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July 28, 2011 |

New ACC GC James A. Merklinger Touts the Value of Association

As the new general counsel for the Association of Corporate Counsel, James A. Merklinger will continue to extol the benefits of membership, albeit from a higher perch at the world's largest organization for in-house counsel.
5 minute read
July 26, 2013 |

Theatrical Tax Attorney Has Been Cast In Many Memorable Roles

Jessie A. Gilbert spends her days handling legal matters involving estate planning, probate, family law and taxes. She's also been known as a queen, an evil nurse and a ditzy nun, to name just a few of her alter egos.
4 minute read
February 15, 2012 |

Oral Arguments Presented in Chancery Court's Arbitration Program Dispute

An open government group's challenge to confidentiality provisions in the Chancery Court's special arbitration program was argued in U.S. district court in Philadelphia last week, as both sides gained support from high-profile organizations filing amicus briefs in the case.
5 minute read
September 09, 2009 |

Second Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in Catcher Copyright Case

Free speech, copyright infringement, and even a bit of unsolicited literary criticism were on the docket Thursday as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments about whether a book based on J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye should be barred from being published in this country.
3 minute read
February 14, 2000 |

Contract Software Closes the Deal

Deal Proof analyzes contracts and other structured documents and reports on inaccurate references, similar but not identical phrases, undefined words that seemingly should be defined and other little things that just seem to happen as the drafting and revision process moves from initial concept to final form.
5 minute read
November 27, 2012 |

Legal Aid Society Automates Documents With activePDF

The Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Calif., designed a technology program around activePDF products, which creates and edits documents that help low-income people resolve legal issues and file taxes.
6 minute read
September 01, 2004 |

Innocent Man Spent 17 Years in Jail

Steven H. [email protected] his arm around his fiance, Clarence Harrison walked out of the DeKalb County Courthouse Tuesday morning a free man. Harrison, the first inmate to be exonerated thanks to the efforts of the Georgia Innocence Project, had spent the last 17 years in prison for a 1987 rape conviction. The results of a DNA test, received last week by the Innocence Project, ruled out Harrison as the rapist.
5 minute read
December 11, 2007 |

UBS writes down $10B from subprime losses

ZURICH, Switzerland AP - UBS AG will write off a further $10 billion in losses from the U.S. subprime lending market, the Swiss bank said Monday, and raise billions in capital through share sales to Singapore and an unidentified investor in the Middle East.UBS said it will post a loss for the fourth quarter and may now record a loss for the full year as well.
4 minute read
March 15, 2001 |

The 'Jackass' Syndrome: Are Televised Warnings Enough?

After watching an episode of MTV's "Jackass" in which the lead character had others set him on fire, 13-year-old Jason Lind and his friend tried to re-create the stunt. The Connecticut boy suffered third-degree burns over his hands and legs. Were MTV's warnings during the broadcast enough to defeat a tort claim against the network? How big a role do First Amendment freedoms play in such a case?
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