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November 10, 2009 |

JCB Chief Counsel: Conahan Complaint Had 'Area[s] of Concern'

The chief counsel for the Judicial Conduct Board testified Monday before a special commission investigating the Luzerne County judicial scandal that the board forwarded the 2006 complaint filed against former Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Conahan after federal investigators requested a copy.
7 minute read
August 24, 2007 |

How Much Will 'Best Law Firms for Women' List Influence Attorneys?

Female law students entering the recruiting season have another weapon for their interviewing arsenal: a list of the 50 U.S. firms deemed most woman-friendly. The survey by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers covers benefits and compensation; parental leave and policies; child care; workforce profile; flexibility; and retention and advancement. Some women in the profession, however, question how much of an impact the list might have on a newly minted attorney's employment decisions.
6 minute read
May 29, 2006 |

What inherent power?

"Inherent" presidential authority engages a very unstable principle. There are doubtless some such powers buried in Article II. But the inherency principle is unprincipled; it conduces to opportunism, attributing powers when convenient, without roots in the text or history of Article II.
4 minute read
July 26, 1999 |

An Insanely Great Post-Associate Job

Andy Klein is an attrition poster boy: a frat boy financier, a white-shoe brewmaster, a Wall Street Webmaster and Goldman Sachs' ace in the hole. In February 1995, Mr. Klein constructed a unique public offering, with the illiquid character of a private placement, and posted it online--the first online IPO in history.
4 minute read
April 22, 2005 |

Cochran Firm Expands With New S.F. Office

Partners at one of Southern California's most successful plaintiff shops have embarked on a novel business plan: They're opening Bay Area offices for a firm whose reputation is staked on one man. And they don't seem to mind that he died last month.
4 minute read
December 22, 2003 |

'Agricultural' Designation In Growth Area Is Spot Zoning

In a decision that paves the way for development of a wide tract of Upper Merion Township land, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned the township's zoning hearing board's denial of a developer's petition to rezone a local golf course ...
5 minute read
January 28, 2005 |

Pro Bono

As 2004 drew to a close, the pro bono committee at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler discovered that the firm's 190 lawyers had achieved � perhaps for the first time anywhere � a 100 percent participation rate in its menu of volunteer projects.
3 minute read
March 28, 2011 |

IN BRIEF

A weekly roundup of Web-only stories from NLJ.com and other ALM publications.
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August 09, 1999 |

Auto Insurance Reform Sponsor Says It's Time To Scrap No-Fault

One of the prime sponsors of last year's automobile insurance reforms in New Jersey says he's now convinced it's a failure and that the only way to bring about rate reduction is to abolish the state's no-fault insurance scheme. "The 26-year-old no-fault experiment in New Jersey has been a failure and cannot be fixed or repaired," wrote Sen. John Adler. Other states have been moving away from the no-fault scheme, and only 12 other states still have it.
4 minute read
December 16, 2009 |

Bankers move to dilute overhaul at Senate

Four Wall Street lobbyists and about a dozen lawmakers huddled over eggs and bacon at Tortilla Coast restaurant on Capitol Hill on Dec. 2 to discuss legislation aimed at strengthening bank regulation. The meeting between fiscally conservative House Democrats and lobbyists for the largest U.S. financial firms turned tense, with a lot of finger-pointing, recalled one attendee.
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