Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they also undermine the credibility of reputable animal rights organizations looking to find compromise by non-violent means. The hard-won reputations of organizations such as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Humane Society, who work for change within the bounds of the legal system, are inevitably marred when groups like Justice Department commit violent acts...
...Abramian worked to rebuild his life, the University strategized for its appeal of his legal case...
...Ryan says Harvard took the legal challenge seriously from the beginning...
...University is well within its legal rights in not paying Abramian the jury verdict, since the appeals process in the case is ongoing and a new trial on at least part of the damages against the University seems inevitable...
...former IBM engineer named Phil Adams who actually pinned down the problem and decided to take legal action. According to Adams, the problem - which resides in the chip's "microcode," the instructions that are actually burned into the chip itself - is especially persnickety because it can manifest itself in a variety of ways, randomly deleting or corrupting information on otherwise healthy disks. Once Adams was sure he knew what he was dealing with, he took it to a Texas law firm, which filed the suit. MORE...