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isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/china-activist-arrives-in-new-york-thanks-us-for-aid/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] arrived in New York on Saturday, resolving a US-China struggle that began when Chen escaped house arrest [JURIST report] last month and fled to the US embassy in Beijing, seeking protection from Chinese authorities. In a press conference Saturday evening Chen thanked the US for its help and the Chinese government for its cooperation and its promise to respect his citizenship rights in the future. Chen left...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/china-activist-arrives-in-new-york-thanks-us-for-aid/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Federal judge overturns Utah law restricting material harmful to minors</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/federal-judge-overturns-utah-law-restricting-material-harmful-to-minors/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/federal-judge-overturns-utah-law-restricting-material-harmful-to-minors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 01:51:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[district]]></category> <category><![CDATA[district-court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first-amendment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[liberties]]></category> <category><![CDATA[liberties-union]]></category> <category><![CDATA[major-parts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tuesday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/federal-judge-overturns-utah-law-restricting-material-harmful-to-minors/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Utah [official website] on Tuesday overturned [order, PDF] Utah Code ?? 76-10-1206 and 76-10-1233 [text], major parts of a Utah law that regulate electronic materials potentially harmful to minors. Originally passed in 2005, the law was challenged [JURIST report] by the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah [advocacy website] as overbroad and in violation of the First Amendment [Cornell LII backgrounder]. Judge Dee Benson held that the First Amendment precludes prosecution...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/federal-judge-overturns-utah-law-restricting-material-harmful-to-minors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US trade commission finds Motorola phones infringe on Microsoft patent</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/law-top-national-stories-and-decisions/us-trade-commission-finds-motorola-phones-infringe-on-microsoft-patent/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/law-top-national-stories-and-decisions/us-trade-commission-finds-motorola-phones-infringe-on-microsoft-patent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 09:35:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[commission]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concluded-its]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile-phones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stop-importing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/us-trade-commission-finds-motorola-phones-infringe-on-microsoft-patent/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] The US International Trade Commission (ITC) [official website] on Friday concluded its investigation [notice, PDF] into a complaint that a number of Motorola mobile phones infringed on several Microsoft [corporate websites] patents. The decision affirmed the ruling of an administrative law judge in December that Microsoft had proven by a preponderance of the evidence that Motorola had in fact violated one of the several patents allegedly infringed. The ITC order requires Motorola to stop importing and selling certain models...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/law-top-national-stories-and-decisions/us-trade-commission-finds-motorola-phones-infringe-on-microsoft-patent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US trade commission finds Motorola phones infringe on Microsoft patent</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/law-top-national-stories-and-decisions/us-trade-commission-finds-motorola-phones-infringe-on-microsoft-patent/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/law-top-national-stories-and-decisions/us-trade-commission-finds-motorola-phones-infringe-on-microsoft-patent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 09:35:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[commission]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concluded-its]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fact-violated]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international]]></category> <category><![CDATA[motorola]]></category> <category><![CDATA[order-requires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stop-importing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/us-trade-commission-finds-motorola-phones-infringe-on-microsoft-patent/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] The US International Trade Commission (ITC) [official website] on Friday concluded its investigation [notice, PDF] into a complaint that a number of Motorola mobile phones infringed on several Microsoft [corporate websites] patents. The decision affirmed the ruling of an administrative law judge in December that Microsoft had proven by a preponderance of the evidence that Motorola had in fact violated one of the several patents allegedly infringed. The ITC order requires Motorola to stop importing and selling certain models...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/law-top-national-stories-and-decisions/us-trade-commission-finds-motorola-phones-infringe-on-microsoft-patent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Federal court upholds key provision of the Voting Rights Act</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/law-top-national-stories-and-decisions/federal-court-upholds-key-provision-of-the-voting-rights-act/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/law-top-national-stories-and-decisions/federal-court-upholds-key-provision-of-the-voting-rights-act/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clear-changes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[court-below]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electoral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[polling-places]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ruling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-district]]></category> <category><![CDATA[voting]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/second-circuit-rebuffs-madoff-feeder-fund-investor-trying-to-sue-pwc/</guid> <description><![CDATA[An investor who lost $60 million in the Madoff feeder fund Greenwich Sentry continues to be thwarted in his effort to sue the fund's auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a ruling that G. Philip Stephenson couldn't pursue his malpractice and fraud claims.