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Supreme Court rules for employers in arbitration case

May 21, 2018, 9:55 am CDT

Justice Department to examine Trump's claim of FBI surveillance of campaign

May 21, 2018, 8:43 am CDT

Reed Smith expands 'Innovation Hours' program

May 21, 2018, 7:54 am CDT

'Westworld' terms of service: rogue androids and collecting more than just data from guests

May 21, 2018, 7:10 am CDT

Supreme Court justices relist abortion case multiple times

May 21, 2018, 7:05 am CDT

Alleged owners of Mugshots.com charged in extortion scheme, face extradition to California

May 18, 2018, 4:00 pm CDT

Federal judge requires Quinn Emanuel to prove claim about dropped witness

May 18, 2018, 3:18 pm CDT

More police departments move to encrypt police scanner communications

May 18, 2018, 1:15 pm CDT

Judge tosses suits claiming Poland Spring misleads consumers about water source

May 18, 2018, 12:18 pm CDT

Sessions rules immigration judges have no authority to indefinitely suspend cases

May 18, 2018, 11:10 am CDT

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Posted by Bradford P: "I read a lot of novels as well as biographies and history, But the one book I have read time and time again is W. Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge, in which the lead character upon a return from spending time with a guru in India says: 'If you throw a stone in a pond, the universe is not the same as it was before.' That concept has affected my life since I was a teenager. I have used it in numerous speeches over the years and written about it. I hope when I die, they will say about me: 'He tried to make a difference.'"

In the Magazine

From the May 2018 issue

Full disclosure

New York considers changing discovery rules that often leave defense lawyers in the dark

Talk isn't cheap

Appeals court stymies bid to regulate high cost of prison phone calls

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