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3
2010

Law firms line up for 3g´s $4 billion bite of Burger King

A whopper of a late summer for M&A lawyers grew even fatter Thursday, when Burger King announced its sale to investment firm 3G Capital for $4 billion.

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3
2010

Ethanol´s mid-life crisis

The sugar industry produces food, fuel and environmental benefits. How fast it grows may depend on an argument about how it should be regulated.

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3
2010

Judge says B.C. inmate can have thesaurus

A Federal Court judge has ruled a British Columbia prison was wrong to deny an inmate´s request to buy a thesaurus, rejecting the Mountain Institution´s argument that the reference book is not educational.

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3
2010

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inaugurates world´s first anti-corruption academy

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today inaugurated the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Vienna.

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2
2010
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2
2010
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2
2010

Thai Court lifts ban on industrial projects halted on environment grounds

A Thai court ruled that most of the 76 industrial projects halted last year because of pollution and licensing concerns can be restarted, a decision that may resolve uncertainties about the nation´s investment regulations.

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2
2010

Travel ban over phone bills

Subscribers to Moscow´s fixed-line telephone operator MGTS will face bans on overseas travel if they run up unpaid bills, Kommersant reported Wednesday.

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2
2010

Judge temporarily off bench over online sex photos

A prominent Manitoba judge whose husband allegedly posted nude photos of her in bondage gear engaging in oral sex on an Internet porn site has been temporarily relieved of her duties.

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2
2010

Woman suing Major Airline for runway trauma

A woman has sued American Airlines, saying she was traumatized when the plane she was on ran off the runway at Chicago´s O´Hare International Airport.

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2
2010

Money laundering to finance crime, terrorism grows

German police and financial authorities have warned of an increase in money laundering.

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2
2010

Judges asked for caution in misconduct case

The judges being asked to stop judicial conduct proceedings against Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson were asked to be cautious about intervening because of public perceptions.

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2
2010

Jailing of pregnant mother of 4 sparks protest

A mother of four who is pregnant with a fifth child has become a cause celebre after a court jailed her for three years even though it could have waived the sentence under a legal provision allowing leniency for mothers with young children.

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2
2010

N.J. appeals court topples $19 million verdict in delayed-caesarean case

Case is an illustration of the danger of allowing an influential fact witness to dominate the trial.

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2
2010

E.U. casts legal doubt on French Roma expulsion

The legality of France´s crackdown on Roma migrants was thrown into doubt Wednesday when a report from the European Commission said that French law lacked minimum safeguards required by the European Union to protect deportees.

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2
2010

Aeroflot sues Moscow for traffic jam

Aeroflot has filed a lawsuit against the Moscow city government, seeking compensation for losses caused by a days-long traffic logjam on a highway leading to Sheremetyevo Airport, court documents showed Wednesday.

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2
2010

Brazil arrests almost entire government in Dourados

Brazilian police have arrested almost the entire local council in the southern city of Dourados, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum.

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2
2010

Looking into the equity box

The first examination of female equity and nonequity partners reveals some surprises--and some good news.

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1
2010

Allergan will pay fine, plead guilty to misdemeanor

Allergan Inc., maker of the wrinkle smoother Botox, agreed to pay $600 million and plead guilty to a misdemeanor in settling a U.S. investigation of its marketing practices.

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1
2010

London lawyers approved for Nancy Kissel´s Hong Kong retrial for murder

Two London-based lawyers can appear for Nancy Kissel and prosecutors in her retrial for the murder of her Merrill Lynch & Co. banker husband, Hong Kong Judge Robert Tang said, rejecting the opposition of the local bar.

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