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John Coffee, a law professor at Columbia University, says the Bear Stearns hedge-fund case, which jurors decided in less than a day, will make prosecutors think twice before bringing a case that hinges on e-mail. Coffee once called e-mail evidence "the biggest advancement in law enforcement since the two-way radio." But the Bear Stearns case and others have caused Coffee to reconsider how powerful e-mails are in court. "The jury was totally unconvinced," says Coffee. "It does not mean all white-collar cases will not go forward, but I do think it will cause prosecutors...
...study, published online on Nov. 9 in the journal “Neurology,” found that women ages 18 to 20 who were obese had more than twice the risk of developing MS—a degenerative disease of the nervous system in which the immune system attacks the brain or optic nerves and that currently affects more than 400,000 people...
Still, the reality of Pakistan today was never far away. Owing to security concerns, the event had to be postponed twice, and the venue changed. A major sponsor pulled out just days before for unspecified reasons, reducing the organizers to a "shoestring budget," and prospective foreign buyers were asked not to hazard the journey. But cancellation was never an option. "When was the last time something wrong was not happening in this country?" Deepak Perwani, the longtime enfant terrible of Pakistani fashion, says with gruff insouciance. "I mean, really. Life...
...current trial on Nov. 2, Boere still appeared ready to fight. Defense attorney Gordon Christiansen filed a motion for the trial to be abandoned on the grounds that Boere was already convicted in 1949 and E.U. rules prohibit people from being tried for the same crime twice. "This is a formal procedure," says Christiansen. "The court has to rule...
...Crimson got flagged four times for false starts, twice for illegal procedure, and three times for offsides—one of which got declined...