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Abstracts: Key ethics issues facing the industry: the views of other life insurance professionals. The ethical environment facing life insurance professionals: views of MDRT members
Abstracts: Key legislation enacted at end of Congress. The camel's nose under the tent: new group health care rules for the private sector
Abstracts: Key libel case goes to trial; ruling on altered quotes is put to test. Libel suit spotlights rap 'hate-speak.' (suit against rap group N.W.A. by television host Denise Barnes)
Abstracts: Keynote address: administrative procedure and the decline of responsibility. Regulating commercial remote sensing satellites over Israel: a black hole in the open skies doctrine
Abstracts: Key rules on appeals are before high court; cases raise issues on right to counsel, attorneys' duties. Taking charge; an activist court rules on speech, immigration and one big election
Abstracts: Key terms still hazy under Exon-Florio. Major change in disclosure law to take effect soon; applications will be published 18 months after first priority date, even if no patent issues
Abstracts: Kidcare: socialized medicine through government schools. Murder by Medicare: the demise of solo and small group medical practices
Abstracts: Kidder's theory of ethics. Ethics by definition. (The American College's professional pledge and financial planners' Code of Ethics.)
Abstracts: Kids as commodities: the folly of for-profit schools. Companies That Hide Behind the Sullivan Principles. Social Investment Funds: Fortune or Folly?
Abstracts: Kids may be polled if parents are told; an FTC staff letter tells marketers that collect data from children online to notify parents and even obtain prior consent
Abstracts: Kid-tested remedies; strategists call for specialization, teamwork in addressing children's needs. Secret sway
Abstracts: Killing race horses is a common insurance fraud. Now, insurers' lawyers fight back. A private system has emerged that will see cases drawn into an unseen world
Abstracts: Kirkholt revisited: some reflections on the transferability of crime prevention initiatives. Less crime in the cities through heroin prescription? Preliminary results from the evaluation of the Swiss heroin prescription projects
Abstracts: Kirkland & Ellis partners depart; to form new boutique. 'Invasion' of Chicago stops cold; in the end, just a few outside firms dared to enter
Abstracts: Kiryas Joel and two mistakes about equality. Uncovering the Village of Kiryas Joel. The constitutional value of assimilation
Abstracts: Kiryas Joel II revisits issue of favoritism. Neutrality isn't always even-handed policy. Kiryas Joel's school now in zone of law
Abstracts: Klan Act is a tool for today. Individual rights upheld. Rulings on abortion and grandparents' visitation
Abstracts: Knocking down walls: ABA leaders plan to lobby at U.N. women's conference despite resistance. Fired partner seeks goodwill payment: appeal, expected to reach New York's top court, cites trend allowing firm sales
Abstracts: Know your limits; the right formula can yield a safe level of malpractice insurance. There's something about Mary; settlement ploy named for 1967 case poses risks lawyers should heed
Abstracts: Kodak applied to franchise cases: has Chicken Delight made a Phoenix-like re-appearance a generation later? Earnings information a basis for claims
Abstracts: Labor and employment arbitration: what's justice got to do with it? Rules of evidence in labor arbitration
Abstracts: Labor and employment law developments in privatization - 1997. Privatization: defacing the community
Abstracts: Laboratories of reform; states experiment with health care plans. Clinton lifts federal funding ban on fetal tissue transplant research
Abstracts: Labor Department issues final rule on participant-directed investments. DOL issues class exemption on issues raised by Harris Trust
Abstracts: Labor law access rules and stare decisis: developing a planned parenthood-based model of reform. The power of the past: towards de jure stare decisis in WTO adjudication
Abstracts: Labor law; NLRB decision in 'Sturgis.' Labor law; regulating employee e-mail. Labor law; NLRB battles the courts
Abstracts: Labor-management cooperation: a critical view. Age discrimination in employment: the over qualified older worker
Abstracts: Labor-management cooperation: summary of the Electromation Case. Employee involvement groups: the outcry over the NLRB's Electromation decision
Abstracts: Labor pains: the rights of the pregnant employee. A hardy transplant: the duty to accomodate and disability rights in Canadian labour law
Abstracts: Labor racketeering: The Mafia and the unions. Youth justice in Germany. Cosa Nostra: the final chapter?
Abstracts: Labor relations in Russia and Eastern Europe. Chinese labor relations in transition: where will all the workers go?
Abstracts: Labor relations in the Dept. of Homeland Security: competing perspectives and future possibilities. Bargaining over the terms and conditions for striker replacements: is the NLRB about to change the rules?
