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February 27, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Voting rights law gets Supreme Court challenge

The Supreme Court's conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote.
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August 21, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Issues That Should Be Resolved Before You Arbitrate: Part II

In Part I of this series, I indicated that disputants often agree that they will arbitrate their differences and select their arbitrator(s), but fail to provide the framework or guidelines that will make clear to the arbitrators the scope of their authority and the procedures they are to employ in conducting the arbitration and, ultimately, issuing their decisions.
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October 06, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Plan Now for the Impact of the Employee Free Choice Act

Americans will elect a new president and Congress next month. A lot is riding on the outcome. Here's one of particular importance for general counsel: the fate of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). U.S. Sen. Barack Obama supports it; U.S. Sen. John McCain does not.
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July 17, 2009 | Law.com

'Tiffany v. eBay' Appeal Grabs 2nd Circuit Spotlight

The packed house during Thursday's oral arguments in the Tiffany v. eBay appeal showed how high the stakes are in the case, which has attracted a large number of amicus briefs. Much of the discussion involved the relevance of the Supreme Court's Inwood v. Ives ruling on third-party liability for infringement. Noting the changes in retail and technology in the 27 years since that decision, Judge Barrington Parker said, "When Inwood was written, what's going on now was in the realm of science fiction."
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November 03, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Suit Claims Foley & Lardner Helped Perpetuate $500 Million Ponzi Scheme

A trustee involved in the Chapter 11 case of bankrupt real estate investment company DBSI Inc. sued Foley Lardner this week, claiming that the firm played a role in perpetuating what the trustee claimed was a classic Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars.The suit-filed Monday in U.
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November 01, 2002 | Law.com

Lawyers Prepare to Challenge Georgia Elections

In Georgia, both political parties have lawyered up more than at any time in history in preparation for Tuesday's election. Georgia's Republican Party has signaled that its lawyers may challenge any Democratic victories because absentee ballots were mailed late, in violation of state law. And four suits already have been filed in federal court alleging irregularities or seeking to halt or void elections in individual races.
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June 28, 2006 | National Law Journal

High Court Rules Against Foreign Suspects

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that states need not adopt any special procedures or remedies to enforce an international treaty that governs local police treatment of foreign nationals when arrested.
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November 18, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Will Supreme Court maintain camera ban

The Supreme Court has never allowed the broadcast news media to bring the tools of their trade-cameras and microphones-into its courtroom for coverage of its proceedings. Unlike almost every other public institution in the United States, it has been able to maintain such a ban to this day, ignoring the successive winds of change brought by radio, television and the Internet.
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December 23, 2002 | Law.com

Greedy and Generous Associates

Everybody knows about greedyassociates.com, and now there's also generousassociates.com. Polar opposites? Not exactly. On closer inspection, they seem to reflect the complexity of being a lawyer and the challenges of juggling financial success and public service. And contrary to the popular perception of the legal profession, being "greedy" does not preclude being "generous."
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September 26, 2008 | The Recorder

Struggling Heller Calls it Quits

After more than a century, the firm will dissolve today, Chairman Matt Larrabee told staff on Thursday in an emotional meeting.
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