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December 08, 2008 |

Belafonte to auction unknown papers of MLK

NEW YORK AP - An original handwritten outline for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s first speech condemning the Vietnam War owned by his friend Harry Belafonte is going on the auction block this week.Sotheby's will offer the document for sale Thursday along with two others: the scribbled notes for a speech King planned to deliver in Memphis, Tenn.
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May 16, 2008 |

Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling

SAN FRANCISCO AP - Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never again ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state.A conservative group said it would ask California's Supreme Court to postpone putting its Thursday decision legalizing gay marriage into effect until after the fall election.
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October 21, 2009 |

At ACC Meeting, Cost-Cutting a Big Concern

Attendees tackled the issue head-on in sessions about economic constraints facing in-house departments.
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August 08, 2005 |

Employment Perspectives in a Regulatory Investigation

The trend in corporate investigations equates cooperation with waivers of otherwise traditionally-protected privileges. But what is the price of cooperation for a corporation's employees? One obvious cost, say David R. Clouston and Christopher R. Richie, is the demise of many protections afforded to employees. Any time the specter of a regulatory or criminal investigation becomes reality, one issue that in-house counsel must face is the significance of relatively recent guidance from the Justice Department.
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February 23, 2011 |

Ex-Beasley Firm Partners Form Their Own Practice

Just weeks after their raucous argument and subsequent split from The Beasley Firm, Slade H. McLaughlin and Paul A. Lauricella have resurfaced with their own firm, McLaughlin & Lauricella, which they will run while simultaneously serving as of counsel to Philadelphia plaintiffs firm Shrager Spivey & Sachs.
6 minute read
May 28, 2013 |

NY indictment filed in $6B money-laundering case

The founder of an online currency transfer business was indicted in the United States along with six other people in a $6 billion money-laundering scheme described as "staggering" in its scope, authorities said Tuesday.
4 minute read
August 26, 2008 |

Remes Joins the Ranks of Gitmo Devotees

On July 14, inflamed about the treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees, Covington & Burling's David Remes dropped his pants at a news conference in Yemen to demonstrate the techniques military guards use to conduct full-body searches. Just four days later, Remes announced he would resign from Covington to raise a human rights practice around his Guantanamo work, making him the latest to join a set of lawyers so consumed by the litigation that they've recoiled from their practices or left their firms.
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April 22, 2008 |

All states get ethanol, but not everyone is sold

BELFIELD, N.D. AP - Ethanol has a toe-hold in every state, pushed by increased production, government subsidies and people looking to save a few pennies at the pump."For the farmer, it's another market for our product _ this is a good thing," said Mike Clemens, a Wimbledon farmer and a director of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association.
5 minute read
December 23, 2008 |

Impeachment panel awaiting word from prosecutor

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) ? State lawmakers studying impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich heard Monday from a political watchdog who said she sees strong links between campaign contributions to him and contracts awarded to work for the state.
3 minute read
August 06, 2010 |

On Facebook, wife learns of husband's second wedding

Lynn France typed into Facebook the name of the woman with whom she believed her husband was having an affair and found a photo album full of Disney wedding photos.
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