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June 25, 2003 |

Heightened Scrutiny

6 minute read
June 30, 1999 |

Distributors Challenging Tobacco Deal

A small number of attorneys around the country are mounting a legal assault on the nation's $206 billion tobacco settlement, claiming it violates antitrust laws. The attorneys, who have brought one suit so far in federal court in Pennsylvania and are threatening to bring two more in California, are filing the suits on behalf of cigarette distributors.
6 minute read
January 06, 2003 |

9th Circuit Gives Sex.com to California Supremes

Reluctant to extend tort law into the high-tech arena, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday asked the California Supreme Court to decide the last remaining questions in the battle over the lucrative sex.com domain name. Over a vigorous dissent, the majority on a three-judge panel decided to ask California's high court whether intangible property is subject to the tort of conversion.
4 minute read
November 09, 1999 |

Edward L. Kaufman, WWF Entertainment Inc.

As general counsel for WWF Entertainment Inc., Edward L. Kaufman handles the legal affairs of a media and entertainment company which includes wrestlers with names like "The Rock" and "Mankind." A wrestling fan since he was a teenager, Kaufman describes it as entertainment and says the image of wrestling as violent and a negative influence is "misplaced."
5 minute read
November 02, 2007 |

Circuits Wary of Plan for Policing Federal Bench

When it comes to proposed new rules for disciplining wayward federal judges, circuit chiefs from around the country haven't exactly been falling over themselves to publicly air their thoughts. Indeed, the national committee in charge of those rules has decided to withhold the chiefs' critiques. The draft rules follow a report from a group led by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, which found that the circuit councils' handling of some "high visibility" misconduct cases had been "problematic."
4 minute read
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September 24, 2003 |

Recall Revived

With the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals restoring the Oct. 7 vote and the ACLU disavowing further court action, the California recall drive can return to its usual craziness. The 11 en banc judges mentioned Bush v. Gore only once, but did not come close to interpreting what it meant. Instead, the court focused on practical concerns -- hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots have been returned, campaigns are geared toward an Oct. 7 date and the state has spent millions preparing for it.
5 minute read
September 24, 2003 |

Recall Redemption

In restoring the Oct. 7 vote on California's gubernatorial recall, the 9th Circuit's 11-judge panel mentioned Bush v. Gore only once, and did not come close to interpreting what it meant. The court focused on the practical matters of the election process and the state's outlay of millions of dollars in preparations. "In short," the court wrote, "the status quo that existed at the time the election was set cannot be restored because this election has already begun."
6 minute read
December 09, 2010 |

Ex-Richards Layton Employee Charged With Securities Fraud

Federal prosecutors have indicted Jeffery J. Temple, a former information systems and security manager for Wilmington firm Richards Layton & Finger, for securities fraud.
5 minute read
January 06, 2003 |

Ninth Circuit Gives Sex.com to Supremes

Reluctant to extend tort law into the high-tech arena, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday asked the California Supreme Court to decide the last remaining questions in the battle over the lucrative sex.com domain name. Over a vigorous dissent by Judge Alex Kozinski, the majority on a three-judge panel decided to ask California's high court whether intangible property is subject to the tort of conversion.
4 minute read
May 10, 1999 |

Parent Pander

A proposal to protect workers with children is a new low for anti-discrimination law.
7 minute read

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