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March 07, 2005 | National Law Journal

Turf War Erupts Over Supreme Court Petitions

When parties air their differences before the Supreme Court, they are usually on opposite sides of the case. But in a dispute pending before the justices, two major Illinois legal figures are tussling over which one has the right to bring the case to the Court. "It's a very strange situation," says assistant appellate defender Darrel Orman who is watching, bemused, as his adversaries slug it out. "It qualifies as a turf battle, I'd say."
3 minute read
September 16, 2008 | Law.com

Judge Upholds Student's Suspension for Fake MySpace Page

An eighth-grade student who was suspended for 10 days after she created a fake page on MySpace.com that depicted her principal as a pedophile and a sex addict has lost her civil rights suit now that a federal judge has ruled that the discipline was proper and didn't violate her free speech rights. "A school can validly restrict speech that is vulgar and lewd and also it can restrict speech that promotes unlawful behavior," U.S. District Judge James M. Munley wrote.
6 minute read
August 01, 2001 | Law.com

Bankruptcy Boom Boosts Demand for Lawyers

Bankruptcy lawyers have not seen a year like this in at least a decade. Through July 12, 131 public companies with assets of almost $120 billion have filed for bankruptcy, a 52 percent increase over the number of bankruptcies filed in the same period last year. That dramatic increase has left many firms scrambling for lawyers to do the work.
5 minute read
June 02, 2008 | Law.com

High Court Hasn't Closed the Book on Retaliation

Despite two solid victories for workers in job bias cases in the Roberts Court recently and what some consider "surprising" votes by the two newest justices in those cases, plaintiffs' and management attorneys hesitate to predict a significant shift away from the U.S. Supreme Court's generally pro-employer stance of recent years.
10 minute read
July 09, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Ravitch Appointment Expected to Trigger Legal Challenges

Governor David A. Paterson said yesterday he would appoint Richard Ravitch, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, as lieutenant governor as a way to break a 31-31 stalemate that has paralyzed the state Senate for a month. Mr. Paterson said his office's consultations with lawyers and legal scholars indicates "there is nothing in the Constitution nor the law that says that I cannot fill the vacant post of lieutenant governor." But he acknowledged that the courts are likely to get involved.
7 minute read
February 14, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Playboy mansion worth $54 million, 45 times what Hefner claims, suit says

The Playboy Mansion, the 29-room home, movie studio and corporate throne of Playboy Enterprises Inc. founder Hugh Hefner, is worth $54 million, or 45 times what the publisher claimed on its books, a shareholder lawsuit said.
4 minute read
July 23, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

U.S. Judge Clears Law Firm Accused Of Hacking Opponents' Web Archives

A law firm did not violate copyright and computer anti-hacking laws when it used a Web archive search tool to recover old Web pages of its client�s adversary, a federal judge rules. Although the archived pages were supposed to be shielded from public view, the protections failed and thus the lawyers did not hack their way in.
5 minute read
June 21, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Lawyer moseys through work -- and she gets a workout

Mary An Merchant, like many lawyers, spends a lot of time sitting at her desk. Too much time, she decided. So the Ballard Spahr patent lawyer bought a treadmill desk in January to get some exercise while doing her job.
6 minute read
October 23, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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November 28, 2005 | National Law Journal

Standing Against the Winds That Blow

Judge Louis Oberdorfer remembers the late Judge William Bryant, who saw that the courts offer refuge to those who might otherwise suffer.
8 minute read

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