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Abstracts: Child abuse as slavery: a Thirteenth Amendment response to DeShaney. The case of the missing amendments: R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
Abstracts: Child advocates take on GOP: they say block grants will limit foster care lawsuits. 'False' memory, big award; juries are penalizing therapists who evoke 'repressed' memories of abuse
Abstracts: Child care; Congress seeks stronger interstate child support system. Good deeds; amid turbulence and election politics, 102nd Congress yields key legislation
Abstracts: Child labor, trade and investment: Toward the harmonization of international law. "Indigenous peoples" in international law: a constructivist approach to the Asian controversy
Abstracts: Chile - criminal jurisdiction - prosecution of officials of secret service for assassination of former Ambassador to United States
Abstracts: Chile-price band system and safeguard measures relating to certain agricultural products. Rules of arbitration and conciliation (Vienna Rules)
Abstracts: China introduces a wide range of legal reforms; targets include investment and financial systems, state-owned enterprises, judicial selection
Abstracts: China's laws now give investors more options; new investment structures are emerging in China to offer investors greater flexibility
Abstracts: China, Taiwan IP laws approach world standards; two countries that had been on the United States' list of worst IP offenders mend their ways
Abstracts: China to see fewer new projects but more M&A; despite China's legal obstacles, more foreign investment will be driven toward existing assets
Abstracts: Choice-of-law clause, often overlooked, can trip up counsel. Independent counsel idea gone awry
Abstracts: Choosing imaging software. Good and not-so-good Internet software. Windows 95 woes
Abstracts: Choosing sides; California court says employer is not liable if it acts in good faith to fire an accused sexual harasser
Abstracts: Choosing the trustee of a charitable remainder trust. Delaware law offers asset protection and estate planning benefits
Abstracts: Chromalloy: United States law and international arbitration at the crossroads. Antitrust and regulatory federalism: races up, down, and sideways
Abstracts: Church and state revisited; religious freedom case raises important underlying federalism questions. The new federalism
Abstracts: Church's litany of lawsuits; Scientology's leaders say the best defense is a good offense. Scientology search case before judge: church says ex-minister put its data on Internet
Abstracts: CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club. Party autonomy in choice of law in contract: through the lens of Akai Pty Ltd v The People's Insurance Company
Abstracts: Cigarette makers claim gain in court; state judge says A.G. can't bring common law claims. New tobacco class actions gearing up; attorneys hold strategy meet on 'Castano' setback
Abstracts: Cigarette makers race attorneys general to court: industry suits aimed at stopping expected litigation. Sanctions litigation declining: decrease attributed to 1-year-old safe-harbor amendments to Rule 11
Abstracts: Circuit courts are split on whether discrimination claims can be compelled to arbitration when collective bargaining agreements include arbitration clauses
Abstracts: Circuit courts are split on whether discrimination claims can be compelled to arbitration when collective bargaining agreements include arbitration clauses. part 2
Abstracts: Circuit court voids finance technique used in bankruptcy. As Macy's fees mount, judge issues a warning; so far, $2.6 million granted in latest mega-bankruptcy
Abstracts: Circuit prohibits import of gray market goods; the 9th Circuit rules first sale doctrine can't limit import ban
Abstracts: Circuits are split on contribution issue. SEC adds to compliance officers' duties. SEC targets false revenue reports; in its sights are tech companies that failed to observe proper accounting rules
Abstracts: Circuits' decisions may make franchisee victory short-lived. Post-'Kodak' class actions target manufacturers; suits by independent service organizations may fail if there are conflicts within the class
Abstracts: Circuits in disarray on six key issues. Federal practice; ABA trial standards. Criminal law; imposing sanctions
Abstracts: Circuits split on color trademarks; the courts' inability to settle this issue makes litigants see red. Global colorblindness to trademarks is dying: the laws of the world are all over the spectrum, but the prospects for colors as marks are brighter
Abstracts: Circuits split on regulators' S&L malpractice claims. First trial under bank 'kingpin' act targets oil dealer
Abstracts: Circuits split on regulators' S&L malpractice claims. SLAPP suits continue in high gear; a pair of first. Claims continue, business booms
Abstracts: Citadel worth storming. Citadel foe feels ripple effects; attorney who beat S.C. institution finds career in shambles
Abstracts: Cite war remains in limbo for now. Public Integrity Section troubled; yet Justice Dept. unit may be independent counsel successor
Abstracts: Cite wars: Shepard's v. KeyCite. Building on success. 7 deadly sins of electronic discovery
Abstracts: Citing 5th Circuit case, religious group urges student votes on issue. And may God bless: does prayer belong at graduation?
