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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

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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. MCALLEN, TX - MAY 21: A private home on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande overlooks the U.S.-Mexico border on May 21, 2013 near McAllen, Texas. The Rio Grande Valley area has become a key area for drug smuggling and the busiest sector for illegal immigration on the entire U.S.-Mexico...
  2. HIDALGO, TX - MAY 21: A suspected drug smuggling scout paddles his raft back across the Rio Grande into Mexico from the U.S. side of the border on May 21, 2013 near Hidalgo Texas. The Rio Grande Valley area has become the busiest sector for illegal immigration and a key drug smuggling...
  3. BROWNSVILLE TX - MAY 21: Cars drive from Matomoros, Mexico (L), across the U.S.-Mexico border at the Rio Grande on May 21, 2013 into Brownsville, Texas. The area is active for legal international commerce as well as drug smugglers bringing their product north from Mexico into the...
  4. HIDALGO, TX - MAY 21: The international port of entry stretches from the U.S. (R), into Mexico on May 21, 2013 at Hidalgo Texas. The Rio Grande Valley area is an important international commercial zone but has also become the busiest sector for illegal immigration and a key drug...
  5. HIDALGO, TX - MAY 21: A flock of birds flies over the Rio Grande on May 21, 2013 near Hidalgo, Texas. The Rio Grande Valley area, home to verdant wildlife, has also become the busiest sector for illegal immigration on the entire U.S.-Mexico border with more than a 50 percent increase...
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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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  9. 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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  10. While I do not believe I did anything illegal, or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong and there is no one else responsible for my sins
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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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  14. We asked through the Red Cross and the attorney general in Damascus, but received no answer about his place of detention and his health
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  16. I feel he's a capable attorney ... Now that I know how things turned out, this wasn't his best case.
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  21. 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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  24. Although GINA has been law since 2009, many employers still do not understand that requesting family medical history, even through a contract medical examiner, violates this law
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