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December 08, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Inadmissable

8 minute read
September 23, 2003 | Law.com

The Fight Within

Decades after Congress passed historic civil rights laws, the debate over equality rages still -- especially within the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. From affirmative action to employment discrimination, cases handled by the division have become symbolic battlegrounds in the ongoing struggle for control of the division, as was apparent during the tenure of former Assistant Attorney General Ralph Boyd Jr.
15 minute read
February 04, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Third seat to open on Eleventh Circuit

President Barack Obama is getting a third vacancy to fill on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
1 minute read
July 23, 2001 | Law.com

Defense Says No Crime in Ewing's Gold Club Antics

Patrick Ewing didn't pay for anything at the Gold Club -- not the private room, not the drinks, not the dancers, not the oral sex. So where's the crime? Defense attorney Bobby Lee Cook says there is none. NBA star Patrick Ewing testified Monday at the racketeering trial of the Atlanta strip club's owner, but the defense says the testimony is irrelevant because what it describes does not constitute prostitution.
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November 07, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Pfizer Litigators Endure a Beast of a Beauty Contest

Eriq [email protected] YORK-It was a cold day for a beauty contest. On a blustery morning in December, a small army of product liability lawyers tried not to slip on the ice as they made their way to the Plaza Hotel in New York. The largest pharmaceutical corporation in the world, Pfizer Inc., had rented a ballroom in the grand old hotel and summoned them.
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It's Wisconsin v. Wall Street as State Insurance Regulator Fights for Control of Ambac Subprime Portfolio
Publication Date: 2010-11-15
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In a desperate ploy last March, Ambac spun off policies on subprime mortgage-backed securities, relinquishing control of them to the Wisconsin insurance commissioner. He's asking a state judge to approve a plan that pays policyholders 25 cents on the dollar. But a raft of big-firm lawyers is standing in the way.

September 29, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Cases Raise Issues Affecting Day-to-Day Practice of Law

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February 10, 2004 | Law.com

Legal Experts Lend Their Services to Kerry Campaign

A former Justice Department and White House official under Bill Clinton and now executive director of a foundation-funded project studying the medical malpractice crisis in Pennsylvania, Susan Liss is one of dozens of D.C. lawyers volunteering policy advice to Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry. She's doing so as part of a group of well-connected lawyers and policy experts that advise Kerry on judicial and legal policy issues.
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Netflix CEO's Boast in Facebook Post Draws Scrutiny from SEC
Publication Date: 2012-12-07
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If a CEO posts company news on his Facebook page, does that count as public disclosure of material information? The SEC apparently thinks that it doesn't, since the agency has taken preliminary action against Netflix over a Facebook post by the company's chief executive.

February 10, 2003 | National Law Journal

Inadmissible

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