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LexBlog Network Law Roundup - 7/2/09

Published by Colin O'Keefe

For those of you who don’t go to firework shows and chose to do their own, we have some tips on firework safety. We also have some analysis on what the Bernie Madoff means for the future, and not just the short term future, the next 150 years. Read

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