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October 28, 2011 |

Proposed rule would unseal some grand jury records

For months, the U.S. Justice Department vigorously opposed the unsealing of former president Richard Nixon's 1975 testimony in the Watergate investigation, saying that disclosure would undermine the secrecy of grand jury proceedings.DOJ lawyers argued judges don't have the authority to craft exceptions to the federal criminal procedure rule that governs grand juries.
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June 22, 2007 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

SpeakersWidener University School of Law professor Thomas J. Reed joined a roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 23, at the invitation of Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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November 20, 2006 |

Property Insurer Not Liable for Oil Contamination due to Vehicle Accident

An insurance company is liable for the actual loss to premises that resulted when a motorist ran into the insured's above-ground heating oil storage tank and caused an oil spill, but not for any contamination of the ground or groundwater, an appeals panel in Albany has held. The Appellate Division, 3rd Department found that the insurance policy from New York Mutual Insurance, which excluded contamination clean-up costs, covered the property's loss in market value that was not attributable to the spill.
3 minute read
March 27, 2006 |

Law Blog = Blawg

Web logs have become an almost inescapable part of the legal community. They've become so prevalent that a new name has been coined to describe blogs maintained by lawyers – "blawgs."
10 minute read
February 03, 2004 |

Lippman Says Judiciary Budget Is Reality Based

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March 24, 2010 |

Labor Decisions at Risk as Justices Struggle With NLRB Authority

With the legitimacy of more than 500 labor-management decisions at stake, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided over whether the vacancy-hobbled National Labor Relations Board can operate with only two of its five board members. "We have to decide whether it is OK for two members to set the most major policies or whether they can't conduct even the simplest adjudications," said Justice Stephen Breyer during arguments in New Process Steel L.P. v. National Labor Relations Board.
4 minute read
May 02, 2006 |

Live Free or Reboot

The debate over Net neutrality -- the idea that major telecoms should provide equal access to all content providers, not create fast lanes for their own Internet services and for other content providers willing to pay top dollar while charging other competitors sky-high prices -- has all the makings of a vitriolic, drawn-out Capitol Hill lobbying battle. The issue has given Congress a perfect opportunity to leverage the debate into rivers of campaign contributions through this fall's elections.
6 minute read
November 30, 2009 |

McCracken v. Exxon/Mobil Co., PICS Case No. 09-1968 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 12, 2009) Goldberg, J. (11 pages).

McCracken v. Exxon/Mobil Co., PICS Case No. 09-1968 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 12, 2009) Goldberg, J. (11 pages).
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December 23, 2002 |

Necessary Steps

The front-runner for significant developments in the field of criminal law this year is the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Corporate Fraud and Accountability Act of 2002.
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February 15, 2006 |

High Court to Hear Redistricting Arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing challenges in the thorny area of redistricting and voting-rights law, cases stemming from Texas' intensely partisan redistricting battle of 2003.
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