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Delaware Law Weekly

Third Circuit Rules Prisoner Body Cavity Searches Excessive and Unconstitutional

In a precedential opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that a Delaware prison's blanket policy of conducting thrice-daily visual cavity searches of inmates held in isolation violated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

ADVOCACY

By | August 18, 2016
Highlights of the NJSBA's amicus activities.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Cross-examination

By | August 18, 2016
Michael Testa Jr.'s charitable work serves as inspiration.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Zero Hours Billed? No Problem for These First-Year Associates

Some of the country's largest law firms allow associates to focus exclusively on pro bono work for more than a year, but there is a debate as to whether those lawyers come out behind their counterparts when they begin billing for work again.
62 minute read

The American Lawyer

The American Lawyer's Lifetime Achiever Honorees

By | August 17, 2016
We are happy to recognize six Lifetime Achievement Award winners­­—men and women who have had extraordinary careers at some of the country's most prominent law firms and other legal institutions, and whose public service contributions have had far-reaching impact. We also recognize this year's Law Firm Distinguished Leader, honored for exemplary stewardship of his firm.
22 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lifetime Achiever: Anton Valukas, Jenner & Block

Anton Valukas has seen some of the nation's most powerful institutions at their worst.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Surf's Up: Two Big Firms Ride Sport to 2020 Olympics

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Herrick, Feinstein played a behind-the-scenes role in advising surfing-related organizations, which successfully got the sport accepted into the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Seth Gelblum, Chair of Loeb & Loeb's Theater Practice, Dies at 62

Seth Gelblum, the only member of the legal community to ever be honored by the Tonys, spent his legal career representing a broad array of theater industry professionals.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyers Reflect on Clemency Work After Obama Executive Action

When President Barack Obama commuted the sentences last week of 214 nonviolent drug offenders, he changed the lives of many inmates who may never have expected to leave prison. The action also had a profound impact on defense lawyers involved in pursuing the clemency petitions that the president has now granted.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

Latham Leads D.C. Associates to Best Legal Aid Fundraiser Totals

Latham & Watkins has maintained its throne as top contributor for this year's “Generous Associates” fundraising campaign for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
22 minute read

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