The National Law Journal

April 25, 2005 | National Law Journal

Issues related to the security of courthouses and the people who serve in them have become more prominent due to recent attacks on judges and their families. This may be the appropriate time to consider the value and importance of our judiciary to America's democracy.

By Robert J. Grey Jr.Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

February 09, 2004 | National Law Journal

Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, Gary Lowenthal, a law school professor, has repaid the kindness of the county prosecutor in Phoenix-who allowed him to be a guest prosecutor during his sabbatical-by revealing the shocking reality of plea bargaining, tired cops and less-than-perfect victims.

By Joshua Marquis Special to The National Law Journal

4 minute read

December 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

There is one aspect of electronic discovery that even the most experienced practitioners may not know they don't know: the complexities of e-discovery in an international setting. Many countries, most notably those in the European Union, have data-protection laws vastly different from those of the United States.

By Jaculin Aaron and Laura J. Lattman / Special to The National Law Journal

11 minute read

February 23, 2004 | National Law Journal

Fingerprint analysis is not foolproof and is not an exact science and mistakes do occur. Therefore, instructions to the jury should make clear that testimony about fingerprints is merely opinion and not necessarily conclusive.

By Simon A. Cole Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

May 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

Let us not overlook the fact that several of the nation's premier banking institutions � Credit Suisse, Barclays and Merrill Lynch � helped concoct the bogus deals allowing Enron to falsify its finances. They then sold Enron's securities, pushed its stock � and wildly profited.

By Bill Lerach and Al Meyerhoff/Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

January 26, 2004 | National Law Journal

Kids may love Geoffrey Giraffe, but tax officials in some states see the Toys "R" Us mascot as an emblem of a rancorous tax-collection issue involving many corporations.

By Lisa StanskySpecial to The National Law Journal

10 minute read

December 22, 2003 | National Law Journal

After being slapped with $500,000 in sanctions for allegedly destroying evidence, a California forklift dealership has been hit with a $30 million judgment over unpaid loans owed to Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America.

By Tresa BaldasSpecial to The National Law Journal

4 minute read

February 02, 2004 | National Law Journal

Just about everyone has agreed that the Sept. 11 attacks were so beyond the normal human imagination as to be unforeseeable. Everyone, that is, except a federal judge who has deemed the attacks foreseeable and refused to dismiss pertinent suits. Such claims, argues the author, were never meant for the tort system.

By Michael J. LeggSpecial to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

January 26, 2009 | National Law Journal

From the moment that the first commercial nuclear power facility began generating electricity in the United States, government and industry have been wrestling with the question of what to do with the used, or spent, nuclear fuel.

By Jay E. Silberg and Christopher F. Tierney / Special to The National Law Journal

12 minute read

March 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

A recently released Justice Department memo, written by John Yoo and dated Oct. 23, 2001, argues that First Amendment speech and press rights may be "subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully." The "current campaign against terrorism," he concluded, "may require even broader exercises of federal power domestically." The memo is devoted primarily to the president's ability to use armed forces against terrorists within the United States, largely free of the constraints of the Fourth Amendment. It did not explore how military needs might override the First Amendment. What actions did the Bush administration contemplate?

By Louis Fisher / Special to the National Law Journal

5 minute read