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Lance Armstrong and The Cautionary Tale of Arbitration

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Polsinelli – Arbitration is sometimes touted as less expensive and less risky for businesses than traditional courtroom litigation, especially when it comes to consumer disputes. But disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s most recent legal loss exposes some of the risks that face those who elect to arbitrate their disputes rather than go to court. The Armstrong

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The Silicon Valley Sex Suit

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Silicon Valley lawsuits normally involve IP or antitrust issues, not sex discrimination, sexual harassment and other more seedy suits. However the current suit-de-jour in the Valley is the lawsuit by form Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers employee Ellen Pao. Kleiner Perkins’ are the most famous of all Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists and to have a

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The Man Who Shot Chris Kyle

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The man who shot “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and another man two years ago has been found guilty. Former marine Eddie Ray Routh’s trial was a high profile affair following the shooting death of Kyle and the other man at a shooting range two years ago. The “American Sniper” movie has been a massive box

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The Venture-Funding Patent Attorney With a Knack For Picking Winners

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Jeffrey Schox is a patent attorney with his own boutique law practise, ensconsced in the San Francisco SoMA neighbourhood.  But his firm’s cash flow has been enhanced by an attribute Mr Schox has developed that has made him uniquely talented in his ability to identify profitable startups. In fact, he’s been so successful that he

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The Dutchman Who Stole Hollywood Movies – Indicted For Computer Hacking

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          LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today indicted a Dutch national on federal computer hacking and identity theft charges related to the theft of digital versions of three motion pictures.         Joey Vogelaar, who used the online monikers of “TyPeR” and “neXus,” was named in a two-count indictment that alleges unauthorized access

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Quarter-Century Prison Terms for Men Plotting to Kill Americans in Afghanistan

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RIVERSIDE, California – Two men with ties to the Inland Empire were each sentenced today to 300 months in federal prison for participating in plots to provide material support to terrorists and to kill American personnel. The two men sentenced today by United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips are: • Sohiel Omar Kabir, 37,

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The Fear of Deportation is Very Similar to the Fear of Torture

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 Shah Peerally, Esq.  Shah Peerally is principal in Immigration law firm  The Shah Peerally Law Group  Lately, the news has been filled with immigration matters especially since president Obama has set out his famous “Executive Orders” allowing millions of immigrants to get a work permit and stay in the United States on a deferred action

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