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The name “Robert Edward Forchion Jr.” sounds like a perfectly good name. In fact, it sounds mighty impressive. Why, someone may be tempted to invest in pork-belly futures with someone named Robert Edward Forchion Jr.

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Nothing excites prosecutors like getting a flamboyant defense attorney in the crosshairs. But investigating a criminal defense lawyer raises all sorts of constitutional concerns. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ...

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Purchasers of condominium units may be entitled to revoke their contracts under a federal law requiring “full disclosure” by real estate developers, the Second Circuit ruled in reversing a dismissal, Bodansky v. Fifth on the Park Condo LLC, no. 10-0720-cv. (March 15).

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Do you trust your office manager? One Rhode Island ophthalmologist did and now finds himself short $233,000. Doctor William J. Andreoni is the sole owner of Ophthalmic Surgeons Ltd. in Johnston, Rhode Island.

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The Bankruptcy Code’s new restrictions on “debt relief agencies” do not violate free speech protections, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled, Connecticut Bar Association v. U.S., no. 08-5901-cv. (Sept. 3).

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Here’s a tough court decision for me to get a handle on. How is it that a personal injury plaintiff could get a new trial merely because his lawyer was forced to use a peremptory challenge after the trial judge mistakenly refused to boot a juror for cause?

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