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/second-circuit-rebuffs-madoff-feeder-fund-investor-trying-to-sue-pwc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Yankees Score Multi-Million-Dollar Home Run in Federal Circuit</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/yankees-score-multi-million-dollar-home-run-in-federal-circuit/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/yankees-score-multi-million-dollar-home-run-in-federal-circuit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 16:31:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[159-6-million]]></category> <category><![CDATA[friday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fuel-battle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spent-nuclear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[yankee-atomic]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/risky-business/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The financial services industry and more than a dozen top law firms that represent the industry are expressing concern that reaction to JPMorgan's recent $2 billion loss could sour months of expensive lobbying work on Capitol Hill and before key regulatory agencies. Nowhere is this tension more apparent than in the push and pull over the pending multiagency Volcker Rule, which proponents say could rein in the activity that led to the company's massive trading loss.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/risky-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Judge Allows EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit to Move Forward</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/judge-allows-eeoc-disability-discrimination-suit-to-move-forward/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/judge-allows-eeoc-disability-discrimination-suit-to-move-forward/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 04:51:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agency-did]]></category> <category><![CDATA[claim-before]]></category> <category><![CDATA[class-member]]></category> <category><![CDATA[federal-judge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[forward-even]]></category> <category><![CDATA[illinois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[settle-every]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/was-the-safeway-general-counsels-big-joke-sexist/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The general counsel of Safeway, a Fortune 100 company, tried to make like Jay Leno and tell a joke at the supermarket chain's annual meeting this week. However, some folks weren't amused and are now branding Robert Gordon a sexist and vowing not to shop at the retailer.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/was-the-safeway-general-counsels-big-joke-sexist/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Supreme Court Suspends Justice Orie Melvin in Wake of Pending Charges</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/supreme-court-suspends-justice-orie-melvin-in-wake-of-pending-charges/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/supreme-court-suspends-justice-orie-melvin-in-wake-of-pending-charges/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 04:51:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[charged-later]]></category> <category><![CDATA[charges-include]]></category> <category><![CDATA[counts-alleging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nine-criminal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[some-felony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[today-suspended]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/supreme-court-suspends-justice-orie-melvin-in-wake-of-pending-charges/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today suspended Justice Joan Orie Melvin, who will be charged later today with nine criminal counts alleging that she used her office staff to perform campaign work, according to a statement by prosecutors. The charges include some felony counts.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/supreme-court-suspends-justice-orie-melvin-in-wake-of-pending-charges/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maryland high court grants same-sex divorce</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/maryland-high-court-grants-same-sex-divorce/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/maryland-high-court-grants-same-sex-divorce/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 02:07:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[california]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comity-applied]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legally-married]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lesbian-couple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[maryland-even]]></category> <category><![CDATA[principles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[state]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/maryland-high-court-grants-same-sex-divorce/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] The Maryland Court of Appeals [official website], the state&apos;s highest court, ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that a lesbian couple legally married in California can get a divorce in Maryland. Even though Maryland does not currently allow same-sex marriage [JURIST backgrounder], the court ruled 7-0 that valid same-sex marriages performed out-of-state should be recognized for purposes of divorce. The court concluded:Under the principles of the doctrine of comity applied in our State, Maryland courts will withhold recognition of a valid...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/maryland-high-court-grants-same-sex-divorce/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mississippi governor signs voter ID bill</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/mississippi-governor-signs-voter-id-bill/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/mississippi-governor-signs-voter-id-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:06:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[921-materials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[direct-result]]></category> <category><![CDATA[integrity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[majority]]></category> <category><![CDATA[press-release]]></category> <category><![CDATA[require-voters]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/mississippi-governor-signs-voter-id-bill/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant [official website] on Thursday signed [press release] legislation [HB 921 materials] that would require voters to show photo identification at all elections. The bill enacts a constitutional amendment that was approved by 62 percent of Mississippi voters [JURIST report] in the November election. Upon signing, Bryant said:This legislation is about protecting the integrity of Mississippi&apos;s elections. