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February 09, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Reasons for Frivolous Sanctions Found Lacking, Appeals Court Topples Them

Usually, when an appeals court finds a trial judge fails to explain his reasons for imposing sanctions on a party, the remedy is remand. But when a case is already six years old and on its second trip upstairs, the court may take matters into its own hands.
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August 10, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers Are Needed Now, as Well as a Focus on Their Struggles

When I think of models for leadership, I don't often think of lawyers. Too much second-guessing, too much timidity, too often a lemming-like mentality and a horrible fear to do anything new or that goes against conventional wisdom. However, in these tumultuous times, I actually think lawyers have a lot to offer in terms of helping us out of this political and financial mess.
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September 08, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Law Firm Marketing

Tom Orewyler, director of Media and Public Relations at Bingham McCutchen LLP and chair of the PR Committee of the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association, writes that those deal with the press for a law firm should learn to place themselves in the shoes of a reporter before they approach one, or future coverage of their firm may suffer.
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June 15, 2007 | Legaltech News

Electronic Case-Filing Systems Have Lying Eyes

Courts' electronic case-filing programs can hide the existence of potentially hundreds of files. The U.S. Judicial Conference in March urged federal district courts to eliminate misleading computer responses and identify sealed cases. But change has been slow.
3 minute read
February 09, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Ridiculed Redskins Owner Has General Counsel Fire Off Nasty Letter, Goes to Court

Ridiculed Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has the team's general counsel David Donovan write a fuming letter to the owners of a newspaper.
4 minute read
August 29, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Commission Questions if Judicial Plates Violate Code

Judges whose license plates identify the office they hold may, in effect, be trading on their positions to avoid the consequences of being stopped for traffic infractions, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct has suggested.
5 minute read
March 20, 2006 | National Law Journal

Witness flap casts doubt on call for death

Almost from the beginning, the goal was clear: Zacarias Moussaoui must die. But last week it became clear just how precarious the argument for death was. The government�s case was in jeopardy of crumbling midway through the penalty phase of the trial after Transportation Security Administration lawyer Carla Martin allegedly tampered with government witnesses.
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January 07, 2008 | National Law Journal

Lockheed settles former employee's bias claim for record $2.5M

The world's largest military contractor will pay a record $2.5 million to a former avionics electrician who claims he was called the "N-word," threatened with death and laid off after he reported racism at Lockheed Martin Corp. The settlement between Lockheed and Charles Daniels, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, is the largest settlement with an individual in a racial discrimination case handled by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
4 minute read
May 07, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Weiss Escapes More Jail for Drunken Driving

In a stipulation filed on May 2, federal prosecutors in the kickback case agreed not to seek further sanction against Melvyn Weiss, given his sentence of probation after pleading guilty in Palm Beach County, Fla., to driving under the influence.
4 minute read
December 04, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Doctor May See, But Not Gain Discovery of, Settlement Agreement

A Pennsylvania doctor being sued for malpractice may see the confidential settlement plaintiffs struck with a New Jersey hospital in a related case, a Northumberland County judge has ruled in an apparent issue of first impression.
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