Abstracts: Citizenship, free movement and health care: Cementing individual rights by corroding social solidarity. Judicial implementation of directives and anticipatory indirect effect: Connecting the dots
Abstracts: Civil justice reform; legislation backed by administration introduced in Congress. Good deeds; amid turbulence and election politics, 102nd Congress yields key legislation
Abstracts: Civil liabilities and immunities. Relocation and job mobility. Implementation of Young Workers Directive
Abstracts: Civil procedure - class actions - Ninth Circuit holds that prior class action tolled the statue of limitations for new class action claim
Abstracts: Civil procedure - personal jurisdiction - Eleventh Circuit holds that minimum contacts with the United States do not automatically confer jurisdiction over a defendant served via a nationwide service of process statute
Abstracts: Civil procedure - subpoena power - Ninth Circuit rejects authority of non-party federal agencies to prevent employees from testifying pursuant to a federal subpoena. - Exxon Shipping Co. v. United States Dep't of Interior, 34 F.3d 774 (9th Cir. 1994)
Abstracts: Civil remedies. Busy year for Certification Officer. Relevant transfers
Abstracts: Civil rights - availability of s. 1983 - Ninth Circuit holds that s. 1983 is available to enforce Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. - Freestone v. Cowan, 68 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. 1995)
Abstracts: Civil rights - availability of section 1983 remedy - Eleventh Circuit holds that federal regulations requiring state Medicaid plans to provide transportation to and from providers do not create a right enforceable under section 1983
Abstracts: Civil rights cases point to more litigation: race-conscious measures have been limited this term, but these decisions only raise more issues
Abstracts: Civil rights vs. civil liberties? The legality of state court lawsuits under the Fair Housing Act. Good cause eviction and the low income housing tax credit
Abstracts: Civil settlement during rape prosecutions. Making the criminal pay in cash: the ex post facto implications of the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1998
Abstracts: CJRA speeded process but didn't cut costs. Judges playing stop the clock. Systemic ways to speed up dilatory judges
Abstracts: Claimant tells his story in asbestos 'minitrial'; he's among more than 8,500 Maryland workers who sued six companies
Abstracts: Claims of home mortgage lenders against chapter 13 debtors: should full payment include interest on arrearages repaid over time?
Abstracts: Claims of offshore safety improvements based on "misrepresentation" of data. Safety signs: sight and sound
Abstracts: Clan and superclan: loyalty, identity and community in law and practice. Recent practice of the Inspection Panel of the World Bank
Abstracts: Clarifying the scope of Delaware Corporation Indemnification Law. Delaware post-merger derivatives suit standing and demand requirements
Abstracts: Clash of the template titans. Is anyone leading the legal software market? Where are the innovative programs that the Windows environment promised?
Abstracts: Class action blues, New Orleans style; Louisiana perfected the class action; it may also be the first to destroy it
Abstracts: Class actions are the '90's form of greenmail. Grounded by the IRS; the Ninth Circuit ruled that two IRS lawyers committed fraud in a tax case
Abstracts: Class actions - class certification of mass torts - Seventh Circuit overturns Rule 23(b)(3) certification of a plaintiff class of hemophiliacs. - In re Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc., 51 F.3d 1293 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 184 (1995)
Abstracts: Class actions curtailed; but the Senate's version of securities bill has a more moderate 'safe harbor.' House, Senate reach pact on securities bill
Abstracts: Class actions target cuts in welfare aid to mothers: Republicans' plans for sweeping change may turn on N.J. and Calif. cases
Abstracts: Class communications. Complex litigation; Rule 23(f) appeals. Complex litigation; issues of adequacy
Abstracts: Class debates: reproductive, disability rights mix in KKK Act cases. F. Lee Bailey's new digs; prison term, investigation follow spending of disputed assets
Abstracts: 'Class of one;' woman's equal protection victory eases burden of proof for suits claiming difference in treatment
Abstracts: Clean air requires commuting options. Family leave coverage is overestimated. OSHA reform efforts are heating up
Abstracts: Cleaning up others' waste can create severe financial and legal problems. Legal change is creeping slowly in U.K
Abstracts: Cleaning up Superfund law; controversy over liability provisions stalls reauthorization drive. Fear of driving
Abstracts: Cleaning up the S&L mess; courts are taking the duty to investigate seriously. Sensitivity training; a new way to sharpen your skills at spotting ethics conflicts
