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<title><![CDATA[Wilson Sonsini lawyer erases fraud-ridden Entellium from client list]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-27</pubDate>
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 If your company ever gets into serious trouble, wouldn't you like to know your lawyer's standing behind you publicly? Better hope you're not represented by Wilson Sonsini, then. After Seattle software startup Entellium saw its CEO and CFO charged with wire fraud and cooking the company's books, Entellium disappeared from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Fla. High Court Permanently Disbars Disgraced Attorney]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-27</pubDate>
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 The law career of disgraced Florida attorney and fraud suspect Scott Rothstein is over. The Florida Supreme Court disbarred Rothstein Wednesday at his request, a day after the governor suspended him from the 4th District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission. A four-paragraph order came in response to Rothstein's request for permanent  ... 
(<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435860968&rss=newswire">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ranbaxy Launches Generic Valtrex In US, Shares Rise - Wall Street Journal]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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 These headlines do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the patent law firm v. Kreisler Selting Werner. Please also review the disclaimer 
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<title><![CDATA[9th Circuit Widens Split on Rights of Independent Contractors]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-27</pubDate>
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 The federal courts were already divided over the rights of independent contractors to sue for discrimination. The split widened when the 9th Circuit ruled this month that a doctor whose contract was terminated after a hospital learned of his sickle cell anemia can sue under the Rehabilitation Act. The decision creates a 2-2 split in the circuits  ... 
(<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435862625&rss=newswire">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting The Job Done Right: Strengthening The Senate Bill To Fully Protect ... - Huffington Post]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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 Close Getting The Job Done Right: Strengthening The Senate Bill To Fully Protect ... - Huffington Post (blog) 
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<title><![CDATA[After First Year of Practice, Law Grads Settle In to Lawyer Life]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-27</pubDate>
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 The past year has been a tumultuous one in the legal industry, but despite the turbulent times, some new lawyers are flourishing. Texas Lawyer is following the careers of five attorneys who graduated from Texas law schools in May 2008 and began diverse full-time careers in different parts of the state. Four are with the same firms or  ... 
(<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/law/careercenter/lawArticleCareerCenter.jsp?id=1202435853973&rss=newswire">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[N.Y. Judge Censured for Helping Arrest Motorist]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-27</pubDate>
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 A New York judge has been censured for following a motorist for more than a mile, pulling the man over by flashing his high beams and using a badge to persuade the driver to turn himself in to police to face two traffic citations. The state Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Wednesday that it was censuring Hudson Falls Village Justice  ... 
(<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435858284&rss=newswire">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2: Vor 50 Jahren: Luftpolsterfolie zum Patent angemeldet - Stichtag ... - WDR Nachrichten]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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 Close 27.11.2009: Vor 50 Jahren: Luftpolsterfolie zum Patent angemeldet - Stichtag ... - WDR Nachrichten 
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<title><![CDATA[SAUDI ARABIA: Kingdom steps up hunt for 'witches' and 'black magicians']]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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 When the popular 46-year-old Lebanese psychic Ali Sibat went on-air and made his predictions about the future, the phone lines of the satellite television station Sheherazade used to be flooded with calls. 
(<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/11/saudi-arabia-kingdom-steps-up-hunt-for-witches-and-black-magicians-.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving, a note on Prawfsfest! 6, LSA CrimProf, and AALS hooch]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-26T11:49:02-05:00</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
 Just a note to wish you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Here at Prawfs, we have so much to be grateful for--a spirited and respectful atmosphere for discussion, and a community directed at the promotion of ideas and transparency within the legal academy. So, many thanks to all of you readers, writers and co-permaprawfs for making this  ... 
(<a href="http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-a-note-on-prawfsfest-6-lsa-crimprof-and-aals-hooch.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Test case on shackling juveniles withdrawn]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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 A test case on whether juvenile suspects or offenders should be shackled in court fizzled in Gainesville on Wednesday, but the practice will remain controversial and is being scrutinized by the state Supreme Court, officials say. 
(<a href="http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091126/ARTICLES/911261048/-1/ENTERTAINMENT">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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 Rick Garnett 
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<title><![CDATA[Best iPhone apps for Prawfs?]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-26T13:04:48-05:00</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
 Well, the turkey is brining, the stuffing and corn pudding are in the oven, the pies are done, and wine is flowing. Happy Thanksgiving! Naturally, my mind is focused sharply on matters professional, and so I ask: what, do people think, are the best iPhone apps, for law-profs? I've found Yelp and Open Table crucially important, when arranging the  ... 
