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March 22, 2004 | National Law Journal

Warping the law

The humble class actionbrought into creation to streamline court proceedings and give the little guy a fighting chancehas morphed into an ungainly behemoth that magnifies and distorts the law, placing procedure over substance. Reform, though difficult, is still possible.
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July 13, 2009 | National Law Journal

Re-energized

Profile of International Biofuels Commission general counsel James McDonald.
5 minute read
July 12, 2007 | National Law Journal

How a lawyer saved his sanity, one meal at a time

Writer, lawyer and professor Cameron Stracher's career has had its ups and downs. He left big-firm life for an in-house position and then made his way to a media law boutique. Yet he still found himself working 50- to 80-hour weeks. He became an absent father and husband and grew angry and depressed. So Stracher made a decision about his lifestyle -- the one he blames himself for creating as he chased the almighty dollar. Stracher's big life change started with making dinner with his family a priority.
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May 05, 2008 | National Law Journal

Corporate officers' duties in flux

A trio of recent Delaware bankruptcy and Court of Chancery decisions illuminate � and possibly expand � the fiduciary duties of corporate officers who are not also company directors. In addition to clarifying how officers might be liable for corporate wrongdoing, the decisions also beef up the sparse body of Delaware case law that specifically highlights the duties of officers, according to lawyers.
6 minute read
February 13, 2012 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

Thomas Beimers joins the Faegre Baker Daniels' health care team as special counsel to the Minneap�olis office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
4 minute read
August 08, 2005 | National Law Journal

A $540M payday caps patent fight

Emory University's general counsel, Kent B. Alexander, sat at his computer recently and watched millions go into Emory's account. The money was Emory's take from selling royalty interests in a promising new HIV drug, Emtriva, and its offspring Truvada.
6 minute read
July 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

Rules are evolving for postnuptial agreements

Connecticut's high court recently addressed their enforceability, holding that they require stricter scrutiny than prenups.
7 minute read
April 19, 2004 | National Law Journal

Weighing in on war on terror

A former American POW who spent 13 months in Stalag 17 during World War II and a Japanese-American who, at the same time, was confined in a Utah internment camp, share common ground in the U.S. Supreme Court this week during a very different kind of war.
6 minute read
June 16, 2006 | National Law Journal

High court eases no-knock rule

The Supreme Court on Thursday weakened the longstanding "knock and announce" rule under which police must in most circumstances knock on the door, announce their presence, and wait briefly before forcibly entering a house with a search warrant.
5 minute read
July 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

Rising debt cases reveal erratic system

State judicial officials across the United States and attorneys who specialize in suing people behind in their bills are coming together with debtor advocates to change how cash-strapped courts handle a rising tide of debt-collection lawsuits. Massachusetts is drafting new court rules, California implemented a revised court system last year, and talks on revisions are underway in Connecticut, Illinois and Michigan. New or revived creditor bar associations in Florida, Indiana, Iowa and Pennsylvania are also planning to initiate changes.
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