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June 28, 2001 | Law.com

Cyberslander Suits Multiplying Rapidly but Victories Harder to Come By

Officials at MasTec Inc. weren't pleased when rumors about the company began circulating on the Internet, so they sued the suspected rumormonger for defamation. The case has thrust Miami-based MasTec into a growing group of companies hunting for defamatory comments on the Web. Experts agree that cybersmearing is increasing -- and that rulings in cyberslander cases could drastically alter the field of defamation law.
7 minute read
May 02, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

NBA Players Union Lawyers Up for Internal Inquiry

A leadership fight roiling the National Basketball Players Association has pulled in yet another Am Law 100 firm: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, which has been retained by a six-member special committee conducting an internal inquiry of the union's business practices and cooperating with a subpoena for documents issued by the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan.
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January 06, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Senate takes its time with DOJ, judicial picks

New leadership takes over this week in President Barack Obama's legal shop, and among the challenges facing incoming White House Counsel Robert Bauer is how to reinvigorate the administration's efforts to shape the federal judiciary. The U.S. Senate ended the year having confirmed three nominees to federal circuit courts, half as many as were confirmed during President George W.
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September 18, 2007 | The Recorder

UC-Irvine Changes Tune, Rehires Dean

In two weeks' time, liberal legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky was hired, fired and, by Monday, rehired as the founding dean of UC-Irvine's new law school.
5 minute read
October 05, 2007 | Law.com

Litigants Lacking Big Tech Bucks Can Still Play Ball

Many litigants can't afford the high price tags required by computer-generated animation as evidence. To keep smaller firms from losing trials in costly clouds of technology, law professor Edward J. Imwinkelried explains some available strategies to guarantee a level playing field.
9 minute read
October 13, 2004 | Law.com

High Court has Establishment Clause on the Brain

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday added fresh hot-button issues to its docket, from Ten Commandments displays and prisoners' religious freedom to property rights, drawing unusual attention to itself just three weeks before Election Day. But the Ten Commandments cases, like last year's challenge to the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, are likely to draw the most public attention and controversy.
6 minute read
June 17, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Should Retired Justices Be Called Back to Supreme Court?

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is thinking about proposing legislation that would allow a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice to sit in a case when a current justice has recused -- in what would be a major shift in how the Court operates.
4 minute read
May 23, 2012 | National Law Journal

Regulators scrutinizing Facebook after IPO mess, but lawyers doubt tough penalties to follow

In the wake of its botched initial public offering, Facebook is facing uncommonly swift regulatory scrutiny on multiple fronts. Still, securities lawyers say it's unlikely the social media giant and its lead underwriter Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will face serious penalties from the government.
4 minute read
December 20, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Big Term Seen for Class Actions at U.S. Supreme Court

In the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act, Congress, heeding the pleas of the business lobby, altered the class action landscape by shifting much of that litigation from state courts to federal courts. Now, business hopes the Supreme Court will take the next step.
7 minute read
December 10, 2012 | National Law Journal

They're heading for the exits at the Justice Dept.

Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. hasn't formally announced whether he wants to remain at the helm of the U.S. Justice Department, but there's already change under way in the top ranks below him — and talk around Washington has some division leaders mulling their next moves.
6 minute read

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