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Courts won't step in as corps weighs levee break
CAIRO, Ill. (AP) - With federal courts opting not to step in, the Army Corps of Engineers has begun pumping explosives into a Missouri levee as it weighs whether to blast it open to ease inland floodwaters and spare an Illinois town where most residents were forced to scurry from a river still rising to record heights.US policy on international court unlikely to shift
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Long held U.S. antagonism to the International Criminal Court could soften under a new president, but that does not mean that either Barack Obama or John McCain is ready to sign on.Perils of Paternalism in the Age of Retaliation Claims
When in-house counsel learns that a manager needs to discipline someone who has previously complained of discrimination, how should she advise her client so as to best protect the company from a claim of retaliation? Many times, employment suits are brought by plaintiffs who, at least in the employer's opinion, received not only fair — but, in fact, preferential — treatment compared to their similarly situated co-workers, writes Marcia Nelson Jackson.Governors Tackle Online Predators
Vigilant parents and well-educated children remain the first line of defense against online predators, even as social networking sites toughen standards and police crack down, experts told a panel of governors. Law-enforcement agencies are becoming more proficient in the fight against cyberspace child stalkers, New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said. But they alone can't solve a problem so widespread that one in five kids who use the Internet are believed to have been approached by a predator.View more book results for the query "White Case"
Employment Lawyers Need to Get the Whole Story Behind an Employee's Discharge
Employment lawyers have long known they need to look behind complaints that an employee has a "bad attitude" for objective information about specific difficulties with an employee's job performance. Now, in the SOX era, that "bad attitude" shorthand is being subsumed by other, similarly vague and unhelpful labels, writes attorney Philip M. Berkowitz. What are the new terms that should cause employment lawyers antenna to go up?Does the NLRB 'Like' Your Social Media Policies?
Against a backdrop of heightened National Labor Relations Board attention to social media, employers remain concerned about employees' online activities on Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites.Holiday season leaves little to be jolly about
'Tis the season to be jolly, but I'm rarely jolly under the best of circumstances. Just ask my family. This year, I don't see there's a lot to be jolly about. At first, I thought President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren, the most open-minded of evangelicals, to give the inaugural invocation was OK, even though Warren is leading the fight against gay marriage.Cozen Adds Dilworth Securities Group to Its D.C. Office
Cozen O'Connor has almost doubled its presence in Washington, D.C., by acquiring a four-attorney corporate and securities group from Dilworth Paxson led by partner Ralph V. DeMartino. Cozen O'Connor opened its Washington office four years ago with two corporate partners from Kutak Rock, and last year acquired four-attorney criminal defense boutique Asbill Moffitt & Boss, which included three partners and an associate. The Dilworth group brings Cozen O'Connor's D.C. lawyer head count to nine.Trending Stories
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