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Out in the Oil Patch With McDermott Will Partner
Peter Sacripanti is used to being up against a powerful array of politicians and plaintiffs lawyers. As Exxon Mobil's defender, the McDermott Will & Emery partner is trying to prove that despite admitting that Exxon and its predecessors leaked or dumped millions of gallons of petroleum in a Brooklyn neighborhood in decades past, the company isn't liable for any damages now. And Sacripanti's pit bull manner suggests he's more inspired than intimidated by the self-proclaimed righteousness of his opponents.Ninety Years Later, Litigation Over Titanic Sails On
Ninety years after the Titanic sank in the icy North Atlantic, lawyers are still in court fighting over the right to salvage from the shipwreck that's resting two-and-a-half miles beneath the surface of the sea. The dispute really isn't over valuables like gold and diamonds that could be recovered from the wreck, maritime lawyer Philip N. Davey said Dec. 3 at a Titanic and the Law seminar sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center.View more book results for the query "White & Case"
ABA Gives Roberts 'Well Qualified' Rating
Supreme Court nominee John Roberts got a "well qualified" rating from the American Bar Association on Wednesday, clearing a hurdle in his path to the nation's highest court. The rating, by unanimous vote of an ABA committee, was revealed as the Senate Judiciary Committee announced its plans for Roberts' confirmation hearings next month. For more than 50 years the ABA has evaluated the credentials of those chosen for federal courts, with Supreme Court nominees getting the most intense scrutiny.New focus on truly foreign entities and foreign officials
Recent prosecutions have targeted these two classes of defendants — thought for years to be beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement.Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs
The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.Voteswap2000.com Elects to Shut Down
A constitutional law scholar whose ideas helped inspire Internet "vote exchanges" between supporters of Al Gore and Ralph Nader blasted the California secretary of state on Tuesday for cracking down on Voteswap2000.com. The site was shut down Monday night after its creators received a letter from state officials accusing them of "corruption of the political process" and "criminal conspiracy."Trending Stories
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