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May 03, 2005 | Law.com

Supreme Court to Consider Issue of Military Recruiting on Campus

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether law schools that refuse to allow military recruiters on campus because of the military's stance on gays could suffer the loss of federal funds. By granting certiorari in Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, the justices will revisit a 2004 decision by the Third Circuit that allowed the schools to restrict, without taking a financial hit, the presence of military recruiters.
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June 27, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Court Kills DOMA, Won't Save Prop 8

A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage of Act of 1996, which blocked federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples. Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the opinion for the court.
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October 05, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Courts Divided on Employer Claims Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

In their Labor Relations column, John P. Furfaro, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Risa M. Salins, a counsel at the firm, write that the Fourth Circuit recently held that the CFAA may not be used to impose liability on an employee who is given lawful access to an employer's electronic information but later improperly uses that information and discuss a deepening circuit split over whether the CFAA is available for employers against rogue employees.
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December 11, 2000 | Law.com

Reed Smith Goes Global

U.S. firm Reed Smith, 600 attorneys strong, will become a transatlantic cooperation in January when it will merge with London-based Warner Cranston. With the globalization of clients in industries such as technology, finance, communications and real-estate development, both firms are optimistic that together they can provide better services as one.
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November 11, 2002 | Law.com

Little Guys Look at Very Long Odds

It is unlikely that the thousands of disappointed Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and Adelphia shareholders will be able to recover damages even close to 50 cents on the dollar, according to two recent studies on securities class actions. However, plaintiffs' counsel, who plan to go after additional defendants including corporations' insurers and company executives and directors, remain optimistic about the level of recovery in these cases.
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August 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Solicitor general sides against SEC

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April 28, 2006 | Law.com

'Green Bag' Almanac Chock Full of High Court Morsels

The irreverent law review Green Bag has published its first annual almanac and reader, full of lawyerly trivia and writings. It reveals a powerful eggnog recipe well-known among Supreme Court history buffs, complete with an explanatory letter from the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist. The tome also boasts what a board of advisers judged to be the best legal writing of 2005, including an incredulous dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia and an exploration of the asterisk footnote.
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August 21, 2003 | Law.com

How Lawyers Crack Open the Courtroom Door

Anyone seeking to open juvenile courts in California can refer to San Bernardino County Department of Public Social Services v. Superior Court. The San Bernardino case led to the 1999 enactment of California Welfare & Institutions Code � 346, which says juvenile court judges may admit anyone to hearings if they have "direct and legitimate interest in the particular case or the work of the court." It was this "work-of-the-court" issue that lawyers used to open the doors in the case of Angelo Marinda.
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June 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Declares DOMA Unconstitutional

A divided U.S. Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage of Act of 1996, which blocked federal benefits to same-sex couples. Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the opinion for the court.
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November 08, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Inadmissible

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