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February 01, 2010 |

Hispanic media outreach for Haiti unprecedented

As horrific images of Haiti flashed across the screens, murmurs of recognition floated through the audience at Univision Network's live celebrity telethon, many people nodding as they recalled disasters in their native countries.
4 minute read
May 18, 2011 |

EPA Issues Draft Guidance on Clean Water Act Jurisdiction

On April 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft guidance defining the jurisdictional reach of the Clean Water Act.
9 minute read
March 24, 2010 |

Federal Judge Reinstates $18.9 Million Copyright Verdict

When a jury awarded almost $18.9 million in a copyright infringement case nearly four years ago, it set the wheels in motion for a legal roller coaster ride that included a new trial with a verdict of less than $1.7 million, followed by an appeal that led to reinstatement of the first verdict.
5 minute read
March 15, 2011 |

When Generations Collide: Recruitment, Retention and Advancement at Law Firms

Increasingly, four generations of lawyers can be found working alongside each other, notes Virginia G. Essandoh, director of diversity at Ballard Spahr. She discusses how generational differences among lawyers may affect law firms, particularly when it comes to Generation Y lawyers.
8 minute read
August 16, 2012 |

Panel Says City, Contractor, May Be Liable in Construction Accident

New York City and the general contractor of a school construction site may be liable to a worker who was injured due to slippery conditions even though the conditions were caused by a defective saw provided by a subcontractor, a divided state appellate panel has ruled.
5 minute read
April 17, 2006 |

'Developer Rule' May Near Repeal

Prompted by an ethics panel's opinion, the state Supreme Court may be ready to abolish a 41-year-old rule that categorically bars a municipal attorney from representing, in another town, a developer that does business in the same town that employs the attorney.
4 minute read
August 08, 2011 |

Are We Unconsciously Undermining Our Diversity Commitment?

As a diversity practitioner, one of my primary goals is to raise consciousness of the value of diversity in our schools, workplaces, government and in our lives generally, but also consciousness of the things that we think and do that undermine our conscious value for diversity.
7 minute read
October 26, 2004 |

Rehnquist Cancer Focuses Issue of Top Court Balance

The surprise announcement of Rehnquist's illness and surgery came just before noon on Monday, and raised in a concrete way an issue that has been an abstraction during the presidential campaign: the possibility of a departure from the Supreme Court in the near future. As is customary with the justices, health information was sparse and hard to come by on Monday. But Rehnquist expects to be on the bench when the U.S. Supreme Court convenes again Monday
3 minute read
April 30, 2010 |

Court awards $6.5 million; money may never be found

Former University of Miami football coach Dennis Erickson and former UM and NFL quarterback Steve Walsh and other investors were awarded $6.5 million over a bad land deal.
3 minute read

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