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February 19, 2013 |

Same-Sex Marriage at the Supreme Court

The Roberts court's generally cautious approach raises doubt as to the breadth of the forthcoming opinion, explains Ben Feuer of the California Appellate Law Group.
11 minute read
April 12, 2010 |

Olson: Challenge to Proposition 8 Has Global Implications

According to Theodore Olson, the legal challenge to a California measure banning same-sex marriage he is leading with David Boies, a managing partner of Boies Schiller & Flexner, clearly has global implications. "What happens in this case won't just affect the people of California, it will affect the country. And what happens in the United States will affect the rest of the world."
4 minute read
October 13, 2010 |

Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Steven Wax

Oregon Federal Public Defender Steven Wax faced a tough bench on Tuesday in his Supreme Court argument. But tough benches and tough cases are regular fare for this Brooklyn-born defense attorney.
5 minute read
May 04, 2000 |

Making Gains, But Still Far to Go

As recently as the 1970s, African-American lawyers were routinely mistaken for messengers by co-workers. Into the 1980s, women lawyers were asked to fetch coffee for male counterparts. The dozen or so minority and woman lawyers who were among the first to reach partnership status in Washington, D.C law firms all have stories like these to tell. Today, minorities account for 3.3 percent of partners in major firms in the District and women make up just over 15 percent of the city's partners.
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June 17, 2005 |

Class Action Privilege Issues: Precertification Questionnaires

In most instances, the principles governing the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrines in ordinary litigation will apply in the class action context. However, there are some marked exceptions. In particular, privilege questions are complicated by whether class counsel obtained information prior to class certification. Linda S. Mullenix navigates privilege issues in relation to class action precertification questionnaires.
7 minute read
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April 18, 2011 |

The 2012 APPELLATE HOT LIST

We asked our readers to nominate firms with at least one significant appellate win between May 2011 and May 2012 and that had an impressive track record overall. We supplemented the results with our own research to arrive at the list of 16 firms you'll find here.
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Former Dodgers Owner's Ex Loses Bid to Undo Settlement
Publication Date: 2013-09-11
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Jamie McCourt had claimed that her 2011 divorce agreement with Frank McCourt should be dismantled because her ex-husband fraudulently portrayed the value of the Dodgers at below $300 million. He sold the team last year for $2.15 billion.

March 01, 2009 |

Time for a Tune-Up

The economic crisis may provide opportunities to refresh your attorneys' tech skills.
5 minute read
May 04, 2005 |

11th Circuit: Nancy Grace 'Played Fast and Loose' With Ethics

Nancy Grace, the host of a self-titled legal show on CNN Headline News, "played fast and loose" with her ethical duties as a Georgia prosecutor in 1990, the 11th Circuit has ruled. However, Monday's decision upheld a triple murder conviction won by Grace, explaining that her failure to disclose to the defendant's lawyer information about other possible suspects did not change the result of the trial. The ruling marks the third time appellate courts have admonished Grace for her conduct as a prosecutor.
6 minute read
May 16, 2013 |

Proposed $1.6 Billion Deal Has Its Critics

Potential class members in the sudden acceleration litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. have filed objections to the proposed settlement reached on behalf of consumers asserting claims for economic damages.
4 minute read

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