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Abstracts: Courting the voters; free speech rulings allow judicial candidates to speak out on issues, despite ethical canons
Abstracts: Courting trouble: emergence of common-law courts raises concerns among critics. Base closings keep military lawyers busy: among their duties: preserving artifacts, acting as goodwill ambassadors
Abstracts: Court KOs Microsoft with Tunney Act; plus some automation suggestions for the counsel of the Simpson affair. Breaking up is hard to do: some legal pros propose their own remedies in the Microsoft ruling
Abstracts: Court leaves cliffhangers for last. Bush's parting shot on habeas: asks for more restrictions. Back to the future; the justices re-examine the habeas corpus writ
Abstracts: Court may grant tax benefits to export software. China trade accord may protect software vendors; after years of allowing piracy to flourish, China now hopes to meet international standards
Abstracts: Court nixes spoliation as a tort; California's Supreme Court recently ruled that sanctions available in the underlying case obviate the need for a separate tort
Abstracts: Court of Appeals precludes General Signal from deducting amounts used to pre-fund medical and life insurance benefits
Abstracts: Court offers 'capital' test for characterizing expenses. Study up on financing a child's college education. Taxes play a big role in smaller corporation acquisitions
Abstracts: Court orders. California court reins in tort; doctrine of peculiar risk. Calif. high court agrees to hear HMO arbitration case; the court will decide if Kaiser's arbitration system violates public policy
Abstracts: Court reconsiders reverse engineering and fair use; 9th Circuit looks at final works, not at intermediates as it did in 1992, but the result is the same
Abstracts: Court review of arbitration. Court review of arbitration: some practical observations. Judge Reinhardt's primer on labor arbitration: Stead Motors and public policy judicial review
Abstracts: Court review of arbitration. Discipline and decisions: a study of arbitration cases dealing with employee discourtesy
Abstracts: Courtroom cameras face new scrutiny; critics say Simpson case should not be televised. A childhood tragedy vexes courts; case of 9-year-old accused killer remanded for decision on adult trial
Abstracts: Courtroom innovations: courtroom technology conference draws crowds and ideas. One step ahead: crime forecasting system pinpoints potential crime scenes before they even happen
Abstracts: Courtroom of the future is here; technology conference showcases high-tech, paperless courts. The changing faces of Southern courts; some call them progressive; others say they're becoming downright liberal
Abstracts: Courtroom of the future still has some glitches to iron out; remember 'Lockwood' appeal? Low-tech error led to Web glitch
Abstracts: Courts address the interrelationship of divorce and post-divorce decrees and retirement plan provisions. Identification of the "employer" in the governmental context
Abstracts: Court: sanctions for Abrams barred. Court to take on sentencing rules; a 10-year old dispute between prosecutors, judges over federal guidelines goes to the high court
Abstracts: Court: sanctions for Abrams barred. High Court defers to judges on scientific evidence. Remembering Powell, a gentleman justice; his centrist legacy includes 'Bakke,' 'Bowers' and law clerks who adored him
Abstracts: Courts are dialing for interpreters. Contractor defense may fail to shield businesses; divergent courts have eroded the immunity extended to companies that perform government work
Abstracts: Courts are in conflict over arbitration forum battles; parties should specify whether disputes within a proceeding should be arbitrated to avoid protracted litigation and expense
Abstracts: Courts are shaping law on software patentability; the critical question of whether software is patentable is still evolving in the Federal Circuit
Abstracts: Courts around the country are addressing whether employers may be liable for the negligent hiring, supervision and retention of employees who harm others
Abstracts: Court says exclusion is unclear; the Indiana Supreme Court has held that an 'absolute' pollution exclusion did not bar coverage
Abstracts: Courts battle over Harris execution; an impatient Supreme Court orders an end to last-minute stays by 9th Circuit
Abstracts: Courts battle over Harris execution; an impatient Supreme Court orders an end to last-minute stays by 9th Circuit. part 2
Abstracts: Courts begin to rule against acts of circumvention; two recent cases find violation of Sec. 1201 of DMCA without actual infringement of works
Abstracts: Courts, Congress re-examine nondrug products; makers of dietary supplements now can tout health benefits with less FDA interference
Abstracts: Courts consider COBRA claims involving insurer liability and whether improper notice extends election and continuation periods
Abstracts: Courts consistently hold that, despite a special relationship, banks have no duty to disclose customers' check-kiting activities to other banks or to third parties
Abstracts: Courts, contracts, and the appropriate discount rate: a quick fix for the legal lottery. The market for lawyers
Abstracts: Courts differ over whether a franchisor's control over a franchisee creates an agency relationship that will lead to vicarious liability for tortious conduct
Abstracts: Courts do not see eye to eye on scope of protection for product design after the patent expires. 'Bayer' highlights debate on research method use; patent won't cover fruit of offshore research not made with the method
