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March 28, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Hall v. Mieler

After applying the standard established by Walker, the court held that the existing record established that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the appellant's motion requesting a grace period and dismissing the suit with prejudice.
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July 23, 2003 | Law.com

Gathering Storm

Business advocates nationwide are gearing up for a legal and lobbying battle over the Alien Tort Claims Act now being invoked to hold multinational corporations liable for human rights abuses committed by government officials around the world. Meanwhile, labor and human rights activists, religious groups, environmental organizations and plaintiffs' lawyers are mobilized to defend the statute.
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October 07, 2003 | Law.com

Career Prosecutor Called a Natural for Deputy AG Job

The announcement came late Friday afternoon, and it surprised few people: "The president intends to nominate James B. Comey, of New York, to be deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice." Currently U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, 42-year-old James Comey Jr. had been the popular favorite to fill the role left vacant by Larry Thompson's August departure, described by one former top-ranking DOJ official as "the obvious choice."
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March 18, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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December 10, 2012 | National Law Journal

Making Obamacare work

The president must use executive authority to fill gaps on the role of multiemployer plans in the Affordable Care Act.
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December 07, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Largest Private Law Offices

Clifford Chance once had aspirations to dominate New York. But a decade after it combined with Roger & Wells to become the fifth largest employer of lawyers in New York state, it is a shadow of its former self. The drop in Clifford Chance's headcount - the largest reduction citywide at a major law firm - was just one of the findings of this year's NYLJ 100.
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September 03, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Anthony and Wright v. City of New York

Probable Cause Existed to Seize Defendant in Light of 911 Call, Surrounding Circumstances
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May 24, 2004 | Law.com

Kilroy v. Kilroy

Because Billy and Lynn properly initiated arbitration proceedings regarding the issues of Lynn's visitation and the residency restriction, and because the trial court lacked discretion to stay those proceedings, the court holds that the trial court committed a clear abuse of discretion in staying the arbitration proceedings between Billy and Lynn, pending its decision concerning Billy's mother's standing.
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March 03, 2000 | Law.com

President Lawyer, President Outlaw

When it's not being dominated by gossips, Washington is dominated by lawyers. Congress, lobbyists, the permanent governments in alternating exile are all filled with overacheivers who have bar admission certificates gathering dust in their attics. Although presidents in the modern era seem surrounded by phalanxes of counsel who guard their boss with a vigilance matched only by the Secret Service, the chief executives themselves are lawyers less and less. Clinton has always been more politico than lawyer.
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Federal Prosecutors: Meet Jonathan Polkes
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