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2nd Circuit Denies Torture Victim's Claim Over Rendition
A Canadian engineer who claims he was sent by the U.S. to Syria to be tortured in 2002 cannot sue U.S. officials in federal court, the 2nd Circuit said Monday in an in banc ruling. The 7-4 majority held that Maher Arar failed to state a claim under the Torture Victim Protection Act and that his remaining claims did not satisfy the test for "implied" constitutional causes of action under the 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics.Silicon Valley Sees Hot Day in the In-House Market
Lots of movement among the titan tech GCs, with Apple's Donald Rosenberg moving over for Oracle's Daniel Cooperman after just 10 months on the job. Valley legal observers say they're not surprised Rosenberg is leaving after just 10 months, speculating that the Silicon Valley company just wasn't the best fit for the longtime IBM lawyer.Magistrate Judge Finds Conflict, Removes Winston From $1 Billion Suit
Orrick Attorney Puts Activism on Hold to Make Partner
Virginia Pearcy ran away from home and started college at age 14. She was accepted to law school just four years later. Along with her career as a big-firm associate, she's been at the center of some of the more controversial anti-war protests in the country and even let Cindy Sheehan live at her home for a year. Pearcy's journey in life has not been typical at any age or stage, but now the 30-year-old Orrick associate is tackling perhaps the most typical of lawyerly challenges: making partner.Firms, Some Reluctantly, Feel Pressure To Merge
The courtship started because a friend told a friend there might be good chemistry. A time and place was set to meet. The two hit it off instantly.Spy Game: Corporate Rivals Use FOIA as Weapon
A cottage industry has arisen that uses the Freedom of Information Act to spy on companies doing business with the government and then sells the intelligence -- including detailed pricing information, hourly labor rates, profit margins, and more recently, performance evaluations -- to competing contractors. Companies such as MCI WorldCom, Boeing and General Electric Co. have turned to the courts to prevent federal agencies from releasing such data.Trending Stories
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