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September 20, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Howard Fights Defenders' Requests for Bench Trials

Trisha [email protected] most criminal cases, it's the defendant who demands a jury trial. In Fulton Superior Court this week, prosecutors are insisting they have the right to one.In an unusual tack for a prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr.'s office is challenging a judge's grant of a bench trial in a drug trafficking case.
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June 05, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

GCs Vent Frustrations With Outside Counsel

Surprises are just one thing outside counsel are well-advised to keep out of their repertoire if they want to earn a GC's love.
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November 24, 2008 | The Recorder

Bar's Referral Service Idea Sparks Outcry

Numerous bar associations that run their own lawyer referral services spoke out against a proposal by the State Bar to create its own.
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October 15, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Volatile Commodity Markets: Are Customers Protected?

Oren Buchanan Haker and Eva Marijke De Grauw of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft write that in response to the rising commodities prices, legislators were scrambling to introduce new legislation targeting low margin lending requirements, which are often as low as 5 percent to 8 percent. One such proposal, Senate Bill 3183, from Senator Byron Dorgan, D.-N.D., sought to curb speculation by raising margins to 25 percent for energy traders that were not commercial producers or purchasers.
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July 07, 1999 | Law.com

When Candidness Is A Catch-22

Ah, the days when employers only had to worry about the information they give when someone calls with questions about an ex-employee's job history. Under the so-called "doctrine of compelled self-publication," plaintiffs now can build defamation cases against former employers based on allegedly false claims the plaintiffs themselves pass along to a third party. In Connecticut, the state Supreme Court may soon weigh in on the issue in an appeal that is pending before it.
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June 27, 2003 | Law.com

Mining Cornwall

Surfers hanging ten aren't the first image you associate with Great Britain. Nor are sunny beaches, barking seals or orange mascarpone ice cream. But quirky Cornwall, five hours southwest of London by rail or roadway and separated from England by the River Tamar, is as essential to the British experience as a visit, say, to Westminster Abbey.
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June 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Perfect Attendance: The A-List's Regulars

In the 10 years since the first A-List, only four firms have returned every year.
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March 18, 2003 | Law.com

E-Legal: Recycling Computer Waste

The Environmental Protection Agency has reported that electronic goods, including computers and related materials, annually comprise approximately 2 million tons of waste in the United States. Even though companies have implemented voluntary recycling programs and there is a bill pending in Congress to promote such recycling, much still needs to be done to address the disposal of this potentially hazardous waste.
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Theodore Wells Jr. of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Publication Date: 2010-11-04
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In the billion-dollar 'catfight' over Terra Firma's accusations that Wells's client, Citigroup, misled the private equity firm into overbidding for EMI in 2007, Wells kept telling jurors there wasn't any proof to back what Terra and its Boies Schiller lawyers were saying. It took the jury less than five hours to agree.

June 29, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bill Would Ease Evidentiary Standards For Grandparental, Sibling Visitation

New legislation is afoot that would lower the burden of proof for grandparents and siblings seeking visitation rights in contested cases.
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