Abstracts: Court secrecy dealt yet another blow. Tax Court scrutinizes a defense; innocent spouse. Texcas ADA caseload puts 5th Circuit in major role; plaintiffs, EEOC are likely to suffer setbacks from court that continues to define disability narrowly, lawyers say
Abstracts: Courts enter the computer age, but slowly. Sampler of rates around the country. Wary of premium prices, clients look for bargains
Abstracts: Court settles on narrower view of 4th Amendment: majority limits exclusionary rule, permits school drug testing and adopts a bright line on hearsay
Abstracts: Court settles settlement class issue; 'Amchem' decision holds that class settlements must provide protection for absent members
Abstracts: Courts examine U.S. environmental laws' extraterritorial reach; a D.C. Circuit decision on NEPA could affect overseas business
Abstracts: Courts favorably construe bequests conditioned upon surviving until receipt. Rethinking old planning in light of the new regulations on disclaiming joint property
Abstracts: Courts give hope to the downsized: judges, jurors punish corporate deception in ERISA, bias lawsuits. Bias law booms; huge verdicts, new laws rock the employment litigation bar
Abstracts: Court sides with lawyer on expenses; Ninth Circuit says deductions are permissible in some contingency-fee cases
Abstracts: Courts now out of job as jailers; new law to end prison oversight applauded by state attorneys general. Battling the flood; unshowered workers filled sandbags and juggled cases to keep courts open
Abstracts: Courts OKs reach of INS abroad; to snag smugglers. 3-strike debate flares in Calif.; some 18,000 cases could be up for a rehearing
Abstracts: Courts order 'Markman' hearings early in cases. Malpractice; settlement claims. Congress holds hearings in price increases and program access in the cable television industry, with an eye toward reforms that may increase competition
Abstracts: Court speaks on vacation-home losses. Middle course taken on cleanups; debtors can walk away. Debtors, creditors vie on claims trading
Abstracts: Court spending under review; waste seen in U.S. courthouse construction, judicial conferences. Toxic torthouse? Ailing employees sue builders of new courthouse in suburban Chicago
Abstracts: Courts remain divided over whether a policyholder, in a bad-faith action against an insurance carrier, is entitled to indemnification for punitive damages awards
Abstracts: Courts rethink ADEA disparate-impact claims; recent Age Discrimination in Employment Act cases question the viability of impact theory
Abstracts: Courts should give animals their voice. Board examines new measures to trim costs. Let safety board give the facts
Abstracts: Courts split on individuals' deficiency interest deduction. Tax court rejects stock aggregation; accepts minority discount
Abstracts: Courts split on special deals tied to tender offers: at issue is when stock deals with major shareholders of the target violate Exchange Act rule 14d-10
Abstracts: Courts split over whether secretly recording conversations with a supervisor can be protected evidence-gathering activity under antidiscrimination laws
Abstracts: Courts start to rule on online harassment; cases weigh employer liability for employees' use of e-mail, chat rooms and porn sites
Abstracts: Courts take a harder line on spoliation. 'Market' liability is limited. Halting regulation through litigation; at least one appellate court has put the brakes on a city's targeting of the gun industry
Abstracts: Courts to rule budget? Avoiding the courts: literary remedy for libel. Illinois high court latest to nix tort reform law; roughly half of all state supreme courts have now overturned or limited state tort reform legislation as unconstitutional
Abstracts: Court strikes down asbestos accord. It may take a village... or a specialized court to address family problems
Abstracts: Court's waste-test order helps lenders. Circuit courts split on scope of FIFRA. Cases split on medical-device claim pre-emption; courts differ in applying the test set out in 'Medtronic' to decide if U.S. law pre-empts tort claims
Abstracts: Courts will confront FDCA pre-emption issue; Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act regulations may trump state failure-to-warn liability
Abstracts: Court takes new tack in employment suits; since the late 1980s, the U.S. Supreme Court has drifted away from its pro-employer position
Abstracts: Court to court. The United Nations group of experts for Cambodia. Appraising the methods of international law: a prospectus for readers
Abstracts: Court trims Congress' sails on immigrants; key 5-4 rulings reduce harshness of government action. Affirmative action returns to center court; amid war talk, justices begin 2001 term
Abstracts: Court will exclude defective damages evidence. Science and courts still struggle to cooperate. Expert witness; libel experts
Abstracts: Coverage for sexual misdeeds? Courts have produced divergent results in deciding whether to enforce companies' policies covering sexual misconduct claims
Abstracts: Coverage for sexual misdeeds? Courts have produced divergent results in deciding whether to enforce companies' policies covering sexual misconduct claims. part 2
Abstracts: Coverage goes out on a limb; bull market is allowing malpractice insurers to offer expanded policies. Oh, give me a second home
