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June 30, 2005 |

Penn Professorship Established in Honor Of Judge Arlin Adams

Despite a distinguished career as a lawyer, judge and professor, Arlin M. Adams said that the University of Pennsylvania Law School's recent establishment of the Arlin M. Adams Professorship of Constitutional Law came as a surprise, calling it one of my highest honors.
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November 01, 2011 |

Judge Asks Parties to Address DOMA in Benefits Row

A federal judge overseeing a dispute over death benefits between the parents and wife of a deceased Cozen O'Connor partner has requested the parties brief the constitutional question of same-sex marriage, increasing the potential for a determination of whether the Defense of Marriage Act and a similar Pennsylvania statute are valid.
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November 20, 2007 |

Winston & Strawn, Partner Settle 'Decompression' Suit

Winston & Strawn has settled on the eve of trial a suit by a partner who claimed the firm broke a deal to exempt him from "decompression," a policy sharply cutting partners' pay after age 65. As a result of the settlement, the parties stated the suit by Anthony F. LoFrisco, 74, "will be dismissed and he will resign from the firm on Nov. 26, 2007." The settlement ends an unusual suit that had drawn much attention to firms' handling of aging rainmakers, many of whom are challenging policies on retirement.
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June 04, 2008 |

N.Y. High Court Questions AG's Involvement in Suit Over Grasso's Pay

New York's solicitor general Tuesday defended the state AG's involvement in litigation to force former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard A. Grasso to give back some of his $185 million compensation package. Barbara D. Underwood argued before the state's high court that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's common law power of parens patriae allows him to act as the protector of the rights of NYSE members, who, she contended, were largely in the dark about what NYSE leaders were paying Grasso.
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May 06, 2013 |

Can China Change CFIUS?

The national security review is the biggest single hurdle to many Chinese investments in the U.S., but many in China think the process is unfair.
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June 24, 2008 |

Rare Debate on En Banc Review of Bias Case Splits Circuit

It is not often that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decides to rehear a case en banc and it is even rarer when the judges disagree so publicly over the decision. On June 12, the circuit split 7-6, narrowly denying rehearing en banc for white firefighters in New Haven who said their right to equal protection and Title VII were violated when the city's civil service board voted to disregard exam results that would leave black and Hispanic firefighters little or no chance for promotion to captain or lieutenant.
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September 20, 2000 |

Religion Should Guide Judges, Says New York Appeals Judge

The total separation of law and morality advocated by Oliver Wendell Holmes has been embraced by the legal establishment for more than a century. But New York Court of Appeals Judge Howard A. Levine said the most difficult cases cannot be decided without morality-based values, and urged the judiciary to recognize and embrace those values -- not ignore and shun them.
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July 20, 2010 |

Pre-'Miranda' Questioning of Terrorism Suspects

Sean Haran, of counsel at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, writes: In questioning alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad for nine hours before reading him his rights, the government relied upon the "public safety" exception to Miranda, under which the government may interrogate a suspect, within limits, before reading him his rights while still preserving the ability to use the suspect's statements against him in a criminal case.
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June 04, 2008 |

Judges Question AG Involvement in Suit Over Grasso's Pay

New York's solicitor general yesterday defended the attorney general's involvement in litigation to force former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard A. Grasso to give back some of his $185 million compensation package. Barbara D. Underwood argued before the seven members of the Court of Appeals that Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo's common law power of parens patriae allows him to act as the protector of the rights of those who are unable to protect themselves.
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