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    Cigarette smuggling is a hot new business as taxes rise in some states but remain marginal in others. Yes, the act of purchasing cigarettes in one state, then selling them in another is illegal; however, a truckload of cigarettes purchased down South can earn a smuggler upwards of $1,940,000 if they are sold in New ...

Unbreakable: Cyber Attacks can’t Break the Internet

    A recent wave of tremendous cyber-attacks has proven it is possible to bend, but not shatter the Internet.    It is easy for a virus to take down a website; attack methods known as “distributed denials of service” enable cybercriminals to direct considerable amounts of traffic to a website ...

Nice Rebound: Stocks Bounce Back After Worst Day of 2013

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Bankruptcy Attorney, Daniel Gershburg Understands the Importance of Customer Service

More on News at IsLAWS.com New York, NY—When Daniel Gershburg took the bar exam, he had no doubt about what he'd be doing once he passed.  The day that he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey and New York, he started his own private practice. “I really fell in love with law in law school and ...

Always Learning: Lynnmarie Johnson

More on News at IsLAWS.com Flint, MI—After earning her CPA and law degree, then working in large accounting firms in Detroit for eight years, attorney Lynnmarie Johnson knew it was time for a change.  Today, she runs her own small bankruptcy practice in her hometown of Flint. “I don't think there ...

Tony Gibart of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Madison, Wisconsin

Confronting Domestic Violence in the Badger State - The Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence The reauthorization of  the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was recently signed into law by President Obama. This is of course cause for celebration, as the passage of the bill marks a huge step forward for victims of sexual ...

Bankruptcy Attorney Taking a Stand Against Unethical Creditors: Jason Rapa

More on News at IsLAWS.com Allentown, PA—As the attorney responsible for bankruptcy filings in the law firm he started with his brother 7 years ago, Jason Rapa knows a lot about the myths and realities of filing for bankruptcy.  Before he started out in bankruptcy law and actually met real clients who were ...

From Bill Collector to Bankruptcy Attorney, Leon Bayer

More on News at IsLAWS.com Los Angeles, CA—Before starting his career of over three decades in bankruptcy law, attorney Leon Bayer started working for the other side—as a bill collector, trying to make ends meet while paying for his college and law school tuition. Even as a bill collector, Bayer told laws ...

Dow Drops more than 200 Points After Boston Marathon Bombing

    A widespread sell-off in stocks accelerated this afternoon following the news of two explosions at the Boston Marathon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was down all day, dropped 266 points (roughly 1.8 percent) following reports of the explosions in the Massachusetts’ capital. The Nasdaq dropped 2.4 percent ...

Know Your Role: CEOs Earn 354 Times more than the Average Worker

    Oracle CEO Larry Ellison was the top-earning CEO in 2012 with a salary of $96.1 million; the average American worker earned $34,645 last year.    Chief Executive Officers of the country’s largest companies earned an average of $12.3 million in total pay in 2012, which is roughly 354 times more ...

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