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October 18, 2010 |

Questioning the Candidates For AG, High Courts

Although Republicans have won every statewide race in Texas since 1996, each of the GOP incumbents in the races for attorney general and the state's two highest courts face challengers in the Nov. 2 general election. Senior reporters Mary Alice Robbins and John Council pose one question to those running for Texas attorney general and for seats on the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals. All candidates received at least two telephone calls each requesting interviews.
9 minute read
November 26, 2012 |

High court hears arguments on definition of 'supervisor'

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was urged to adopt an expansive definition of who qualifies as a "supervisor" for holding employers liable for harassing conduct by an employee.
4 minute read
January 12, 2007 |

Minimum Wage Measure Passed in House, Moves to Senate

House Democrats, with help from 82 Republicans, overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday that would eventually lift the minimum wage by $2.10 an hour, the first increase in a decade. The legislation moves to the Senate, where Democrats intend to add billions of dollars in tax breaks to make it easier for business to swallow. "Let us raise the minimum wage. Let us help small businesses cope," said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont, helping craft tax breaks aimed at businesses that hire low income workers.
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April 07, 2003 |

Let's Try Him Again

In the wake of a highly publicized London murder case, the guarantee against double jeopardy has been called into question in Parliament. Were they to abolish it, Parliament would strip the English of the last of the Fifth Amendment protections they bequeathed to Americans, laments Robert Weinberg.
7 minute read
July 21, 2000 |

Golden Years

Jeffrey Golden heads Allen & Overys burgeoning U.S. Law Group Practice from London. Before joining the firm, Golden worked for Cravath, Swaine & Moore -- starting in 1978 in Cravath's New York offices with a burning enthusiasm for international law that eventually took him London. The Columbia Law grad says he was a "revolutionary student" and thinks he's still a revolutionary, although "I have a hard time selling that to my kids in a suit," says the father of three.
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Law Journal Press | Digital Book White Collar Crime: Business and Regulatory Offenses Authors: Otto G. Obermaier, Robert G. Morvillo (deceased), Robert J. Anello, Barry A. Bohrer View this Book

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June 25, 2007 |

Departures Shrink Kirkland's L.A. Office

Chicago-based juggernaut Kirkland & Ellis has continued to increase head count, revenue and profits firmwide. But in Los Angeles, key rainmakers are making less rain, and departures in the last six months have brought the 115-lawyer office to about 90 attorneys. With some of its leading lawyers reaching a stage where they're choosing to slow down, around 20 attorneys -- half of them partners -- have left the L.A. office over the last half year, some for top competitors.
3 minute read
January 30, 2008 |

Mukasey Frustrates Senators With Waterboarding Answers

Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday refused once again to debate the legality of waterboarding and deflected questions from senators that sought his analysis on the controversial interrogation technique.
6 minute read
December 17, 2004 |

From Atticus Finch to Denny Crane

Perhaps I was just an impressionable 13-year-old, but I have spoken to other lawyers who feel the same as I do: Gregory Peck's portrayal of country lawyer Atticus Finch in the 1962 film version of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is the reason why we became lawyers in the first place. Fast-forward to 2004 and the beginning of the new fall television season, which boasts two new legal dramas, ABC's "Boston Legal" (lawyers as effete scumbags) and UPN's "Kevin Hill" (lawyers as redeemable human beings).
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January 27, 2004 |

Five Reasons To Choose Merit Selection

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, the Philadelphia Bar Association and other organizations have been working for many years to reform Pennsylvania's process for selecting appellate judges and institute a merit selection system for filling vacancies on the Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth courts. Merit selection is a type of appointment process where a bipartisan, diverse citizen nominating commission recommends qualified candidates to the governor.
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