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October 25, 2006 |

Claims Against Karate School Over Broken Nose Dismissed

A woman whose nose was broken during a sparring match at a Long Island, N.Y., karate school was an experienced practitioner of the sport and had assumed the inherent risk of injury or "even death," a state judge has concluded in dismissing her lawsuit against the school and its owner. The judge disagreed with the plaintiff's argument that she could not have assumed the risk of her injury, since punches to the face are illegal in sparring and are therefore not foreseeable.
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June 01, 2011 |

Twitter's GC joins U.K. free tweets debate

A U.K. athlete's sexual affair has triggered a free speech debate centered on revelations spread via Twitter.
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October 26, 2009 |

To Build Practice, Ex-Bush SG Embraces Liberal Clients

In George W. Bush's solicitor general's office, Paul Clement built a reputation as one of the most skilled appellate advocates of his generation as he argued the trickiest of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts. Now a partner at King & Spalding, Clement has taken on tough-to-win Supreme Court cases that are far from standard fare for a Bush-era legal icon. But Clement said his conservative political views have not changed: "I haven't had a conversion on the road to Damascus or anywhere else."
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May 01, 2009 |

Exorcize Your Phantoms

"Vampire" power can waste expensive electricity
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February 18, 2003 |

Inadmissible

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April 20, 2009 |

In the Art Market

Beverly Schreiber Jacoby, president of independent consulting and appraisal company BSJ Fine Art, writes: Until recently, art ownership was generally regarded as a passion or a pastime. For those who looked at art as an investment, if only a passive one, the collection may now be summoned to active duty. More than ever, it is vital to understand the value of art, but the quest to ascertain value is a complex endeavor. With information at the fingertips of anyone with a computer, distinguishing the relevant from the irrelevant is as much related to expertise as it is to facts. The critical issue for attorneys is how the decisions clients make will be affected by value and vice versa.
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December 08, 2011 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

SpeakersRichard L. Scheff, chairman of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, was a moderator at the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers presentation on Nov. 18 for a panel discussion, "Have Declinations Been Written Out of the Playbook in Pharmaceutical Cases?"
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July 02, 2008 |

Young Lawyer Takes Victory Lap After Supreme Court Gun Case Win

Supreme Court watchers questioned 37-year-old attorney Alan Gura's qualifications when he was tapped for the landmark Second Amendment case District of Columbia v. Heller. But now history will remember him as the lawyer who successfully argued that Americans have an individual right to keep and bear arms. Outside the Court last week, as gun rights advocates roared their approval, Gura smiled broadly in victory and signed copies of the Heller opinion like they just went gold.
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Ex-Jenkens Lawyer Skips Retrial, Pleads Guilty in Tax Shelter Scheme
Publication Date: 2012-09-13
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Former Jenkens & Gilchrist tax lawyer Donna Guerin folded her cards yesterday and pleaded guilty to helping wealthy clients cheat the Internal Revenue Service out of hundreds of millions of dollars through illegal tax shelters.

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