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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's inspector general says the U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  2. Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill. Lawmakers called it a step... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

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    (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley has been sued by an Alabama medical laboratory that claims it steered retirement plan business to ING U.S. Inc and others in exchange for extra fees in an illegal "pay-to-play" scheme. Skin Pathology Associates... Full Article at Thomson Reuters News & Insight

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  1. The General Secretary of the 'Federation syndicale unitaire' (FSU), the main trade union in the education sector, Bernadette Groison, demonstrates on May 22, 2013 in Paris, during a protest against a draft law by the French government for higher education. France's lower house starts...
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  3. The Philippines underscores that the apprehension and illegal detention of peacekeepers are gross violations of international law
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  4. The decision is outrageous. It's wrong. It's illegal. It's a nullity. The magistrate has totally misconceived the law
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  5. The law in itself is a legal violation because parliament passed it while it was under a state of terrorism and intimidation
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  6. When a legal economy is bad, (law firm mergers) really slow down ... I think law firms are concerned about their revenue picture at this point of the year, and that might put a damper on finalizing merger talks right now.
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  7. The attorney general was the one who pushed the law in 2009, which got set aside. I'm not completely surprised
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  8. This case not only impacts Mr. Coats, but also some 127,816 medical marijuana patient-employees in Colorado who could be summarily terminated even if they are in legal compliance with Colorado state law
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  11. Sadly, Reis is not the first attorney to be prosecuted for this type of illegal conduct, and he will not be the last.
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  22. If District Attorney Hynes spent less time worrying about getting on TV and more about doing his job, Brooklyn's reputation wouldn't be tarnished by prosecutorial misconduct or the lowest felony conviction rate in the city.
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