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June 15, 2004 | Law.com

Reagan's Legacy is the Judiciary Transformed

Like no president before him, Ronald Reagan invested his time and political capital in reshaping the judiciary, from the U.S. Supreme Court to the lowliest district court. While many prior presidents regarded judgeships as a patronage tool to placate senators, Reagan cast a shadow forward into history by naming judges who would mold the federal bench in his conservative image. In doing so, he forever changed the judicial nominations process.
10 minute read
June 25, 2003 | Law.com

If I Had a Hammer

Summer program activities at major law firms have a certain predictability -- baseball games, sailing trips, dinners and the like. But for firms willing to donate time, money and sweat, there's Buildable Hours. Associated with Habitat for Humanity, Buildable Hours is an alternative to the usual summer activities -- and a way to make a lasting contribution to the community by constructing new homes for families in need.
7 minute read
January 03, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Eco-friendly fun

Guests at the Sunset Waters Beach Resort on the west coast of Curacao, Dutch Antilles, feast their eyes on more than palm fronds and an aqua sea. Just past the hotel's entrance there's also an unobstructed view of cement blocks, coral fragments and black plastic tubing, all part of the new waste-water treatment facility that the owners chose to deliberately place in plain sight.
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April 04, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

5 Ethical Culture Lessons for CEOs from Pope Francis

The most powerful role models lead more by action than words, a lesson leaders and managers could learn just by watching the biggest, baddest new CEO on the planet, Pope Francis I.
6 minute read
April 17, 2012 | Legaltech News

Apple Can Help App Developers in Patent Fight With Lodsys, Judge Rules

In a long-awaited opinion, Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas granted Apple's motion to intervene in the company's dispute with "patent troll" Lodsys.
3 minute read
May 30, 2006 | New York Law Journal

242-44 East 77th Street LLC, plaintiff-appellant v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance Co., defendant-respondent

�Settling, Cracking� Exclusion Limited to Damage by Nature Not �Shift� Caused by Neighbor�s Underpinning, Shoring Acts
13 minute read
September 02, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Dissecting Consumer Class Action Bans

Peter C. Neger, a partner at Bingham McCutchen, writes that the validity of consumer class action bans is a legal issue with a sharp jurisdictional divide. The disagreement appears to center around the courts' view of the device as a substantive or a procedural right; those that view it as a substantive right typically invalidate the class action ban, while those with the other view tend to enforce such waivers.
11 minute read
August 19, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Smoked! Pa. Court Rules Camel Ad Didn't Violate Cartoon Ban

When the maker of Camel cigarettes ran a multi-page ad in Rolling Stone magazine in 2007, the 'Camel Farm' campaign caught the eye of, among others, the Pennsylvania attorney general's office, which filed a motion to enforce a consent decree against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for allegedly violating a 1998 agreement barring tobacco companies from using cartoons in ads.
6 minute read
June 01, 2006 | Legaltech News

Zeitgeist to Zillow

New websites run the gamut from real estate to lawyer lounges.
5 minute read
September 17, 2010 | The Recorder

Viewpoint: Judicial Independence Claims Are Overblown

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