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 Marc DeGirolami 
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<title><![CDATA[&quot;Cum Sancto Spiritu&quot;]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-26T11:12:58-05:00</pubDate>
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 In a post below, Jonathan Siegel directs attention to the Third Circuit's decision in a case where a public school district thought that it would be educationally edifying to ban all music about religion during the month of December. I agree with Professor Siegel and with the court that this is not an Establishment Clause case, though I wonder a  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Help put the Green Party on the ballot]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-26T11:04:24-05:00</pubDate>
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 The Green Party of Hawai&lsquo;i (GPH) is once again organizing a petition drive to secure a ballot line for state and national offices for the 2010 elections. State law requires political parties to petition the state to appear on the ballot. When voting, people deserve to have as many choices as possible. 
(<a href="http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/500659/Help-put-the-Green-Party-on-the-ballot.html?nav=12">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mother of Youngest UK Mesothelioma Victim Searches for Answers]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
 Leigh Carlisle became the UK&#8217;s youngest mesothelioma victim in August of last year. It&#8217;s still undetermined exactly how or when she was exposed to the deadly asbestos fibers that caused her death. Mesothelioma is often thought of as a disease diagnosed exclusively in the elderly, but the fact is that asbestos was used as an [...] 
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 Paul Caron 
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<title><![CDATA[What Tax Profs Are Thankful For]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-26T06:30:00-05:00</pubDate>
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 H. Beau Baez (Charlotte): "As the pilgrims before me, I thank God for all that he has provided. A nation where I am free to worship God, a home with a loving wife and children, and for His grace in providing me with the ability to work in a field... 
(<a href="http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/what-tax-profs.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple Files  Motion to Dismiss Psystar's Florida Case; Alternatively to Transfer Case to California]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:55:52 -0500</pubDate>
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 Apple has filed a motion to dismiss Psystar's litigation in Florida, or in the alternative to transfer it to the Northern District of California, where its so-far successful litigation against Psystar is taking place and consolidate it there. It requests a 30-minute hearing on its motion. You'll recall that Apple told the California court that it  ... 
(<a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009112603405262">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:55:52 -0500</pubDate>
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 When the Pilgrims landed in 1620, they established a system of communal property. Within three years they had scrapped it, instituting private property instead. Hoover media fellow Tom Bethell tells the story. 
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 Michael Geist 
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<title><![CDATA[No Response to Search Engine Request for Clement ACTA Interview]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:33:01 +0100</pubDate>
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 TVO&#39;s Search Engine reports that the response to its request for an interview with Industry Minister Tony Clement on ACTA has been &quot;ambivalent and evasive.&quot;  
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<title><![CDATA[Comes Exhibit 2151 - Gates: &quot;I have decided we should not publish these extensions.&quot; - Updated]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 Here's another relevant exhibit, Exhibit 2151 [PDF] from the collection of exhibits in the Comes v. Microsoft case, an email from Bill Gates, the subject was "Shell plans - iShellBrowser", dated October 3, 1994, to Bill Bass, Bob Muglia et al. In connection with iShellBrowswer, Gates writes: I have decided that we should not publish these  ... 
(<a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091125232420218">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Say Goodbye to Big-Screen TVs]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 Last week, the California Energy Commission approved a groundbreaking series of efficiency standards for televisions, the first time government at any level in the United States has meddled in the details of how our boob tubes are made. The new rules set maximum power-consumption standards for TVs of up to 58 inches, starting in 2011 and becoming  ... 
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 Paul Horwitz 
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<title><![CDATA[More on Amicus Briefs, With a Question]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-25T22:57:05-05:00</pubDate>
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 Will beat me to the punch. I think Orin raises some interesting points in his discussion at VC, especially in his responses to commenters. But I am not sure that the concerns he raises are ultimately all that great. I have three general points, and a question for Orin. First, it seems to me that amicus briefs filed by members of Congress -- and  ... 
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 Jonathan H. Adler 
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<title><![CDATA[Franksgiving]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
 Melanie Kirkpatrick on the Thanksgiving politics of the New Deal. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: ) 
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