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July 03, 2002 |

Twelve Frustrated Jurors

After weeks in court and 10 long days of deliberations in steamy Houston, seven of the jurors on the Arthur Andersen obstruction of justice trial share their recollections of the experience. They tell of frustrated bickering and hopeless discord, punctuated by moments of levity. But their tales also reassure us that each panel member was given a chance to consider and participate. Their tales reassure us that the system worked.
12 minute read
July 08, 2002 |

High Anxiety for Bristol-Myers

When the patent on Bristol-Myers' drug BuSpar was set to expire, the company took possibly unlawful steps to maintain its monopoly and prevent the sale of a generic version of the anti-anxiety drug. Consumer groups, HMOs, drug wholesalers and 30 state governments have joined generic drug manufacturers in filing antitrust suits against Bristol-Meyers. A loss for the company could mean treble damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
9 minute read
July 26, 2007 |

Second Circuit on Dual-Purpose Attorney-Client Talks

Keith D. Krakaur, a senior partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, writes that every business lawyer knows that clients often request "advice" that goes beyond the realm of legal questions and into the world of business issues, including matters of policy, strategy, communications and the like.
7 minute read
July 10, 2006 |

Inadmissible

5 minute read
October 09, 2013 |

Convicted Killer Of Pregnant Conn. Mom To Be Freed

A woman who has been in prison for 27 years for the death of an expectant mother in Hartford was granted clemency Wednesday after an extraordinary hearing before the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, despite emotional pleas to reject the leniency by the victim's relatives.
4 minute read
December 02, 2011 |

Wood adds to high-profile resume with Cain

5 minute read
February 20, 2006 |

Lawmakers propose to put cellphone records off-limits

By Aisha I. Jefferson Selling or obtaining another person's cell phone records would become a crime in Georgia under a proposal that is moving through the Georgia Legislature. Cell phone records are sold over the Internet, with attorneys among the top customers, according to some reports."It's wrong for attorneys to engage in actions to obtain information that is gotten through subterfuge or theft," said Sen.
4 minute read
March 12, 2007 |

Beleaguered former press lord Conrad Black going on trial

CHICAGO AP - As chairman of the far-flung Hollinger newspaper empire, tall, silver-haired, magnificently tailored Conrad M. Black reigned supreme as one of the world's most powerful media moguls. His lifestyle included $60,000-plus birthday parties for his wife, dinners with the rich and famous and jaw-dropping renovations of a Park Avenue apartment.
5 minute read
April 27, 1999 |

There Goes the Neighborhood

Last month, a builder for a housing development in Bakersfield, Calif. abruptly backed out of a deal after learning that the buyer, Timothy Liebaert, is a lawyer. Donavan Judkins, of Burlington Homes, doesn't trust lawyers and has a rigid policy of not selling to them: Too litigious, he claims. The Liebaerts, who -- at the risk of proving Judkins' point -- promptly sued the developer. Their novel claim accuses Judkins of discriminating against lawyers in violation of the state's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
13 minute read
October 17, 2000 |

Litigating the Reach of RICO

The issue of how federal anti-racketeering laws may be used against militant abortion opponents has reached the federal appellate level in two circuits. Either circuit could decide whether free speech rights include the aggressive tactics of pro-lifers, who have found themselves being treated like organized crime "families," the original target of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
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