In the Wild West, when law enforcement was spotty or nonexistent, vigilantes sometimes stepped in.
Today's high unemployment levels could make the hiring of criminals something of a moral outrage when law-abiding citizens can't get jobs.
When law firm McGuireWoods LLP shopped for a new location this spring on K Street, the prime location for lobbying firms, it wasn't expecting any bargains.
It has been notifying users when law enforcement sends subpoenas for private info about them, despite law enforcement asking the company to keep it a secret.
He had left Kazakhstan and was working in Russia when law enforcement there honored a Kazakh warrant and shipped him back on a prison train, a trip lasting 32 days.
Even when law enforcement is legitimately fighting the cartels, firefights have broken out between cartel members and Federales in the middle of towns like Monterrey, Acapulco and Cancun.
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When law students ask me what common characteristics I have seen over the decades of the best lawyers, I say among other things is that they pay attention to detail.
Most of the 25 lawyers who were made redundant when law firm Semple Fraser collapsed two weeks ago have already found jobs with other firms, according to administrator RSM Tenon.
The deadline for one of the richest legal prizes of the year is today, when law firms jockeying for control of the Refco securities litigation must submit their applications for lead counsel.
The first chance came for the Lanarkshire side when Law was put through on goal by Michael Higdon, but he could only sweep a left-foot effort well wide from around eight yards.
When law firms hardly benefit from accountants' huge client base and accountancy firms are allowed to offer legal services only to a few clients, there is little point in accountants having a legal arm.
"This is truly a remarkable turn of events and it again demonstrates the collective power that can be brought to bear when law enforcement and the public team up to combat the sexual exploitation of children, " Morton said.
"Everyone has to rethink all the old models that we believed in, the model where you go to school and then a big firm, " said McGrath, who graduated from Fordham University School of Law School in 1998, a time when law jobs were abundant.
Journalists, publishers, lawyers, press service officers, media experts, and other participants of the debars discussed specific cases of violation of the rules by journalists willing to upgrade the ranking of their newspaper or broadcast station, as well as the cases when law-enforcing authorities published erroneous information in their press releases.
The asbestos companies also argued that the appeals court mistakenly applied Texas law to the dealings between the Northern clients and their lawyers, when Pennsylvania law, which has tougher standards for such suits, should have been applied.
Mr Panetta said that while the remaining benefits are blocked by a federal law that does not recognise same-sex marriage, he foresaw a time "when the law will allow the department to grant full benefits to service members and their dependents, irrespective of sexual orientation".
When this law went into effect, the rate of unpaid violations immediately dropped by 90%.
How many more donors would you expect to find if and when the law is changed?
When the law expires, those projects will shut down, taking precious jobs with them.
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The Giants sensed victory, when Neil Law intercepted to run-in from 50 yards out.
Premiums also increase when the law obliges insurance policies to cover more benefits.
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When a law was passed recently permitting them dual nationality, hardly anyone applied.
It began when Harvard Law professor Arthur Miller, a paid consultant, taped a series of video lectures for Concord Law students.
Firms can delay upgrades to many of their systems for years, but when the law requires new technology, delay is more difficult.
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Retired Admiral Bobby Ray Inman was the director of the National Security Agency in 1978 when that law restricting surveillance was written.
"What do you do when one law has seven parts" Fleegler asked.
When the law was passed three years ago, it was acknowledged that implementing the law efficiently and effectively would be a tremendous challenge.
When the law supports out-group marginalization, it prevents business from finding and fully utilizing the best talent available for the particular job at hand.
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Instead of building long-term relationships, however, the Chinese companies pressed for even lower prices and then ended their relationships when the law firms refused.
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