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Lawyers - particularly those based in New York City and Wilmington - say the process helps shepherd complicated cases into the hands of experienced judges. Yet some legal experts argue that venue-shopping is a way for companies to run from local suppliers, creditors and employees, making it tougher for those groups to file claims and otherwise participate in the case. "The autoworkers live around Detroit," says Lynn LoPucki, a law professor at UCLA. "You go to New York, and suddenly all of those workers can't sit in the courtroom." (Read "Can Detroit Be Retooled - Before It's Too Late...
There's just one problem: illegal immigrants aren't going, at least not yet. Their ties to their home countries have grown too tenuous; their investment in their off-label version of the American Dream is too great. Tougher border enforcement makes leaving a more final and difficult decision. They don't go home because they know they probably won't get to return. This has Americans in St. Helens, Ore., and elsewhere facing a set of decisions of their own: How hard should they press the case against illegal immigrants? And will putting more pressure on the undocumented...
...They’ve got their swords, they’re out there with their spears,” Cissie says. “They’re out there not drawing blood, but definitely making an impression on each other about who’s tougher...
Your job as peace envoy got a lot tougher after the recent Israeli offensive in Gaza and a new right-wing government in Israel ... There's a lot of cynicism and concern about what the new [Israeli] government means here - and obviously a lot of despair after what happened in Gaza. But we have no option but to pick ourselves up from here. What happens in these next couple of months will really be critical. We need three elements: a credible political negotiation for a two-state solution; a program of major change on the West Bank, and an easing...
...this tougher than bringing peace to Northern Ireland? One thing I learned is that you simply just don't give up. People said Northern Ireland was completely hopeless. But in the end, it wasn't. And this isn't, either. On one level, this is easier because there is an agreement among most people - and that's trying to reach a two-state solution...