Last year, Google removed a YouTube video related to an ancient Hindu epic that had been edited to include foul language, according to a lawyer who has represented the company.

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Given this judicial backdrop to the language of the Smith Act, the lawyer representing a U.S.company which retains Shariah authorities must be critically aware of several threatening circumstances.

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Any good lawyer knows that injecting broad language into a contractual agreement inherently leaves an open door that either party can later take advantage of depending on the circumstances.

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As a lawyer he had favoured using simple language rather than jargon.

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Republicans have always taken such gestures seriously, and they have been as meticulous as any pettifogging lawyer in their own use of language.

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Tax lawyer Elliot Kajan said he often saw language in civil case filings that read liked a criminal indictment.

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Portman, who played the role of Lieberman in 2000, has studied the mannerisms and body language of Edwards by watching tapes of his closing arguments as a trial lawyer and his Sentate speeches.

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"In many cases, it's honest disagreements dealing with very complex language or attempts to stretch an interpretation, " says Robert Coughlin, a lawyer at Nixon Peabody.

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