Abstracts: Crackdown on sexism can backfire; firing an accused harasser can lead to a retaliatory suit. Employees' lies can backfire; misconduct may bar employment suits
Abstracts: Cracking down on teens and taxi cabs; saying it wants to protect shoppers, mall managers incur wrath of kids and cabbies
Abstracts: Crafting patents for the twenty-first century: maximize patent strength and avoid prosecution history estoppel in a post-Markman/Hilton Davis world
Abstracts: Craft pay: 1996 survey. Skills-based pay: a survey. Pay prospects for 1995/1996 - a survey of the private sector. (includes related article on commentary) (United Kingdom)
Abstracts: Cram course in tech legislation: Senate stuffs bills into one week. Computer technology survey
Abstracts: Cramdown settlements in securities class action cases. SEC rejects NASD mark-up test for illiquid securities. Shareholder proxy suits under federal securities laws should be viewed as direct actions
Abstracts: Crash and learn. Yes, ICANN turn .pro; trademark bar supports new restricted domains on the Net. The clean room: thorough preparation and communication key to HP-Compaq merger
Abstracts: Crash course for business; companies can be liable for accidents resulting from job-related cell phone use. Too politically correct? Lawyer defends his book chronicling the validity of the black rage defense
Abstracts: Crash course in Windows; Microsoft's newest operating system may not always be the best choice. Internet: who needs it? Law office managers must set policy for online access and limitations
Abstracts: Cravath S & L fees under fire: call for new contracts. RTC audit rips Cravath billing; weekend trip, overhead
Abstracts: Creating a private foundation offers many advantages. New regulations sanction 'accelerated' charitable lead trusts
Abstracts: Creating competition policy: Betty Bock and the development of antitrust institutions. The quality of appointments and the capability of the Federal Trade Commission
Abstracts: Creating competitive market economies in Poland and Hungary. The privatization of the transportation industry in formerly communist countries: a study of Poland and Hungary
Abstracts: Creating green markets. The annual report report card. A cloudy crystal ball for environmental progress
Abstracts: Creating standout footnotes. Inserting dialog box code into your macros. A nuts and bolts approach
Abstracts: Creating value through process design: the IBM-Fujitsu arbitration. Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe: a practitioner's view
Abstracts: Creating your own Web page. Net-ready databases. Net mail for newbies
Abstracts: Creative lawyering is key to working with China: when negotiating with Chinese companies, attorneys should try non-traditional approaches
Abstracts: Creative use of IP portfolios helps secure financing; decreased availability of capital from traditional sources puts a premium on alternative routes
Abstracts: Creative use of section 355: the Hughes Aircraft-Raytheon transaction. Gifting stock options
Abstracts: Creditors, beware: juries find new basis for award; an $11 million verdict for collection abuse alarms some: it was based not on consumer law, but on common law
Abstracts: Crest: judicial preclusion of an independent suit solely for attorneys' fees under Title VII? Attorneys fees: how to determine who owes what and to whom
Abstracts: Crime, accidents and (dis)organization: rhizomic communications on/of a foodscare. The crime of the century? The case for the Holocaust
Abstracts: Crime and justice in England and Wales, 1981-1999. Cross-national measures of punitiveness. The criminal career paradigm
Abstracts: Crime and punishment in the Netherlands, 1981-1999. Crime and punishment in Canada, 1981-1999. Crime and punishment in the United States, 1985-1999
Abstracts: Crime and work. The social ecology of youth violence. Guns, youth violence, and social identity in inner cities
Abstracts: Crime does not pay, or punishment. U.S. civil asset forfeitures are down in latest quarter. Attorneys as crime victims: prosecutors, defenders feel personal impact
Abstracts: Crime isn't always a federal case. Noncash compensation distributed to U.S. employees, officers or directors by U.K. corporations is subject to federal taxes, even if exempt under U.K. tax law
Abstracts: Crimes against humanity: Nuremberg, 1946. The struggle against hate crime: movement at a crossroads. Changing the rules: arguing against retroactive application of deportation statutes
Abstracts: Crime versus justice: is there a trade-off? The impact of race on policing and arrests. Identifying the effect of unemployment on crime
Abstracts: Criminal cases; poll elicits fear of rogue jury. States fight historic battle for Ellis Island; original jurisdiction invoked as New Jersey seeks a chunk of the immigration landmark
Abstracts: Criminal jurisdiction - extradition treaties - U.S. government-sponsored abduction of Mexican citizen. Extradition - UN Convention Against Torture - Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 - Administrative Procedure Act: Cornejo-Barreto v. Seifert
Abstracts: Criminal justice and the future of civil liberties. Civil culture and criminal justice in the United States. Fraud by home health care workers and the criminal justice response
Abstracts: Criminal law; eyewitness IDs. Criminal law; overzealous counsel. Criminal law; stopping the clock
Abstracts: Criminal law; grand jury leaks. Computer animation tutors jury; in complex litigation, high-tech graphical presentations help the jury understand difficult issues
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