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Writing a Life Where the Desert Begins
Teaching English composition on an Indian reservation taught the editor of Legal Times something about narrative and a lot about finding the truth.Embattled Judge in Family Tussle
A small claims court judge will try to end a family feud between a Pleasanton judge -- who's also waging a battle to retain his gavel -- and his daughter. The inheritance skirmish between Alameda County Superior Court Judge D. Ronald Hyde and his daughter Suzanne is a sideshow to the larger dispute that could the end Hyde's 21-year judicial career. The Commission on Judicial Performance has accused Hyde, 59, of several misdeeds, including assigning his daughter's small claims case to a Rotary Club buddy.Navigating a Health-Care M&A Transaction
When an M&A transaction involves an entity in the healthcare industry, there are a number of issues that need to be considered which are outside of, or different from, the normal scope of an M&A transaction.Rakoff Takes on Guidelines in Gupta Sentencing
The two-year prison term Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff ordered for former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta for insider trading was driven by a longstanding hostility to what the judge highlighted as the absurd results of the federal sentencing guidelines.Court May Add Yet Another Reason to Avoid Drunk Tank
Drunks who get beaten up while sleeping it off in a jail's drunk tank aren't likely to get to sue for damages any longer. During arguments Wednesday, the California Supreme Court seemed uneasy about the prospect of paring back cities' and counties' immunity from suits filed by prisoners.D.C. Circuit Renomination Sets Stage for 'Nuclear' Option
Janice Rogers Brown's name goes back before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, with some saying the California Supreme Court justice's nomination to the federal bench could be the one that Republicans will eventually use to go "nuclear." That option refers to a proposal that would change the congressional rule now requiring 60 votes to end a filibuster to a simple majority -- and clear the path for President Bush's most controversial nominees.District Court Takes 'Fluid' Approach on Damages in Tobacco Class Action
When New York federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein certified a nationwide class action in the "light" cigarette litigation, he proposed a "fluid recovery" of damages -- whereby a jury would decide aggregate liability and aggregate compensation, and damages to individual plaintiffs would later be distributed through a simplified proof process. Bryan Cave's Philip E. Karmel (pictured) and Peter R. Paden analyze the rationale behind Weinstein's proposal and explain why defendants are arguing strenuously against it.Trending Stories
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