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Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Betty Binns Fletcher died on Oct. 22, at age 89, after serving on the court for 33 years. The author, a longtime friend and Ninth Circuit colleague, prepared the
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It may not be quite the "perfect storm" for underwriters of directors and officers liability insurance, but it sure looks like one on a lot of days lately. With hundreds of securities cl
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It was the profession that dared not speak its name. Nancy Hersh had known she wanted to be a lawyer since she was 12. Her father was a successful attorney, her mother a feminist who would h
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Private lawyers hired by local governments for special tasks will hesitate to provide candid advice if they are denied immunity when sued, the U.S. Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. The jus
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When the Drug Enforcement Administration sent letters last year to California landlords who rent to marijuana dispensaries, reminding them — not so subtly — that it's a
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