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/mississippi-governor-signs-voter-id-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US House panel votes to cut off aid to countries hosting Sudan president</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/us-house-panel-votes-to-cut-off-aid-to-countries-hosting-sudan-president/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/us-house-panel-votes-to-cut-off-aid-to-countries-hosting-sudan-president/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:11:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[appropriations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[committee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[criminal-court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fiscal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fiscal-year]]></category> <category><![CDATA[house]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news-archive]]></category> <category><![CDATA[representatives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[suspend-foreign]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/second-circuit-rules-against-town-board-led-prayer/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that a New York town council beginning its meeting with prayer is an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. Town board meetings in Greece, NY [official website] are led with prayer, typically Christian-based, although the town maintains that any denomination is welcome to lead the council in prayer. Due to this stipulation, the plaintiffs alleging that this practice violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/second-circuit-rules-against-town-board-led-prayer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ACLU criticizes Georgia immigration detention centers</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/aclu-criticizes-georgia-immigration-detention-centers/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/aclu-criticizes-georgia-immigration-detention-centers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 20:59:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[court-dockets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[liberties-union]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[press-release]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/aclu-criticizes-georgia-immigration-detention-centers/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] Illegal immigrants [JURIST backgrounder] face constitutional and human rights violations in Georgia detention centers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLUGA) [advocacy website] reported [text, PDF; press release] Wednesday. The ACLUGA concluded that the suspected illegal immigrants live in squalor conditions, without access to appropriate medical care. It also documented overwhelming reports of due process rights being denied.Violations include coercion by immigration judges and deportation officers to get detainees to sign stipulated orders of removal, overburdened court dockets,...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/aclu-criticizes-georgia-immigration-detention-centers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Vermont becomes first state to outlaw fracking</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/vermont-becomes-first-state-to-outlaw-fracking/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/vermont-becomes-first-state-to-outlaw-fracking/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[464-materials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cnn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[extract-natural]]></category> <category><![CDATA[high-pressured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[peter-shumlin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[process]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vermont]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/vermont-becomes-first-state-to-outlaw-fracking/</guid> <description><![CDATA[[JURIST] Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin [official website] signed into law on Thursday a bill [H 464 materials] outlawing hydraulic fracturing, or fracking [JURIST news archive], making Vermont the first US state to ban the controversial technique used to extract natural gas from the ground. Fracking is the process of injecting a high pressured mixture of water, sand and chemicals into the ground to break through rock and release oil and natural gas. Most major oil companies [CNN report], including Exxon...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/vermont-becomes-first-state-to-outlaw-fracking/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Potential Plaintiffs Trimmed in Suit Over Sale of Legal Briefs</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/potential-plaintiffs-trimmed-in-suit-over-sale-of-legal-briefs/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/potential-plaintiffs-trimmed-in-suit-over-sale-of-legal-briefs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[briefs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[federal-judge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[judge-dismissed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legal-briefs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[publicly-filed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[publishing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/potential-plaintiffs-trimmed-in-suit-over-sale-of-legal-briefs/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A federal judge has dismissed a potential subclass of plaintiffs from a suit that charges that West Publishing and LexisNexis' digital collection and sale of publicly filed legal briefs and memoranda violate U.S. copyright law. The judge dismissed a class of attorneys who have not obtained copyright registration for their briefs.