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October 28, 2011 |

Proposed rule would unseal some grand jury records

For months, the U.S. Justice Department vigorously opposed the unsealing of former president Richard Nixon's 1975 testimony in the Watergate investigation, saying that disclosure would undermine the secrecy of grand jury proceedings.DOJ lawyers argued judges don't have the authority to craft exceptions to the federal criminal procedure rule that governs grand juries.
4 minute read
March 19, 2004 |

Florida Judge Complains that Prosecutor is Weak-Kneed

Sweating under the Feeney amendment, and with John Ashcroft watching their sentencing patterns, federal judges around the country are unhappy and on edge. Perhaps that's why U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore called Miami U.S. Attorney Marcos Jimenez's office "weak-kneed" and lacking in "prosecutorial zeal" for allowing a recent deal with a "career criminal." Moore went on to note a sharp decline in the number of cases prosecuted by the U.S. attorney's office in Miami under Jimenez's leadership.
8 minute read
April 01, 2010 |

Environmental Law

Michael B. Gerrard, the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, and senior counsel to Arnold & Porter, writes that while climate change legislation is mired in Congress, several units in the Obama administration have been using their existing statutory authority to adopt rules or guidance requiring extensive disclosures about greenhouse gases in a wide variety of contexts.
11 minute read
November 07, 2006 |

Political Parties Field Attorney Volunteers

4 minute read
November 03, 2005 |

Let Clients' Fingers Do the ... Clicking

Lawyers have joined the flood of professionals helping to make "sponsored links" on Google, Yahoo and other Web search engines the fastest-growing segment of Internet advertising. The links are popular marketing tools for small law firms, particularly in practice areas where lawyers live or die on a steady stream of new business. But be warned, it's an auction-like system, where the most aggressive advertisers can claw their way to the top, and where clicks can bring clients, but at a cost.
7 minute read
February 18, 2010 |

Recalls Put Toyota Under Lawyers' Microscope

Pennsylvania plaintiffs firms are ready to scrutinize Toyota from several different angles following the company's recall woes, but admit they face a number of hurdles.
6 minute read
July 02, 2009 |

Ailing Calif. economy could prolong recession

California faces a $24 billion budget shortfall, an eye-popping amount that dwarfs many states' entire annual spending plans.Beyond California's borders, why should anyone care that the home of Google and the Walt Disney Co. might stop paying its bills this weekVirtually all states are suffering in the recession, some worse than California.
4 minute read
April 15, 2002 |

Gimme Shelter

With suits pending against Arthur Andersen, Enron, Vinson & Elkins, and Kirkland & Ellis, many firms are considering switching from being general partnerships to gain the protections of an LLP.
7 minute read
June 11, 2007 |

A murder appeal with a twist: no DNA

A Michigan man protesting his conviction for a murder he claims he didn't commit has an arsenal of powerful attorneys pushing for his exoneration, including a former state Supreme Court justice and a former municipal judge.
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