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Breaking: Second Ex-Ropes Lawyer Likely to Plead in Galleon Case
The Wall Street Journal reports that a second former Ropes & Gray lawyer is set to be charged in the Galleon Group insider-trading probe.

Another Former Ropes & Gray Lawyer Ensnared in Galleon Probe
A former Ropes & Gray lawyer appears close to pleading guilty to crimes in connection with the Galleon insider trading probe.

New Wave of Insider Trading Charges as Judge Approved Wiretaps for White Collar Crime Investigation
It?s all over the news, and I should not be caught by surprise. Yet here I am becoming very disturbed by the loopholes in our financial institutions, which gave rise to an unprecedented amount of white collar crime - from Bernard Madoff to Raj Rajaratnam...

New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists December 9, 2009
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"In the end, as far as [VARA] is concerned, it does not make any difference who owns the property"
The Reno Gazette Journal reports:"Two San Francisco artists are suing a Gerlach farm-owner claiming he torched La Contessa, a replica of a 16th century Spanish galleon that often appeared at the annual Burning Man festival...

Cultural anthropology 101 for lawyers
I have often been criticized for being isolated from non-lawyers. After all, like most of my readers, since non-lawyers have very little contact with non-lawyers, we simply don?t know much about their simple, yet ancient and beautiful culture...

Kentucky lawyers
fraud case ends in mistrial.

Financial Elder Abuse - Financial Exploitation, Elder Abuse Lawyers
Financial Elder Abuse alleging seniors are taken advantage of for their finances.