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[IMAGE]   House Prepares to Move Anti-Terrorism Compromise  The Associated Press Police would be able to secretly search the homes of suspects, tap their phones and track their Internet use under anti-terrorism legislation moving toward final approval in the U.S. House of Representatives. House leaders said the final bill will be voted on today, with Senate approval expected later this week. But the bill may hit a snag on the Senate side as lawmakers tinker with an ethics amendment applying to federal prosecutors.   Full Text     New York Federal Judge Slams Attorney's Tactics in Surety Bond Dispute as 'Sleazy'  New York Law Journal An attorney in a dispute over a surety bond has been hit with sanctions after raising the ire of a federal judge in New York. It was not just that Alfred Ferrer III filed an unwarranted order to show cause, but when he filed it. "Dante should have reserved a special place in hell for lawyers who file unwarranted orders to show cause on the eve of a holiday," said U.S. District Judge John Martin of the Dec. 23, 1999, filing.  Full Text     Trial Opens in California E-Mail Threat Case  The Recorder A Santa Clara County, Calif., prosecutor, undaunted by one judge's rejection of his Internet stalking case, set out Monday to convince a jury that a Fremont, Calif., man was tormenting a Michigan couple from half a continent away. The case is part of an effort by Santa Clara's High-Tech Crime Unit to crack down on crimes committed under cover of Internet anonymity. But the prosecutors may find it a tough sell.  Full Text    Tosco Settles Over Refinery Explosion  The Recorder Tosco Corp. has settled what could have been a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by relatives of one employee who was killed and another worker who was seriously injured during an explosion at Tosco's California refinery two years ago. Steven Duncan and the family of Ernest Pofahl will be able to collect workers' compensation in addition to the settlement award. Tosco was acquired by Phillips Petroleum last month. Full Text    Employee Awarded $150,000 After Co-Worker Falsely Accuses Him of Rape  The Legal Intelligencer In a case that turned the tables on sexual harassment, a Philadelphia jury awarded $150,000 to a man who said his employer invaded his privacy by subjecting him to an embarrassing, police-style interrogation after he had an innocent, romantic tryst with a female co-worker that she had reported to management as a rape. The jury also found the woman had defamed the man by making false accusations. Full Text     For Troubled Teen, There's No Escape  Legal Times He's the product of three generations of retardation, mental illness, and physical and sexual abuse. According to prosecutors, the teen-age boy is also a dangerous criminal. A recently released opinion from a Washington, D.C., Superior Court judge about the boy offers a seldom-seen view into a high-profile juvenile case, and the unsettling history of the defendant's childhood and ascent to violent crime. Full Text    ADVERTISEMENT  Free Monitor with the purchase of a NetVista!  Get a Free IBM 15" (13.8" viewable) Monitor with the purchase of any NetVista system (excluding X Series)! See special savings on upgrades, as well. This offer is in addition to the standard ABA Member Advantage 10% discount. To receive your 10% discount (and take advantage of this offer), either call  800-426-7235, extension 5242 or  click here .  Hurry, this offer ends 11/5/2001!  Shipping and handling not included. Offer valid in the US, through November 5, 2001. Limit one promotion per qualifying purchase. Limit 5 per customer.   IPO Suits Put Dot-Coms in Dual -- and Conflicting -- Roles  The Recorder A class action filed by Mortgage.com against Credit Suisse First Boston alleges that Mortgage.com was cheated out of proceeds from its initial public offering. The suit seeks relief for all companies that Credit Suisse took public, putting scores of dot-coms in the position of being both defendants and potential plaintiffs in the hundreds of related cases before U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in New York. Full Text    [IMAGE]   A Matter of Faith  Corporate Counsel After September's terrorist attacks, travel giant Cendant Corp. saw its stock plunge. Just as he did in 1998 when Cendant was embroiled in one of the biggest back-office frauds in U.S. history, general counsel James Buckman turned to his religious faith for support. For Buckman -- a devout Catholic and committed capitalist -- saving Cendant is a moral obligation.  Visit In-House Counsel    ADVERTISEMENT  FREE  Acrobat Legal Solutions CD!  Beat your court filing deadlines. Acrobat 5.0 makes it easy to create Adobe PDF files for e-filing, document review...and so much more. Purchase Acrobat 5.0 by November 30, 2001, and get the FREE  Acrobat Legal Solutions CD, a valuable resource that includes a step-by-step demonstration on how to create and assemble documents for e-filing.  Click here .   Sick Building Woes  The National Law Journal A former partner in the Denver office of Los Angeles' Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who gave up her practice in 1995 because she became sick when exposed to the firm's office building has won a $1 million verdict against a disability insurer that denied her claim. Finding the insurer's denial of benefits arbitrary and capricious, a federal judge said the insurer disregarded key evidence supporting Pamela Ray's claim. Full Text     Pass/Fail  Delaware Law Weekly Jeffrey R. Waxman, a recent hire at Wilmington, Del.'s Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling, managed to experience the anguish of failing the Delaware bar examination and the euphoria of passing it -- all within two days. Waxman had his results checked via the wrong secret number, and found he'd failed. But when the results were listed by name, he was on the pass list. Nerve-wracking, to be sure -- but all's well that ends well. Full Text    [IMAGE]   'Initial Interest' Confusion Actionable in Trademark Case  The Legal Intelligencer For the first time, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that "initial interest" confusion is actionable in a trademark infringement suit. However, victory on that legal issue was not enough for Checkpoint Systems, a marketer of shoplifter security systems, because the court went on to find that the minimal evidence of initial interest confusion was not enough to establish any "likelihood of confusion."  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