouse? Not quite. They are inside your employees, some of whom are valuable but flawed. As corporate counsel, your role in protecting those assets is to become a turnaround specialist for the employees. Here are some helpful resources to add to your summer reading.Rehnquist Gives No Clues About Future
William H. Rehnquist was tapped to be chief justice 19 years ago Friday, and while conventional wisdom says his combination of age and cancer won't allow him to stay around for a 20th, some court watchers are not so sure.Sotomayor won't sell NY apartment in this economy
Justice Sonia Sotomayor plans to keep her apartment in New York for the time being, even as she gets a place in Washington. "Right now I - like many other Americans, it would not be wise for me to sell my home in New York because the market is so low," Sotomayor said.Defense says politics at play in immigration case
A suburban Atlanta prosecutor has asked a judge to dismiss a case against an illegal immigrant whose arrest for a traffic offense nearly led to her deportation and sparked a wider debate about immigration.Intellectual Property Litigation
Lewis R. Clayton, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, writes that the evolution of home video recording technology continues to generate complex copyright disputes between distributors and copyright owners, in which the important rights can turn on seemingly arcane issues. The latest example concerns Cablevision's proposed "Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder system, designed to give cable subscribers the functionality of a TiVo-like personal digital video recorder.
Don't Tread on Us, Internet GCs Tell Congress
Two general counsel of Internet companies warned a House panel this week to be careful about crafting new laws to keep material stolen by online "parasites" off the web. Can a balance be struck?Blame-Pedestrian Defense Leads To $153K Verdict
ibPhillip Torres v. Angel L. Torres: /b/iA former McDonald's employee who was hit by a pickup and seriously injured while crossing a dark road in Fairfield was awarded more than $150,000 after a four-day trial. Bridgeport resident Phillip Torres, 19, was struck by a 1999 Ford Ranger truck just before 10 p.m. on March 31, 2007. He was leaving work at the McDonald's in Fairfield, between the Post Road and the King's Highway Cutoff.More from ALM
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