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In a move that could nearly halve the six-year prison term that former Qwest Communications chief executive Joseph Nacchio got for insider trading, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered that he be re-sentenced. Both Nacchio's prison term and the amount of money he is required to forfeit must be recalculated based not on his gross profit but on what he actually gained due to insider knowledge, reports the Denver Post. "[A]n insider-trading defendant's 'gain' should not consist of the total amount that the defendant realized from his or her stock sales but should be limited, more specifically,…more...

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Saying that an attorney's representation of an 11-year-old client in a family law matter did not comply with court administrative and legal ethics rules, a New York appellate court fired the attorney and ordered that new counsel be appointed for the youth. J. Mark McQuerrey's young client "was, at the least, entitled to consult with and be counseled by his assigned attorney, to have the appellate process explained, to have his questions answered, to have the opportunity to articulate a position which, with the passage of time, may have changed, and to explore whether to seek an extension of time…more...

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Galveston, Texas-area lawyers on Facebook may want to double-check their friends list, especially if they’re about to appear before Judge Susan Criss. That’s because Criss, a state court judge who is learning to adapt to social media as a way to connect with long-lost friends and is leveraging Facebook as a judicial campaign tool, has also learned a few things she didn’t expect. Biggest surprise: Even lawyers don’t fully grasp how public social media is, even when privacy controls are in place. “Anyone can cut and paste,” said Criss, who was part of a Friday ABA Annual Meeting program “Courts…more...

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New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Tiffany Food Corporation, located at 1182 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, New York is recalling “Bifeng Nong fu Shanzhuang” plum candy due to the presence of undeclared sulfites. People who have severe sensitivity to sulfites may run the risk of serious or life-threatening reactions if they consume this product.more...

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When you put six former U.S. attorneys general together on a panel at a convention of lawyers, it’s pretty safe to assume the meeting room won’t be big enough. That was the case Friday morning at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, when a Litigation Section program titled “Lessons from History: A Conversation with Former Attorneys General” drew a rapt audience that had people standing at the back of the room and even sitting on the floor in the aisles. What the audience heard from the six men whose combined service under four different presidents covered much of the past…more...

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New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Tiffany Food Corp., located at 1182 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, New York is recalling "Chi Ling Gourmet Foods Hot Olive" due to the presence of undeclared sulfites. People who have severe sensitivity to sulfites may run the risk of serious or life-threatening reactions if they consume this product.more...

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Drafting a will for the following individuals would have been an interesting challenge. Mary Kuhery: Left her husband $2 as long as he promised to spend half on a rope for hanging himself. Samual Bratt: Left $30,000 to his wife...more...

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United Food Group, Inc announced a voluntary recall of products that contain instant nonfat dry milk manufactured by Plainview Milk Products Cooperative. This recall is a precautionary measure due to the voluntary recall of instant nonfat dry milk announced by Plainview Milk Products Cooperative on June 29, 2009.more...

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