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October 28, 2004 | Law.com

Two Lawyer-Candidates Hope to Unseat Tom Delay

If not for his salt-and-pepper hair, the baby-faced Democratic congressional candidate Richard Morrison would not look his 37 years. An environmental lawyer, he says there is "nothing" left of his law practice. "You can't beat the most powerful man in Congress being a part-time lawyer." But a day spent on the campaign trail with Morrison reveals he is not shy about wrestling DeLay for Republicans -- something he will have to do if he has any chance of winning.
14 minute read
February 08, 2000 | Law.com

Profits and Public Policy: Lobbying at the Start

When dot-coms started popping up, lobbying was one of the last things these companies had on their to-do lists. But even the tiniest high-tech company has figured out that whether it's sending a chief executive to testify on Capitol Hill or forking over a few grand to join an association, politics is business.
10 minute read
April 11, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Inadmissible

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January 29, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Delivered from death

OVER THE YEARS, criminal defense attorneys contemplating what could send their clients to the electric chair or the lethal injection gurney have found solace in an article of faith: Urban juries, in Georgia and other death penalty states, are far less likely to mete out the ultimate punishment than their rural or suburban counterparts.
17 minute read
March 18, 2004 | Law.com

Drowning in Paper

Encompassing more than 500 court orders and 40 million pages of documents -- and with $289 billion at stake -- United States v. Philip Morris Inc. is a massive lawsuit whose challenges are becoming increasingly evident. The mammoth piece of litigation is set to go to trial this fall before D.C. federal judge Gladys Kessler, whose hands-on approach and strict scheduling are credited with keeping the unwieldy case on track.
8 minute read
March 15, 2007 | Law.com

IP Litigators: Worth Their Weight in Gold?

Patent litigators are a must-have for firms, and they're willing to pay for them. Changing technology, consolidation of industries and the increasingly cross-border nature of IP battles are expanding the size and scope of patent cases. The median cost to take a patent case through trial increased from $2 million in 1995 to $5 million in 2005, according to the American Intellectual Property Law Association, which means that firms are missing a potential fee bonanza if they don't have enough lawyers on hand.
15 minute read
October 22, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Longtime Rebel Set to Lead the 9th Circuit

After 22 years playing the rebel with many causes, 9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski may finally have to join the establishment.
8 minute read
July 17, 2002 | Law.com

The Snakehead Lawyers

In New York's Chinese community, "snakeheads" are smugglers who run the lucrative underground trafficking in human beings. And, as in any business, the snakeheads need lawyers. The smugglers often need to get immigrants out of custody quickly to collect fees -- up to $80,000 per person. According to Hunter College's Peter Kwong, "the biggest risk to their cargoes" is arrest, so they need attorneys to intervene.
15 minute read
March 17, 2000 | Law.com

Workers Win One

Almost 15 years ago, the late Florida Supreme Court Justice James C. Adkins warned that the state's workers' compensation laws were being applied so unfairly that employers enjoyed "a license to maim and kill." This month, a new Supreme Court moved to revoke that license by allowing the widow of a Gainesville-area chemical worker to take her tort lawsuit to a jury. The opinion reversed a state appeals court decision and receded from decades of previous rulings by Florida judges.
8 minute read
March 03, 2006 | Law.com

Alabama Judge Declares War on U.S. Supreme Court

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker has delivered a blistering opening salvo in what he hopes will be a re-examination of the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, calling in a newspaper op-ed piece for what could be considered an act of judicial sedition. The column has been called an "unprecedented attack" and "outrageous" -- but the stance may not be too puzzling for a judge who campaigned by handing out Confederate flags and attending a birthday party for the late founder of the Ku Klux Klan.
11 minute read

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