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April 22, 2013 | National Law Journal

Water Works

Profile of Laura Jacobs Donaldson, GC of Southwest Florida Water Management District.
6 minute read
May 12, 2008 | National Law Journal

Court Decisions

A bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by cutting in half a law firm's fee request for nonworking travel time, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Plus, more of this week's court decisions.
15 minute read
May 24, 2004 | National Law Journal

Nearly a century of service

Profile: Mary Elcano, general counsel and corporate secretary, American Red Cross.
6 minute read
September 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

Google launches global privacy crusade

Google Inc. is calling on businesses and regulators throughout the world to adopt international standards for protecting consumer privacy online and offline. The request, to be unveiled in France, comes as the online search leader battles privacy concerns that threaten its plan to buy Internet ad service DoubleClick Inc. for $3.1 billion.
5 minute read
December 08, 2008 | National Law Journal

A nationwide sampling of law firm billing rates

13 minute read
April 06, 2009 | National Law Journal

CAFA ruling friendly to plaintiffs

A precedent-setting 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion took a broad view of when Class Action Fairness Act cases can move to state court from federal court. The court analyzed two separate issues of first impression related to CAFA's so-called local controversy exception. In a written opinion by Circuit Judge D. Brooks Smith released on March 26, a three-judge panel declared that the local controversy exception doesn't require every class member to assert a claim against the local defendant in order to exempt the case from federal jurisdiction.
4 minute read
October 03, 2012 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court: The New Term

With its blockbuster health care, immigration and other high-profile decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court's last term would seem to be a hard act to follow. Remarkably, the new term may do just that. As the first week just starts rolling, we take a look at the key cases to come, as well as the past summer's hiatus that saw (and heard) more from the justices than in previous years. Also, some excerpts from the 11th annual Legal Times/National Law Journal Supreme Court roundtable.
9 minute read
April 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

Yale tops U.S. News & World Report's list of the best law schools

U.S. News & World Report on Thursday released its 2010 law school rankings, which undoubtedly will renew the ongoing conversation about the usefulness of this enterprise. Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School and Columbia Law School remained in the top four places.
4 minute read
March 02, 2007 | National Law Journal

Two lawyers, 11 others indicted for roles in insider trading

Federal authorities in New York announced Thursday the indictment of 13 people -- including a former Morgan Stanley compliance lawyer and her husband, also an attorney -- on insider trading charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office in New York claims the defendants took part in two insider trading rings, the smaller of which was allgedly fed by Randi Collotta, a former member of Morgan Stanley's global compliance group who passed along non-public information about mergers and acquisitions transactions.
3 minute read
August 21, 2009 | National Law Journal

Armenian genocide claims pre-empted by U.S. foreign policy, 9th Circuit rules

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has dealt a major blow to descendants of Armenian genocide victims, ruling that a California law that had opened the door to several multimillion-dollar settlements against life insurance companies is unconstitutional.
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