The National Law Journal

July 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

With his conviction on four felony counts, media baron Conrad Black became the latest high-profile defendant to discover too late that in a court of law, delusions of grandeur cannot overcome acts of dishonesty.

By Dan Small / Special to The National Law Journal

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December 05, 2005 | National Law Journal

When questions of jurisdiction force a conflict between American and foreign law, U.S. courts have been careful to note that comity does not impose any limitation on the sovereign power of the United States, however U.S. courts will sometimes defer.

By Louis M. SolomonSpecial to The National Law Journal

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November 21, 2005 | National Law Journal

Just five years after the United States got through the threat of Y2K-a technological challenge born of short-cut computer programming by those who did not envision the long-term impact of their actions-Congress and the president have enacted a law that sets up a new threat.

By Hillel I. ParnessSpecial to The National Law Journal

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March 07, 2005 | National Law Journal

In his State of the Union address on Feb. 2, President Bush placed the asbestos litigation crisis on the national agenda, stating that "Justice is distorted and our economy is held back by irresponsible class actions and frivolous asbestos claims."

By Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. and Kevin P. Ray Special to The National Law Journal

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April 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

The National Labor Relations Board is considering what right employees have to use their company's e-mail system to communicate with each other about union activity and what restrictions an employer may place on union-related communications.

By Kenneth R. Dolin/Special to The National Law Journal

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January 19, 2009 | National Law Journal

To address crises on several fronts, President-elect Barack Obama, a lawyer himself, has drawn on the legal profession more than any other to fill high-level posts. Eric Holder aside, his appointees merely happen to have a law degree. That economists in government are "economists," but most lawyers in government are not "lawyerly" suggests a problem. The vaunted image of the "citizen-lawyer," who deploys legal skills to serve the common good, has thoroughly disappeared from the popular imagination.

By Rachel F. Moran / Special to The National Law Journal

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August 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

While Olympic sponsors may be breathing a sigh of relief, it is precisely as the Beijing Olympic Games are coming to a close that the chance to turn them into the beginning of a new phase of intellectual property enforcement in China may be at its peak. China has not only created new physical structures to host the Olympics, it has also created new legal infrastructures to protect the Olympic symbols. These infrastructures, together with an unprecedented mobilization of enforcement resources to protect Olympic symbols, represent a marked advance in IP enforcement standards.

By Doris Estelle Long / Special to The National Law Journal

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November 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

A new hot button for corporate watchdogs and other adversaries is the bar license status of in-house counsel.

By John E. Iole and Rebekah B. Kcehowski/Special to The National Law Journal

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October 04, 2004 | National Law Journal

The federalism revolution that has taken place in the high court over the past several decades has had several permutations, and one of the most important has been in the area of sovereign immunities. But the careful legacy that Chief Justice William Rehnquist has built—and his majority—was shaken by the Tennessee v. Lane decision. Now that legacy will depend on who wins the presidential election and who ultimately gets appointed to the Supreme Court in the next term.

By Robert A. Levy Special to The National Law Journal

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May 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

Legal education is in need of reform. Law schools can learn a good deal from their academic cousins, business schools.

By Robert J. Rhee/Special to The National Law Journal

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