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May 17, 2006 |

Poultry farms ramp up their precautions against bird flu

By Greg Bluestein, Associated PressGoing to the Milford family chicken farm in Cumming is like trying to infiltrate a high-security medical lab.After the car's wheels are sprayed down with disinfectant, visitors are outfitted with blue biohazard suits, clear boot coveralls, tight latex gloves and lunch-lady hairnets. Then, before entering the chicken coop, guests must immerse their feet in a soupy but powerful iodine cleanser.
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September 11, 2006 |

Pre-Judgment Assignment Of Excess Interest Approved

Reasoning that an excess insurer's risk is realized once an insured is involved in an event resulting in injury, as opposed to when a jury's subsequent verdict triggers the need for excess coverage, the state Supreme Court has affirmed 5-1 a nearly $3.5 m
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March 06, 2007 |

Judge Approves Disclosure of Company's Efforts to Discredit Blogger-Critic

A New York judge has ruled that a controversial executive seminar company cannot invoke attorney-client privilege to prevent disclosure of its efforts to discredit a critic. NXIVM Corp., formerly known as Executive Success Program Inc., runs seminars that some say are intended to foster a cult-like following. One of the group's most outspoken critics has been anti-cult blogger and deprogrammer Rick A. Ross, whom NXIVM has sued for violating its copyright by disseminating NXIVM course materials.
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May 01, 2006 |

Take the Federal Circuit Seriously

Daniel Meador says that national appeals courts such as the Federal Circuit shouldn't be dismissed as dumping grounds.
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September 25, 2012 |

Ginsburg v. Aria Health Physician Services, PICS Case No. 12-1711 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 31, 2012) Shapiro, J. (21 pages).

While plaintiffs did not assert valid claims of breach of contract or violation of the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law in this employment discrimination case, they could pursue their remaining claims related to hostile treatment by a physician in their workplace. Motion to dismiss granted in part and dismissed in part.
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December 23, 2003 |

Mock News Story Produces Accusation of Libel

A lively case of first impression that recently went before the Texas Supreme Court may determine whether satire is a protected form of speech. At issue is a Dallas Observer mock story with made-up quotations attributed to public officials. Lawyers for the Observer argued that the article was free speech protected by the First Amendment, while two public officials alleged libel because some readers believed the article to be true.
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July 06, 2009 |

Auerbach v. Zoning Hearing Board of Tinicum Township

Persons whose land abuts a right-of-way have standing to apply for access to a public road over the unopened portion of the public right-of-way. The Commonwealth Court affirmed the trial court's decision allowing applicants to construct a driveway.
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November 17, 2005 |

Former Clerks Hold Rally to Back Alito's Nomination

Tony [email protected] the dozens of cases he had to review as a law clerk for a federal appeals judge in 1996, Thomas Gentile came across one that posed a special challenge. "The briefs were incomprehensible," Gentile said. They'd been written by adversaries in a federal civil rights case, and neither side had explained adequately what the case was about.
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