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Battling a Bureacracy Run Amok
Nearly 45 years after it was begun, the impetus for the Security Risk Committee of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia seems to have come from an unusual source. The committee was established in January 1955 to provide legal and investigative help to federal employees who had been branded disloyal or security risks. It was the brainchild not of some firebrand defense lawyer but of the U.S. Navy's general counsel.
Answering the Call: Texas Democratic Lawyers Join Effort to Protect the Vote
Get-out-the-attorney drives are being held in cities acorss Texas, with the hope that 1,000 Texas Democratic lawyers will enlist for legal service and go -- at their own expense -- to one of 10,000 contested precincts around the country. "We will not have an attorney-client relationship with the campaign or represent it in court proceedings," Barbara Saylers says. "We will help monitor the polls and watch for election law violations."Pa. lifers seeking clemency in wake of US ruling
Tyrone Werts earned a college degree, counseled at-risk teenagers, organized an anti-crime summit, sold Girl Scout cookies, and once prevented the rape of a teacher -- all while serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and robbery.Outside Counsel Can Take Lead in Derivative Suit Investigations
In dismissing a shareholder derivative suit after a company's special committee investigated the allegations, a Delaware County judge went beyond the principles outlined by the American Law Institute to look at whether an attorney can take the lead in the committee's investigation.Anand named U.S. magistrate judge for N. Ga.
A federal prosecutor in Atlanta who decided to devote his legal career to public service after he was trapped in a New York subway below the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, has been named a U.S. magistrate judge for the Northern District of Georgia. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin S. Anand, 40, will step into the job when U.Chandler Retirement Spurs Replacement Speculation
The Delaware legal community is abuzz with speculation about a replacement for Chancellor William B. Chandler III, who announced his retirement earlier this week. Six possible candidates have emerged, with Samuel Glasscock III and Mary Johnston as the likely favorites, according to sources familiar with the situation.The 'Gucci' Privilege Case: Context and Lessons
Marshall Beil and Thomas E. Spahn of McGuireWoods write: The law has always taken a schizophrenic approach to the attorney-client privilege. It provides absolute protection when properly created and maintained, but is difficult to create, remarkably fragile, and easily lost.TRENDING STORIES
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