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June 24, 2011 |

Self-help author convicted of negligent homicide

CAMP VERDE, Ariz. (AP) - A self-help guru was found guilty of three counts of negligent homicide Wednesday in a case that shined a spotlight on a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that ended in chaos, with participants vomiting, shaking and being dragged outside.
4 minute read
June 03, 2013 |

Norton Rose Fulbright Joins Ranks of the Legal Giants

As the merger between London-based Norton Rose and Am Law 100 stalwart Fulbright & Jaworski officially went live on Monday, The Am Law Daily looks back to The American Lawyer's Am Law 100 list from 1999—just before Clifford Chance clinched the first large transatlantic tie-up with Rogers & Wells—to see which U.S. firms chose to expand abroad by staking out a merger partner in London.
9 minute read
August 10, 1999 |

Pretenders Foiled as Judge Saves Last Dance for Original 'Drifters'

The Drifters stopped performing in the U.S. decades ago, but the group's hit songs -- such as "Under the Boardwalk," "On Broadway" and "Up on the Roof" -- never left the airwaves. That means the owner of their trademarked name never lost it, a federal judge ruled on July 30. Casting aside a jury verdict, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Politan in Newark said that Faye Treadwell, the widow of The Drifters' original manager, George Treadwell, still owns the mark.
4 minute read
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.
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