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December 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Ill. governor expected to name Obama replacement

CHICAGO AP - Embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to name former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris to President-elect Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.State Senate President Emil Jones said Tuesday that Burris told him about the appointment. Burris did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
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January 11, 2005 | Law.com

Bush Picks Judge Chertoff as Homeland Security Chief

President Bush on Tuesday chose 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Chertoff to be his new Homeland Security chief. Chertoff headed the Justice Department's criminal division from 2001 to 2003, where he played a central role in the nation's legal response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Chertoff is the president's second pick for the job. Former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik withdrew as nominee last month, citing immigration problems with a family housekeeper.
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August 02, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Animal House

Joe Harness is a big-city lawyer who serves the residents of the boonies from the middle of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. As general counsel of Walco International Inc., a Grapevine company that distributes animal health-care products to rural areas, he helps ensure that pigs get fed and cattle take their medication, no matter how far from town they live.
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October 31, 2005 | National Law Journal

What Does Miers' Withdrawal Mean for Future Nominees?

The failed Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers was, in the words of one legal scholar, the perfect storm: the convergence of a bad nomination, a weakened president and an infuriated political base. A president's withdrawal of a Supreme Court nomination is an "extraordinary act," notes one professor. And now scholars and others are wondering how the judicial confirmation process itself will weather this particular storm.
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September 02, 2013 | Law.com

'Princelings' of the Law

The investigation at JPMorgan Chase has shown how pervasive the relatives of high-ranking Chinese officials are at global investment banks. But some work at big law firms too.
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May 04, 2011 | Daily Business Review

House, Senate property insurance bills differ

As the House prepares to vote today on a property insurance bill that seeks to address what insurers say plagues the industry - from re-opened hurricane claims years after a storm to questionable sinkholes - the issue may be up against the legislative clock.
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July 27, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

States Are Looking for New Ways To Gauge Judges' Performance

As public interest in judges' professional performance grows, states' use of judicial performance evaluations has been on the rise.
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February 08, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Conviction Affirmed in Theft From Mayor

Haggerty was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 1 1/3 years and ordered to pay $750,000 in restitution in December 2011.
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September 07, 2007 | National Law Journal

Jackson Lewis continues growth spurt with Philly office

Jackson Lewis has opened an office in Philadelphia, its seventh new location in the past 12 months. The office has opened with three partners: Rick Grimaldi, Maria Petrillo and Robert Seiger.
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July 16, 2013 | Daily Report Online

DOJ Pitches Reforms To Sentencing Commission

The U.S. Justice Department is recommending changes to the federal sentencing laws, including lengthening prison sentences for tax crimes involving hidden offshore bank accounts, revising punishment schemes for immigration violations and reducing the nation's prison population.
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