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February 21, 2005 |

Let a Hundred Cases Bloom

Smaller cases and more decision-makers will reduce class-action abuse, argues Mark Moller.
6 minute read
January 18, 2013 |

ALI Names Harvard Law School Prof as New Director

Daniel J. Meltzer, the Story Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, is set to take over as the director of the American Law Institute in June 2014.
3 minute read
September 20, 2010 |

Feeling Insecure

In the past 10 years, the administrative forum hearing security clearance challenges has seen a staggering 25-fold increase in its docket. Lawyers who practice before the court say the reason for the burgeoning caseload is simple: Sept. 11.
7 minute read
May 29, 2002 |

Evaluations Are Not Just for Employers

TTORNEY performance and its "value" is being utilized as never before to determine whether an associate, and now more often, a partner, stays or leaves. The reason can be found in the profound impact the economic downturn has had on recruitment and retention. At many firms, summer associates are also being held to stricter standards. Although most firms assure summer clerks that there are openings for everyone to receive offers at the end of the summer, the evaluation process will be utilized to appraise pe
12 minute read
January 21, 2003 |

KM: A Long Way to Go

American firms are not exactly embracing knowledge management. "It's like rolling a rock up a hill," says one knowledge manager.
7 minute read
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November 11, 2003 |

Supreme Court to Hear Guantanamo Appeals

The Supreme Court on Monday took on the first of what could be several constitutional challenges stemming from the war on terrorism, agreeing to decide whether aliens detained at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba can turn to the U.S. courts for habeas corpus review. Two joined cases accepted by the Court will pose a critical test of the Supreme Court's historic deference to the wishes of the executive branch in times of war.
4 minute read
May 03, 2010 |

Nominate Leah Ward Sears to the high court

The retired chief justice of Georgia would be a politically savvy choice for Obama for several reasons, including some conservative leanings.
5 minute read
August 18, 2000 |

Rated V for Violence

Legislation sponsored by John McCain and Joe Lieberman could require that movies, video games, and music be labeled to indicate "violent content." Under the bill people will not be able to sell these products to anyone too young to cope with the violence. Even though the bill is in the early phases of consideration, it is so troubling it is important to evaluate it now.
7 minute read
June 26, 2000 |

The Ripple Effect of PLRA Ruling

The initial comment about the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the 1995 Prison Litigation Reform Act focused on how it would affect prison consent decrees. But some think the decision, which upheld a federal statute that suspends judicial orders regarding prison conditions if judges take more than 90 days to decide modification motions filed by state officials, will have impact beyond prison walls.
3 minute read
April 27, 2000 |

Umbrian Mangia Heaven

Italy this summer can be summed up in one word: jubilee. Pope John Paul II proclaimed 2000 a year of special celebration, but relief from jubilee-mania can be found in the Umbrian capital of Perugia -- between Florence and Rome -- where more secular pleasures can be found: Perugina chocolates, the July jazz festival and Mangialunga, in which diners get meal tickets and go restaurant to restaurant for each course.
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