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June 28, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Public Interest Calendar of Events for June and July

Click the headline above to view the event listings for June and July.
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October 06, 2000 | Law.com

Supreme Impact?

There are indications that the U.S. Supreme Court is more prominent in this year's election than it has been since 1968, with 36 percent of voters in a recent Newsweek poll indicating that they regard Supreme Court appointments as a significant election issue. But, William Ross argues, if history is any guide, judicial issues will produce campaign bluster but affect few ballots.
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May 26, 2011 | New York Law Journal

The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

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February 16, 2000 | Law.com

The Importance of Being Emotional

Believers of emotional intelligence say grades and IQ scores reflect only a thin slice of human ability. Daniel Goleman, the best-known champion of this theory, argues that empathy, self-control, and the ability to read social situations are far better predictors of success within a given field than are traditional measures.
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December 23, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Marketplace

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has renewed its lease at the 58-story MetLife building, boosting its space by 35.4 percent in the process. Meanwhile, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan has renewed its lease at 180 Maiden Lane for 220,000 square feet, a deal that comes with options to expand. The renewals are in keeping with a trend that has seen several law firms opting to stay put in an uncertain economic environment.
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December 11, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

In D.C. Circuit, AIG Defends Confidentiality of Corporate Monitor Reports

Two federal appellate judges expressed hesitation about forcing American International Group to disclose to a Corporate Counsel reporter an independent consultant's reports that addressed compliance with a settlement in 2004 with U.S. securities regulators.
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May 18, 2006 | The Recorder

Milberg Firm, 2 Name Partners Indicted

David Bershad and Steven Schulman, and the firm that ends in their names, were indicted Thursday by federal prosecutors for kickbacks in class actions, despite attempts at a deal to avoid prosecution. Now ... what about William Lerach?
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October 02, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Justice Department Flexes Muscle in Anti-Money Laundering by Banks

In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert, partners at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that money laundering prosecutions and investigations recently undertaken by federal prosecutors look quite different than the traditional add-on to drug prosecutions, not arising out of substantive criminal violations, but instead focusing on what the government believes are improper banking procedures or weaknesses in the institution's compliance procedures.
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March 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

9-0 decision makes sense

A 9-0 judgment in a case involving an icon of the "Culture Wars" — a Ten Commandments monument — what's going on here? In Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, the Supreme Court held that a city's display of a privately donated monument is "government speech," so that its decision to reject a proffered donation is not covered by the free speech clause. The near unanimity can be explained by two points: the complete impracticality of Summum's position, and its continued, unhampered right to speak in the park at issue.
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February 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Robreno Defers to Del. Chancery in Cravath-Airgas Row

A federal judge in Philadelphia agreed to stay proceedings in a fight between Radnor, Pa.-based Airgas and its former law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore until Delaware's Chancery Court decides whether the law firm should be enjoined from representing Airgas competitor Air Products & Chemicals in its bid to take over Airgas.
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