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February 23, 2001 |

The View From the Bench

If the Department of Justice had its way, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit would not be hearing the Microsoft case. But last year, the Supreme Court denied a request to take the case directly, and an en banc circuit panel composed of seven judges will preside during a two-day argument.
5 minute read
November 05, 2004 |

Evolution, Creation Collide in Federal Court (Again)

Call it Scopes redux -- a potential 21st century replay of the famous 1925 case that put Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and the biblical account of creation on trial. In a case due to be heard Monday in Atlanta, a small sticker in 10th-grade biology textbooks -- cautioning readers to approach the book's discussion of evolution "with an open mind" -- has again forced a courtroom collision between science and religion. Six parents are suing in federal court to get the sticker pulled.
9 minute read
May 10, 2010 |

Circuit Agrees to Mull Bankruptcy Discharge's Impact on Injury Claims

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could be poised to overturn one of its most widely criticized precedents involving how courts decide whether and when the discharge of all claims in a corporate bankruptcy reorganization plan should act as a bar to future personal injury claims.
5 minute read
May 05, 2010 |

Circuit Agrees to Mull Bankruptcy Discharge's Impact on Injury Claims

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could be poised to overturn one its own precedents on a fundamental issue of corporate bankruptcy law involving how courts ought to decide whether the discharge of all claims in a reorganization plan should act as a bar to future personal injury claims.
5 minute read
June 23, 2010 |

Criticized Bankruptcy Precedent Abandoned by 3rd Circuit

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held recently that exposure to asbestos that occurs before a bankruptcy petition, but does not manifest as injury until after the petition, is still a claim that can be discharged by a reorganization plan.
5 minute read
December 04, 2006 |

MOVERS

Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has hired former Conseco Inc. chief executive officer William S. Kirsch in its new Chicago office as a partner to lead the global private equity practice, the firm said in a release. beginning Dec. 18.
5 minute read
May 27, 2013 |

The Bankruptcy Files: Big Ideas Go Bust

The Am Law Daily looks at the Am Law 200 firms involved in a diminishing number of notable bankruptcy filings, including those of failed social networking site Bebo, a leading nonprofit for children with psychiatric disorders, and zero-calorie flavored drink Skinny Water.
10 minute read
April 20, 2012 |

Clemency: Justice to the Nth Degree

Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: 'Clemency (mercy), pardon (absolution), commutation (substitution), amnesty (forgetting), and reprieve (suspension) are drawn from the language of compassion. And today, they operate in a scheme of constitutional rights that overarches and subsumes notions of mercy and leniency.'
10 minute read
October 01, 2009 |

The Company's Lawyers

The torture memos have shone a light on the CIA's Office of General Counsel. The lawyers who work there would prefer to stay in the dark.
8 minute read

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