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[IMAGE]   3rd Circuit Shoots Down Gun Suit Theory  The Legal Intelligencer In a major victory for gun manufacturers, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Friday the dismissal of a suit brought by Camden County, N.J., that accused gun makers of creating a "public nuisance" and sought to recoup the governmental costs associated with gun-related crimes. Attorneys argued that the manufacturers contributed to the widespread criminal use of handguns in the county.   Full Text    DuPont Plaintiff's Fight With Ex-Attorneys Goes Federal  Miami Daily Business Review After failing to get a state judge to hear his case, a Florida nurseryman has turned to the U.S. District Court in Miami. Dale Smith says his former attorneys intentionally concealed from him the details of a settlement agreement they reached with DuPont in a claim that alleged the company sold Smith and others a fungicide, Benlate, that wiped out their crops. Smith had refused the settlement, but then lost in a jury trial. Full Text    Lawyer's Defamation Claim Against ABA Found Valid  The Legal Intelligencer Attorney Richard Sprague has cleared a major hurdle in his defamation lawsuit against the American Bar Association and its magazine, the ABA Journal, now that a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that readers could have attached defamatory meaning to the magazine's labeling Sprague a "fixer." Although the ABA argued that the description was intended as a compliment, the judge found the term also has a negative meaning.  Full Text     Georgia Appeals Panel Reviews Rabbinical Court Ruling  Fulton County Daily Report A Georgia talent agent has asked the Georgia Court of Appeals to reverse a ruling that an ancient rabbinical legal proceeding, a bet din, didn't follow state law. The lower court found that a bet din is a legitimate means of arbitration as long as it complies with Georgia law, but that, because there were no records kept, the proceeding used to resolve the agent's dispute with his client violated the client's rights.  Full Text    Justice Rejects Microsoft Penalty  The Associated Press The Justice Department considered but rejected penalties against Microsoft in its antitrust case that would have forced the company to reveal the secret blueprints to its Windows software and to distribute products from its fiercest rivals, court records show. Critics have said the government's settlement is inadequate and that Microsoft will be able to bypass many of the agreement's sanctions because of vague language. Full Text    ADVERTISEMENT  50% Savings from ALL-STATE LEGAL!  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Full Text    [IMAGE]  Advice for In-House Counsel: Deleting Computer Chaos    Corporate Counsel Nothing concentrates the mind like disaster, and the attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., prompted information technology types and their corporate overseers to review their recovery plans. Shockingly, some had none. Others weathered the crisis pretty well and managed to get up and running quickly. So what's the lesson? Mobility and redundancy are good. Centralization isn't.  Visit the Automated Lawyer Spotlight   Snapshot: Cleary Gottlieb's Brenton Miller    Law Technology News Brenton Miller is director of knowledge management at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York. Here, Miller discusses how knowledge management is about building connections -- connecting attorneys with practice news; connecting clients with case information; and connecting data from different departments into a meaningful whole. He also talks about how his firm, located across from the World Trade Center, handled the disaster.  Visit Automated Lawyer Tech News   The Five Myths of Case Management  American Lawyer Media Case management systems have long held the promise of being the best thing since word processing and e-mail. But if that's so, why doesn't everyone use them -- and use them successfully? Lawyers have high expectations of case management programs, but these expectations are often too high. Let's explore five myths of case management.  Visit Automated Lawyer Tips and Reviews   [IMAGE]   Historic High Court Ruling Is Troublesome Model for Modern Terror Trials  American Lawyer Media In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the creation of a military commission to try German saboteurs arrested in the U.S. The Supreme Court decision upholding the tribunal provides strong authority for President Bush's order authorizing military commissions as a way to bring the Sept. 11 terrorists to justice. But to some, the decision demonstrates that wartime justice can be too hasty to withstand the test of time. Full Text    ADVERTISEMENT  FREE WEB PROGRAMS   Earn MCLE from your desktop at no charge from November 15-30 Choose from over 125 Web Programs, covering the following practice areas:Banking & Commercial Law - Business, Corporate & Securities Law - Estate Planning - Intellectual Property - Litigation - Real Estate - Taxation Access complete programs or specific program segments 24 hours a day, from your home or office, all on your schedule  Click here    The Power of Attorneys  Texas Lawyer Weeks before Enron Corp.'s stock slid to single-digit depths and rival Dynegy Inc. agreed to acquire the formerly high-flying energy trading company, plaintiffs' lawyers representing disgruntled shareholders were moving in for the kill. The first shareholder suit was filed in Houston more than three weeks before the deal was announced on Nov. 9. At least a dozen more have been filed since. Full Text    [IMAGE]  EchoStar Offers Theory Behind DirecTV Buy  The Deal EchoStar's $600 million gamble that it will win antitrust approval to acquire DirecTV is risky, but experts say the company has crafted a novel theory that has a chance of succeeding. The company argues that a merger would bolster competition by letting EchoStar challenge cable in about 100 markets. If the Department of Justice accepts this argument, the companies may complete their $25 billion deal. If not, they will go to court. Full Text Visit the Tech Law Practice Center    ADVERTISEMENT  RealLegal Practice Manager?  RealLegal Application Solutions Attorneys: Are you losing billable time every day? Where does your time go? Think about it: If you can eliminate 10 minutes an hour of administrative tasks, you'll reclaim almost 7 hours a week to dedicate to billable time! At $150 an hour, that's $52,000 added to your bottom line each year! 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