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March 28, 2005 | National Law Journal

In Brief

Ruling: Morgan Stanley helped defraud Perelman—and other news briefs.
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April 11, 2006 | National Law Journal

Pregnancy discrimination suits on the rise

Pregnancy discrimination suits are on the rise in corporate America, employment attorneys say, particularly among high-level female executives who claim that they are being knocked off the corporate ladder because of maternity issues.
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January 21, 2013 | National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE

Mary Jane did not take him to paradise; do not upload post-jailbreak photos to Facebook; no chedda for Shadrach; and he didn't like the understudies in this week's column.
3 minute read
April 21, 2004 | National Law Journal

High Court Hears Challenge to Guantanamo Detentions

In a case that pits a wartime president's power against federal courts' authority, the Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether foreign nationals held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should have access to U.S. courts. Calling the situation "a lawless enclave," retired Judge John Gibbons urged the Court to open the military detention to judicial scrutiny. The case is the first key challenge to administration anti-terrorism policies to reach the high court.
5 minute read
May 11, 2006 | National Law Journal

Luttig steps down for Boeing GC position

Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig, a Supreme Court contender and longtime fixture of the conservative legal landscape, made a sudden announcement Wednesday that he was leaving the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals immediately for the job of senior vice president and general counsel of the Boeing Co.
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July 07, 2008 | National Law Journal

Beyond the first year

A principal problem identified by the Carnegie Foundation is that law schools do not focus enough on what it means to be a lawyer. While schools are very effective in teaching abstract concepts, particularly in the first year, once students have learned how to think like lawyers, they are not trained in the skills or culture so necessary to be lawyers. To meet this challenge, schools are urged to experiment with substantive specializations in the second and third years and to increase clinical offerings that give students real world experience.
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February 02, 2009 | National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE

Washington state Senator Ken Jacobsen is lobbying hard for the right to be buried with his deceased cat. Plus more offbeat news in this week's Voir Dire.
4 minute read
April 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

Regulators largely spared budget ax

The 2011 budget, which covers the remaining five months of the fiscal year, is only the first skirmish, but it gives a sense of where the battle lines are being drawn.
11 minute read
November 15, 2004 | National Law Journal

In Brief

Pepper Hamilton hit with malpractice suit—and other news briefs.
4 minute read
October 03, 2005 | National Law Journal

Achieving efficiency in lease forms

A prenegotiated lease avoids wasting time and energy on negotiations over clauses about which the landlord is willing to compromise, and it helps send the message that the likelihood of the landlord being flexible on various other clauses is not great.
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