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December 07, 2005 |

The Year of the Podcast

In February 2005, I wrote that podcasting may prove to be the next big thing in continuing legal education. Less than a year later, podcasting shows all signs of going mainstream, receiving a major push in June when Apple added podcasts to its iTunes Music Store. There is no doubt that, in technology, 2005 was the year of the podcast.
5 minute read
May 17, 2013 |

Throwing a Block at Human Trafficking

The New Jersey Trafficking Prevention, Protection and Treatment Act signed by the governor on May 6 is a comprehensive and ground-breaking law that will put the state at the forefront of the fight against human trafficking.
4 minute read
May 20, 2009 |

Firm's Hire of Labor Official Draws Scrutiny Even After Connection Has Ended

Their relationship is over, but Grant & Eisenhofer's 2007 hiring of veteran labor union executive Sean Harrigan offers a glimpse into the sometimes murky, always competitive world of landing securities class action plaintiffs. The law firm paid the price for retaining Harrigan, who was a Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions board member. In late 2007, the Los Angeles city attorney's office had the pension board boot G&E from a pool of firms eligible for fund work to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
5 minute read
July 11, 2002 |

Morgan Gets His Man: Dorsey Guilty

R. Robin McDonaldrmcdonald.amlaw.comALBANY-In the South Georgia courtroom where he first took the oath as a lawyer, DeKalb County District Attorney J. Thomas Morgan III won the most sensational case of his career."It's been a long time," Morgan said through tears after 12 Dougherty jurors affirmed a verdict convicting former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney C.
8 minute read
February 28, 2011 |

Crusading Lawyer, Out of Prison After Tax Conviction, Learns to Slow Down

Stephen Yagman wasn't one to quit. During his 35-year career, he relentlessly pursued civil rights actions against law enforcement officials, particularly those in Southern California. Even after filing for bankruptcy protection in 1999, he re-emerged to file a complaint against a federal judge, launching national reform of judicial disciplinary procedures.
9 minute read
January 14, 2004 |

Breaking News: D.C. Circuit Hears Yucca Mountain Dispute

At a three-hour hearing on Wednesday, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that included Judge Harry Edwards expressed doubt about a government plan to build a nuclear waste storage facility in Yucca Mountain, Nev.
3 minute read
June 16, 2008 |

Fighting on the stand

4 minute read
March 11, 2013 |

The Bankruptcy Files: Ailing Detroit Hires Jones Day

Detroit has retained Jones Day—a firm known for handling restructuring work across the industrial Midwest, including key clients in the U.S. auto industry—as it seeks to fight the state of Michigan's decision to impose an emergency financial manager on the Motor City. Other Am Law 200 firms like Akin Gump, Kirkland & Ellis, Quarles & Brady, Reed Smith, and SNR Denton have landed roles on the latest round of noteworthy bankruptcy filings.
10 minute read
October 12, 2010 |

Circuit Overturns Vermont License Plate Restriction

A state law that prohibits vanity license plates containing religious messages violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, the Second Circuit ruled Friday. Judges Amalya L. Kearse, Reena Raggi and Debra Ann Livingston said the Vermont law was fatally flawed because it distinguished between people who sought to express secular and religious views "on the same subject."
4 minute read
December 20, 2010 |

In Post-9/11 World, Anti-Bullying Bill Carries Special Significance

New Jersey is making great strides with the Legislature's passage last month of the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act. But it is important for lawmakers, school administrators, teachers and parents to remain mindful that Arab-American, American-Muslim and Southeast-Asian students are at an especially acute risk for harassment and intimidation.
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