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October 05, 2001 | Law.com

Backyard Blues

Waterfront South: It sounds like a luxury condominium community, but this neighborhood in New Jersey is slowly being swallowed by pollutant-producing industrial facilities. In closely watched federal litigation, a neighborhood action group is charging the state Department of Environmental Protection violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act with its method for granting air-emission permits to a cement company.
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June 21, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Work in Progress

On June 16, almost exactly two years after the verdict in the Arthur Andersen obstruction-of-justice trial, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of conviction. A three-member panel of the 5th Circuit found no reversible error on the part of Harmon, who sentenced Andersen to the maximum of five years' probation and a $500,000 fine.
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June 23, 2004 | Law.com

Enron Prosecution: A Work in Progress

Despite a dearth of trials since the Arthur Andersen one, Andrew Weissmann, who heads the Enron Task Force, contends the prosecution has made considerable progress in the past two years, including the high-profile pleas of former CFO Andrew Fastow and his wife. The next big step in the prosecution may be the Nigerian barge trial, set for Aug. 16. The results could be a bellwether of the strength of the prosecution's other cases.
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December 27, 2007 | Daily Report Online

DOJ's attack on corporate fraud cools

In his summer of discontent, there were few days of undiluted glory for then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and July 17 was no exception. Just six weeks before he resigned, Gonzales stood before hundreds of federal prosecutors and investigators in the U.S. Department of Justice's Great Hall to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the department's Corporate Fraud Task Force and declare victory over white-collar corruption.
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October 12, 2005 | Daily Report Online

U.S. Supreme Court Post Would Uproot Lifelong Texan

T.R. Goldman [email protected] Lily [email protected] after George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election, the phone rang at the Dallas home of U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins and his wife, former Clinton administration official Regina Montoya. It was Harriet Miers, whom Bush had just asked to be his staff secretary, calling for a bit of practical advice on living in the U.
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August 05, 2005 | Law.com

3rd Circuit Ruling Eases Bankruptcy Trustee Suits Against Corporate Officers

A 3rd Circuit decision this week is likely to stir up the atmosphere in board rooms and executive offices nationwide by making it significantly easier for bankruptcy trustees to file suit against corporate directors and officers for alleged breaches of their fiduciary duties. The panel revived a suit against the former officers and directors of the defunct charter airline Tower Air Inc. in which the trustee claims they drove the company into insolvency by indifference and egregious decisionmaking.
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May 22, 2000 | Law.com

What's New in Agency Practice? Most Everything

Administrative practice can be far from sexy work. But lawyers who represent clients subject to official regulation -- from government workers in disputes with personnel agencies to tavern owners trying to get liquor licenses -- are niche practitioners of the most specialized sort. Those niches are undergoing exciting changes.
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April 17, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 14, No. 73 - April 17, 2006

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October 24, 2000 | Law.com

Law Firms Seek More Lobbying Action

The list of euphemisms seems endless: One-stop shopping. Umbrella services. Synergy. Under one roof. What law firms are talking about is keeping clients happy -- and simply keeping clients. For many, that means taking on lobbying. "Government's impact on business is growing, as government gets bigger and injects itself in more business decisions," says David Norcross, who heads Blank Rome's lobbying venture.
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January 24, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bush`s Nominations for District Benches Sent to Senate

By Shannon P. DuffyPresident Bush last week announced six nominees for the federal bench, three in the Eastern District and three in the Western District.
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