Thomson had a major competitive advantage with case-law summaries dating back to the 19th century.
And early in his career in the mid-1970s, he wrote two books on anti-trust case history and law.
One case explores a first-year law school civil procedure issue, while another gets deeply into the weeds of bankruptcy jurisprudence, thanks to a three-decade estate battle involving the late Anna Nicole Smith.
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What India s case law shows, says Marco Ventura, a religious-law professor, is the contrast between conversion in rich, liberal societies and traditional ones, where discrimination tempts people to make tactical moves.
Professor RICHARD PILDES (Law, New York University): But I think that if it's just, you know, 100 people, 150 people, I think the court would say the way to handle that is individually, case-by-case, and it doesn't make the law unconstitutional as a whole.
But the slow-moving case was put on hold when parliament passed a law giving Mr Bouterse and his 24 co-defendants blanket immunity for human rights violations committed during military rule.
Cole said the investigative subcommittee found that Gingrich was well aware of previous case law on use of tax-deductible contributions to finance such partisan activity.
Left undecided until Thursday are the important honest services cases, which could spring former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, and Bilksi, the patent case that could upturn business-method patent law.
In the United States, relevant case law has revolved around the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination as there is currently no specific law regarding key disclosure.
If the justices' questions are any guide (and it must be admitted they are often not), proponents of the law made a good job of arguing the first bit of their case, that fund-raising has got out of step with previous law (ie, that there are loopholes).
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But Justice Minister Crispin Blunt played down the significance of the motion, telling MPs the government would consider any EU criminal law proposals on a "case-by-case" basis.
Org is filling up a 24-terabyte Sun Microsystems server with case law going back to 1754. (That's a lot of bytes, enough to type out 12 million novels.) Malamud bought some data from Fastcase while building his service, which is available for free on the Web.
Org is filling up a 24-terabyte Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: JAVA - news - people ) server with case law going back to 1754. (That's a lot of bytes, enough to type out 12 million novels.) Malamud bought some data from Fastcase while building his service, which is available for free on the Web.
But the real concern about this case is the long-term implications for world trade law.
However, I think there is a not-so-obvious case for why this aspect of the law may be a bad idea: it could allow fairness norms to increase unemployment.
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To that end, I believe that federal lawmakers should expressly authorize the IRS to share taxpayer information with state and local law-enforcement authorities in any case where it appears that a fraudulent tax return has been filed.
Except the dissident lawyers appealed again, and the Third Circuit, in a decision that offers a thorough tutorial on class-action law, has sent the case back again for Lancaster to instructions to consider whether a subclass of plaintiffs with other claims under federal law should be formed.
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This case should force a re-examination of current habeas corpus law and its Byzantine procedural obstacles.
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But a law-enforcement official said that underlying case also involved Mr. Stern, who would later go on to play a central role in the larger investigation.
Opening the case for the prosecution, Helen Law played video footage - filmed by Animal Defenders International (ADI) - which showed the animal being kicked and hit with a pitchfork by staff.
In 1995, he represented Acorn in a key case upholding the new Motor Voter Act -- the very law whose mandated postcard registration system Acorn workers use to flood election offices with bogus registrations.
It may wind up disappointing blockbuster-ruling fans, however, as the court avoided making a definitive statement about the boundaries of patent law in the much-discussed Bilski case last year and may do so again.
Advocates for the same sex couples tried to make a very simple case that the state's 97-year old marriage law, which refers to husband and wife, doesn't live up to modern standards of equal protection under the law.
Its allegations, rather, are strictly of private law-breaking (and, in the case of the prostitutes with whom he supposedly cavorted in Amsterdam, not even that).
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear another case on same-sex marriage: a challenge to a federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman only.
And it was the same law firm that originally filed the case in Pennsylvania - brought it again, I believe, around 2000, and, again, lost on the State Secrets Privilege and on the finality of decision making.
It has edged towards relaxation in a few recent 5-4 decisions, but the conservative wing of the court may not be sure of a victory in a broad-based voucher case, according to Jesse Choper, a law professor at Fordham University in New York.
In January, the Commission on Assisted Dying - set up and funded by campaigners who want to see a change in the law - said there was a "strong case" for allowing assisted suicide for people who are terminally ill in England and Wales.
In January, the Commission on Assisted Dying - led by Lord Falconer and set up and funded by campaigners who want to see a change in the law - said there was a "strong case" for allowing assisted suicide for people who are terminally ill in England and Wales.
Relevant case law has revolved around the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
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