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...line, though, between legitimate information-gathering and illegal insider trading is hardly a clear one. Technically, no laws ban trading on non-public information; prosecutions are based on legal theories that were developed in earlier court cases. "It's one of those areas where the courts say, 'I know it when I see it,' " says Gerald Lefcourt, a white-collar criminal defense lawyer in New York and past president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. (See pictures of the top 10 scared stock traders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arrests Open a Window on Hedge-Fund Culture | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is an ever more embarrassing problem for President Barack Obama. Once a powerful campaign line, the idea of closing the prison is now such a source of heated political debate on Capitol Hill and such a complex legal challenge that the Administration is unlikely to meet its self-imposed deadline of shutting the place down by late January 2010. (See pictures of a jihadist's journey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Tribunals Make Closing Gitmo a Tough Goal | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...before he was arrested on charges of insider trading on Oct. 16, billionaire Raj Rajaratnam described his job managing the New York City-based Galleon Group hedge fund as "a business in which you eat only what you kill." And though his hunting methods may have just come under legal scrutiny in the U.S., in Sri Lanka, where Rajaratnam was born, the high-profile entrepreneur has courted controversy for years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Trader Has Long Faced Scrutiny in Sri Lanka | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

...statement released on the conference Web site, the Undergraduate Legal Committee said that Gilchrist’s presence would detract from the conference because his attitude and views were inconsistent with the conference’s mission of promoting law and public service to foster social justice...

Author: By Jacob D. Roberts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anti-Illegal Alien Speaker Banned | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...Undergraduate Legal Committee declined requests to provide further comment...

Author: By Jacob D. Roberts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anti-Illegal Alien Speaker Banned | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

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