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July 2006: Jump-Starting Productivity
In this month's In-House Counsel: Improving in-house productivity may be the toughest challenge management faces. Plus: Dina Michels of the American Society of Clinical Oncology goes on the record; and, due-diligence investigations can miss important issues and create costly risks.The Process of Designating 'Enemy Combatant' Outlined
Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the military detention of Jose Padilla, the Bush administration outlined for the first time the steps it takes in designating U.S. citizens enemy combatants.Court reprimands former state Rep. De Grandy over competing clients
The justices Thursday accepted De Grandy's plea of guilty with conditions that included the reprimand for violating legal ethics due to a conflict of interest.High Court Asks Obama Administration for Views on Felon Voting Bans
After years of expressing little interest in the issue, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday put the Obama administration on the spot, asking it to weigh in on whether laws that bar felons from voting violate the federal Voting Rights Act. The request came in the case of Simmons v. Galvin, in which the 1st Circuit upheld an amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution barring felons from voting while in prison. Only Maine and Vermont allow felons to vote without restriction during and after their imprisonment.South Florida attorneys line up to sue Toyota
Toyota is preparing to respond to a firestorm of litigation from disgruntled customers who bought vehicles with sticky accelerators that - as one lawyer said - turn their vehicles into unguided missiles.View more book results for the query "*"
Determining Indemnifiable Conduct
In his Directors' and Officers' Liability column, Joseph M. McLaughlin, a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, asks: Must the board authorize payment of corporate resources to fund legal expenses of an official dismissed based on admitted criminal wrongdoing motivated by personal greed?Paul Weiss Wins Over Celebrity Artist in Fee Dispute
Paul Weiss has emerged the victor in a fee dispute with noted artist Jeff Koons. The artist must pay in full on a $4 million tab, ruled a Manhattan Supreme Court justice. Koons had rejected the fees as excessive, but the justice decided that he'd invited high costs by urging the firm to use every means at its disposal to help him regain custody of a child he'd had with porn star-turned-politician Ilona Staller.Doctors' Testimony Upsets Award in Wrongful Commitment Case
A New York trial court's decision to allow defendant doctors to testify as expert witnesses in a suit alleging the wrongful involuntary commitment of a purportedly suicidal man has led the 2nd Circuit to reverse a verdict in the man's favor. The circuit found that doctors' failure to testify to "generally accepted medical standards" under New York's Mental Hygiene Law meant there was not enough evidence for a reasonable jury to find the patient was wrongfully committed.Trending Stories
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