Abstracts: Cleanup legal fees in dispute; does the 'American rule' cover CERCLA? ADR used more often in waste site disputes
Abstracts: ClearEdits 3.0. iScrub v. 3.0 EP5. Change-Pro Suite
Abstracts: Clearing the air: EPA's self-assessment of clean-air policy. Thirteen steps to reconciliation
Abstracts: Clearing the deck of Waterman Steamship: pre-reorganization dividends and assumption of shareholder debt. Filling in the gaps: new proposed and temporary regs clarify bankruptcy loss carryforward rules
Abstracts: Clearing the path to an AIDS vaccine: an important contribution. Sociocultural correlates of HIV/AIDS-related stigma in rural Jamaica
Abstracts: Clearing the track: the remaining transportation regulations. Regulating the regulators: regulatory process reform in the 104th Congress
Abstracts: Clearing up before moving on: conflicts of interest increase complications when switching firms. Three-way street: discord between insurers and insureds puts defense lawyers on perilous path
Abstracts: CLE bucks attracts players; competition gets fierce; firms do it in-house. Staff leasing gains in the fierce battle over regulations
Abstracts: CLE bucks attracts players; competition gets fierce; firms do it in-house. part 2 Waco siege raises vexing issues
Abstracts: CLE directory
Abstracts: CLE directory. New interactive videos can enhance continuing legal education plans; players are able to test their trial skills and legal knowledge
Abstracts: CLE index. Judges need a trade school
Abstracts: CLE is everywhere. History online! Protecting our privacy
Abstracts: Clerical pay survey
Abstracts: CLERP: non-executive directors' duty of care, monitoring and the business judgment rule. Emerging duties and liabilities of outside directors to ensure that adequate information and control systems are in place: Caremark and 'good faith attempts'
Abstracts: Click-wrap licenses: the pros and cons; no court has ruled definitively on their enforceability; licensors should consider several factors in determining optimal use
Abstracts: Clients' defense victories beat odds; major wins for IBM and municipalities highlight NLJ's look at 1995's big saves
Abstracts: Client service can pay off; using old-fashioned courtesy, customer tracking, surveys and focus groups, law firms can retain clients and gain new ones
Abstracts: Clients generally need a briefing on the process before mediation begins; because many clients may be unfamiliar with the goals of mediation, preparation is key
Abstracts: Clifford, Altman face civil RICO trial over BCCI; case back in limelight after five years. Credibility of a case depends on a lawyer's personal believability; Robert A. Clifford
Abstracts: Climate change: The final countdown. The significance of the proposed changes to the waste framework directive
Abstracts: Clinical trial conflicts apply to investigators, too; FDA is scrutinizing physicians, as well as sponsors, with financial interests in testing
Abstracts: Clinton couldn't decide where to jump. Clinton's not king - war is for Congress. Clinton dooms HUD
Abstracts: Clinton, Dole rate low on civil liberties; the president is seen as slightly more vigilant, but they both get rapped for playing to the crowd
Abstracts: Clinton economics can work if.... Should we worry about Asia and deflation and cheer federal budget surpluses?
Abstracts: Clinton has new nemesis; bar prosecutor's case for disbarment has worrisome strength. Lawyers are hot property; demand is high for the eager and techie
Abstracts: Clinton puts faiths in fed workplace; religious rights lawyers say secular workplace is next. Legislation for livable city spaces
Abstracts: Clinton's a surprising tort reformer; still, trial lawyers welcome him as a conquering hero. Chins are up at ATLA conference; trial lawyers talk tough in Montreal
Abstracts: Clinton's effect on labor & employment law. Regional labor-market data: why bother? How to bother? Regional employment implications of a free trade agreement
Abstracts: Clinton signs bill pre-empting securities suits; new law prevents state court end-run around the 1995 securities law reforms
Abstracts: Clinton's legal bills now exceed $8M - and counting. Starr's investigation creates a cottage industry. A November surprise from Starr?
Abstracts: Clinton's muddled tale of trade. Forward momentum. Closing the shelters
Abstracts: Clinton's picks - not so liberal; more judges are minorities, women, but Ike'd like them. Mr. Ginsburg's campaign for nominee; well-connected tax bar colleagues went to bat for old friends
Abstracts: Clinton unveils appeals process in wetlands policy. She implements Clinton's policy supporting banks. Coalition wants state moratorium on 'Net tax
Abstracts: Clinton will ask judge to throw out Jones' case; if unsuccessful, his lawyers will seek fast resolution of her sex harassment lawsuit
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