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Despite disputes on Gitmo and guns, justices were mostly in tune
The headline Supreme Court decisions came fast and sometimes furious in June: Gitmo Detainees Get Habeas No Death Penalty for Child Rapists Exxon Valdez Award Slashed And on its final day in session, June 26, the biggest headline yet: An Individual Right to Bear ArmsAll four produced sharp splits three were 5-4, and Exxon was 5-3 because of Justice Samuel Alito Jr.
Companies Defend Against Slavery- and Apartheid-Related Claims
When Texas descendents of slaves filed a suit recently that named J.P. Morgan Chase, Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Westpoint Stevens Inc., the general counsel of those corporations probably didn't have to go very far back in newspaper archives to find other corporate defense lawyers confronting broad claims based on historical injustices. In the past few years, plaintiffs have sued to hold corporations responsible for their alleged roles in historical events.No Nominal Damages Under Age Discrimination in Employment Act
If the plaintiff in a federal age discrimination suit cannot prove any lost wages, the case must be dismissed because the Age Discrimination in Employment Act does not allow awards of compensatory or even nominal damages, a federal magistrate ...Chesapeake Energy Keeping Outside Counsel Busy with Pipeline Sales, CEO Probe
Lawyers from Bracewell & Giuliani, Jones Day, Locke Lord, Oklahoma City's Commercial Law Group, and Wachtell have been busy in recent weeks advising embattled oil and gas company Chesapeake Energy, which announced Friday its sale of $4 billion in midstream pipeline assets amid inquiries into nearly $1 billion in alleged personal loans made to CEO Aubrey McClendon that have led him to retain Duane Morris.Texas hold 'em: biggest game in town
The game exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.- Walter MatthauTHE MAN IN THE DRIVEWAY finishes his cigarette and kicks the butt. It's an unseasonably cool night on a leafy, sleepy side street in northwest Washington. The sun hangs low. It's early evening, the time when nearby families might be sitting down to dinner.Focus Latin America: Commercial Dispute Arbitration Makes Gains
The arbitration business is gaining strength as a result of the modernization of the legal framework in many Latin American countries during the past two decades.
Minimize the Risk of Post-Deal Fraud Claims
After an energy transaction closes, unsatisfied parties increasingly are claiming that the other side misrepresented some material issue during the course of the deal. Not surprisingly, this phenomenon often occurs during rapid or unanticipated movements in commodity prices, cost of capital, development costs, regulation and the like.Trending Stories
- 1Uber Files RICO Suit Against Plaintiff-Side Firms Alleging Fraudulent Injury Claims
- 2The Law Firm Disrupted: Scrutinizing the Elephant More Than the Mouse
- 3Inherent Diminished Value Damages Unavailable to 3rd-Party Claimants, Court Says
- 4Pa. Defense Firm Sued by Client Over Ex-Eagles Player's $43.5M Med Mal Win
- 5Losses Mount at Morris Manning, but Departing Ex-Chair Stays Bullish About His Old Firm's Future
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