Word: legalizers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Birkenfeld's lawyers deny this, saying he was merely trying to avoid any suspicion that he was cooperating with the government. Also, to reveal more about his clients, they say, Birkenfeld needed some legal cover - like a subpoena, which Justice did not offer - because he would be violating strict bank-secrecy laws in Switzerland, where he was living...
Experts say American Needle may turn out to be the most important legal decision in sporting history. The sportswear manufacturer contracted with NFL teams to produce hats and headgear with official team logos. But the NFL decided to give an exclusive leaguewide license to Reebok in 2000, leading American Needle to sue, claiming the NFL's action violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by limiting the market for who could produce team-branded merchandise...
...Westminster journalists and bloggers, digital politics has become as crowded and combustible as the analogue version. The latest conflagration - a battle between Conservative blogger Donal Blaney and a Twitter imposter tweeting as @blaneysblarney, the name of Blaney's blog (http://donalblaney.blogspot.com/) - looks set not only to make legal history but also possibly to impact on the use of Twitter worldwide...
...borough of Islington, former home of Tony Blair, is a byword for leftwing politics and Blaney believes his phony alter-ego will prove to be "one of half a dozen leftist bloggers who hate my guts." An attorney by trade, he's not a little chuffed at achieving the legal first of having an injunction delivered by Twitter. (See the best social networking applications...
...Since then, the Irish government secured quasi-legal guarantees on questions of neutrality, abortion laws and Irish tax rates, issues that had raised disquiet among Irish voters. The Yes campaign had also worked harder to explain the treaty, while well-known businessmen, such as Michael O'Leary of Ryanair and Jim O'Hara, boss of Intel Ireland, have added their voices in support...