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/potential-plaintiffs-trimmed-in-suit-over-sale-of-legal-briefs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Plaintiffs Have No Standing to Sue Over Off-Label Drug Uses</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/plaintiffs-have-no-standing-to-sue-over-off-label-drug-uses/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/plaintiffs-have-no-standing-to-sue-over-off-label-drug-uses/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[circuit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[doctor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[her-doctor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montgomery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-circuit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[third-circuit]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/plaintiffs-have-no-standing-to-sue-over-off-label-drug-uses/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A woman who was prescribed medications for off-label uses doesn't have standing to sue the drug company that marketed them, the Third Circuit has ruled. Angela Montgomery failed to show that her doctor prescribed the medicine, Rebetol, because of Schering-Plough's marketing strategy, the circuit held.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/plaintiffs-have-no-standing-to-sue-over-off-label-drug-uses/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CAFA Conundrum: Is Illinois Depakote Litigation a &#8216;Mass Action&#8217; or Not?</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/cafa-conundrum-is-illinois-depakote-litigation-a-mass-action-or-not/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/cafa-conundrum-is-illinois-depakote-litigation-a-mass-action-or-not/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[depakote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fairness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[federal-courts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[federal-judges]]></category> <category><![CDATA[illinois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[over-claims]]></category> <category><![CDATA[state]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-state]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/cafa-conundrum-is-illinois-depakote-litigation-a-mass-action-or-not/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Does the Class Action Fairness Act give the federal courts jurisdiction over claims by more than 400 Illinois plaintiffs suing Abbott Laboratories over its Depakote anti-seizure drug? Two federal judges in the state came up with very different answers.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/cafa-conundrum-is-illinois-depakote-litigation-a-mass-action-or-not/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>At Hill Hearing, Law Enforcers, Privacy Advocates Debate Cell Phone Data Bill</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/at-hill-hearing-law-enforcers-privacy-advocates-debate-cell-phone-data-bill/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/at-hill-hearing-law-enforcers-privacy-advocates-debate-cell-phone-data-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[before-getting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capitol]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capitol-hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cellular-phone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[law-enforcement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[search-warrant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thursday]]></category><guid
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In Priest Sex-Abuse Case</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/co-defendants-acquitted-of-1-conspiracy-chargein-priest-sex-abuse-case/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/co-defendants-acquitted-of-1-conspiracy-chargein-priest-sex-abuse-case/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catholic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cleric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[judge-denied]]></category> <category><![CDATA[judge-presiding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[other-defense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reviewing-abuse]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/dewey-leboeufs-d-c-landlord-seeks-to-evict-firm/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The landlord of Dewey &#038; LeBoeuf's Washington, D.C., office space is suing the embattled firm for $927,000 in back pay and seeking to wrestle control of its 140,000 square-foot office space back from the firm, according to court documents.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/dewey-leboeufs-d-c-landlord-seeks-to-evict-firm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>High Court to Consider Use of Statistical Evidence in Wage-and-Hour Cases</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/high-court-to-consider-use-of-statistical-evidence-in-wage-and-hour-cases/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/high-court-to-consider-use-of-statistical-evidence-in-wage-and-hour-cases/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:58:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[association]]></category> <category><![CDATA[claims]]></category> <category><![CDATA[court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help-prove]]></category> <category><![CDATA[may-consider]]></category> <category><![CDATA[national-bank]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supreme-court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trial-judges]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/high-court-to-consider-use-of-statistical-evidence-in-wage-and-hour-cases/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The California Supreme Court justices voted Wednesday to review Duran v. U.S. National Bank Association, a case that asks to what extent trial judges may consider surveys and statistical evidence to help prove wage-and-hour claims.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/high-court-to-consider-use-of-statistical-evidence-in-wage-and-hour-cases/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Town Board&#8217;s Prayers Found to Endorse Christianity</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/town-boards-prayers-found-to-endorse-christianity/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/town-boards-prayers-found-to-endorse-christianity/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:58:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Law: Top National Stories & Decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[christian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first-amendment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first-time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prayer-practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[said-today]]></category> <category><![CDATA[second-circuit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-validity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[town-board]]></category> <category><![CDATA[under-the-first]]></category> <category><![CDATA[validity]]></category><guid
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