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Loose Lips Sink Ships, But Should John Gotti Jr. Have Testified In Order To Avoid Another Hung Jury?

Joseph DiBenedetto | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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Joseph DiBenedetto

As a defense attorney who has followed the case and once represented Peter Gotti, I can't help but wonder, "Would there have been a different result if John Gotti testified on his own behalf?"

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The Fall Of Greg Craig

TIME | Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Nearly 100 days after Barack Obama entered office, his top White House lawyer, Greg Craig, braced the President's senior advisers for a potentially ex...

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Orly Taitz: Washington Post Profiles 'Birther Queen'

The Washington Post | Liza Mundy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.-The dental office of Orly Taitz, DDS, Esq., is in a low-slung complex in a quiet planned community in Orange County, al...

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A "Dryer" Version of Madoff

Ron Kuby | Posted 08.21.2009 | Home

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Ron Kuby

Let's see--he ripped off hedge fund managers, real estate moguls, and real estate lawyers. The trifecta. Were there any normal people who got hurt? Sadly, the answer is yes.

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Ghost Haunting Frat House Files Sex Abuse Charges

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 07.18.2009 | Comedy

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Tom McCaffrey

The Delta Chi house has long been swirled in controversy. For years there has been a rumor that the house is haunted by the ghost of a 24 year old fe...

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Ethiopian-American Lawyer on Conflicts Along the Nile

Jim Luce | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

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Jim Luce

Fasil Amdetsion, an attorney from Ethiopia, thinks the Nile basin will be the most likely site of a future "water war" because the Nile embodies "all the challenges that transnational management of fresh water could possibly present."

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When Is a Lawyer Not a Lawyer? When She Acts

Jim Luce | Posted 06.08.2009 | Style

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Jim Luce

Making a career in acting is a challenging prospect. What makes Anouk Dutruit's ambitions even more invigorating is her other career. By day and international lawyer, by night an actor.

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Government By Lawyers, For Lawyers

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

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Aaron Greenspan

The aggregate efforts of all of the lawyers I have hired have yielded more dishonest behavior than the issues I was hoping to address with their help.

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