Osama’s Death Picture – See The Legal Picture of Osama’s Death

Osama’s death picture may be wanted all over the internet, but Osama’s death itself is now giving rise to the inevitable debate about its legality and the ‘wanted dead or alive’ issue. If captured, imagine the issue facing the Trial of Osama bin Laden. This would have eclipsed any OJ trial and been a media-fest […]

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Now that Osama bin Laden is dead the inevitable questions arise as to whether the killing was legal or not? Was it? Do we care? Has the US stance on such matters changed?

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Osama bin Laden was killed, not captured. If he had been taken into custody, what followed would have been the most complex and wrenching legal proceeding in American history. The difficulties would have been endless: military tribunal or criminal trial? Abroad—at Guantánamo?—or inside the United States? Would bin Laden have been granted access to the

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FORMER SUPERVISOR AT U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES CONVICTED OF BRIBERY AND FRAUD CHARGES

May 3 at 4:35 p.m. PDT LOS ANGELES – A former official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and his son were found guilty this afternoon of federal corruption charges. Fernando Jacobs, 72, of Upland, who was a supervisory immigration services officer with USCIS, and his son, Patrick Anthony Jacobs, 44, of Ontario, were

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Vinson & Elkins Nabs Two Top Litigation Partners in Antitrust and White Collar,

Expanding V&E’s Antitrust and White Collar Practices on Both Coasts May 3, 2011 — Antitrust lawyer Craig P. Seebald and white collar specialist and former federal prosecutor Matthew J. Jacobs today joined Vinson & Elkins as partners. Mr. Seebald joins V&E’s antitrust team in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, and Mr. Jacobs will head up

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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION – Seven Companies Suspended Trading

Washington, D.C. SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Release No. 64378 / May 3, 2011 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension of trading in the securities of the following issuers, commencing at 9:30 a.m. EDT on May 3, 2011 and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 16, 2011: · Advanced Refractive

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U.S. ATTORNEY SUES DEUTSCHE BANK AND SUBSIDIARY MORTGAGEIT FOR YEARS OF RECKLESS LENDING PRACTICES

United States Attorney Southern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE MAY 3, 2011 ELLEN DAVIS, PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, TONY WEST, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, HELEN KANOVSKY, General Counsel of the

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Governor and Congressman Michael Castle Joins Powerhouse DLA Piper Government Affairs Team

Governor and Congressman Michael Castle Joins Powerhouse DLA Piper Government Affairs Team Former Governor, US Congressman, and Delaware Lawyer Brings Decades of Financial Services, Corporate, Health Care and Energy Legal and Legislative Experience to Leading Practice; Will Split Time Between Washington, DC, New York and Newly Launched Delaware Offices (Wilmington, Del.) May 3, 2011 –

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ArtSuppliesAustralia Offers Artist Canvas of all Sizes at Heavy Discount

Sydney, NSW, Australia – May 3, 2011. ArtSuppliesAustralia is offering a wide range of artist canvases of all sizes at heavy discount. Buying a canvas is one of the major costs for all the artists. Art Supplies Australia makes it easy as well as affordable to purchase premium quality stretched canvas. Whether one is looking

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