Abstracts: Labor standards in alternative work arrangements. Wage surveys and anti-trust law. Legal issues in co-employment
Abstracts: Labor standards in international trade agreements: the current debate. Labor issues in international trade
Abstracts: Labour law reform on back-burner. Spotlight on the manifestos. Labour rethinks policy on employment rights
Abstracts: Lackner 6-in-1 LITE Estate Administration System simplifies accounting, tax returns. TEdec Fiduciary Accounting System quickly performs administrative and accounting procedures
Abstracts: Lack of consultation made redundancy selection unfair. Apprentice cannot be dismissed for redundancy. Redundancy selection was on ground of union activities
Abstracts: Lack of formality takes its toll in company decisions. Regulators may arrange to use the private sector but great care must be taken in doing so
Abstracts: Lack of sleep factors into suits; new trend awakening? Cancer treatment focus of suits; insurers deny coverage
Abstracts: L.A. defense bar fumes at cop scandal secrecy; data on tainted testimony against clients dribble in. Protesters get legal help in L.A.; a lawyers 'collective' has been working since April
Abstracts: Lame duck period outmoded in 1990s. Amendments to Stark law curb referrals; many doctors must divest their interests in health-care ventures
Abstracts: Land monopoly and the global inequality problem: a 'progressive' dilemma. The theology of 'martrydom': 72 waiting 'virgins' as a new weapon for world conquest?
Abstracts: Land of opportunity; can property owners sue over a city's regulatory decision? Combustible cases; will a car crash ruling lead to recognition of gay marriage?
Abstracts: Land reform for post-apartheid South Africa. Welcome to Euroland; introduction of new currency may cause a few bumps for U.S. businesses
Abstracts: Land tenure and agricultural productivity on Indian reservations. Contract choice in modern agriculture: cash rent versus cropshare
Abstracts: Land use regulations and the Takings Clause: are courts applying a tougher standard to regulators after Nollan?
Abstracts: Lanham Act at 50: some history and comment. Big future for nontraditional marks; in the information age, unusual trademarks are more valuable, yet more likely to infringe
Abstracts: Lanham Act at 50: some history and comment. When a personal name acquires strong secondary meaning, individuals who have the same surname could be either restricted in or precluded from using it
Abstracts: Large layoffs of librarians not seen yet; Baker & McKenzie's outsourcing of library staff hasn't triggered a trend, but several smaller firms say such a move is prudent
Abstracts: Largest circuit is still the maverick; reputation as liberal remains, despite some moves to center. P&G peddles a private patent court
Abstracts: Lasting stigma: affirmative action and Clarence Thomas's prisoners' rights jurisprudence. Criminal trials - subpoenas - Connecticut adopts a "compelling need" test to limit the ability of prosecutors to subpoena defense attorneys
Abstracts: Late alternate valuation election forced estate to value property at the date of death. Assets included in estate because of prior QTIP election
Abstracts: Late challenge to Microsoft; a Silicon Valley lawyer says the software giant is still trying to stifle competition
Abstracts: Latest case to deal with 'encroachment' upon a franchisee seems to be based more on the franchisor's bad faith than an implied covenant not to compete
Abstracts: Latham disqualified from case; contacts with experts. Reliance on counsel is accepted as defense. Calif. attorney sues his former employers
Abstracts: Latin nations are pursuing trade abuses; rise in use of national anti-dumping laws is source of Latin American disputes, but free-trade talks may eliminate remedies
Abstracts: Latin practices surge, but office openings lag; fragile economies and governments, easy commute, make firms hesitate
Abstracts: "Law and culture in the future of Asia". Initial public offerings and interest income in Hong Kong. Public procurement system of Turkey towards full membership of the European Union
Abstracts: Law and economics finds its niche; the J.D. program at George Mason has a free-market flavor, with a hint of Chicago
Abstracts: Law and justice: co-production as the new imperative. Are Workfare participants "employees"?: legal issues presented by a two-tiered labor force
Abstracts: Law and nature collide; because animal clones are natural products, patenting them can get a little woolly. Laws that bar natural medicine defy nature
Abstracts: Law and the shaping of American foreign policy: from the Gilded Age to the New Era. Are the Woolf reforms an antidote for the cost disease? The problem of the increasing cost of litigation and English attempts at a solution
Abstracts: Law firm mergers dwindle; but acquiring practice groups remains popular. Former Gaston partners revolt; 'war' seen with trustee
Abstracts: Law firms can't bank on mergers. Dilemma: who will teach associates? Squeezed by their clients' unwillingness to subsidize training, firms seek alternatives
Abstracts: Law firm security can exist beyond the network; document protection programs offer attorneys various ways to improve their confidence
Abstracts: Law firms need telecom experts; if Baby Bell lawyers lose jobs, it's a seller's market. Telecom bill: more oversight
Abstracts: Law firm web sites: going beyond the brochure: areas for other professionals and full or partial interactivity could draw larger audiences
Abstracts: Law: innocent dead men walking? New habeas law would have sealed the fate of some inmates later found not guilty
Abstracts: Law library. Announcing release of Version 9.28. ActiveDocs
Abstracts: Law of lawyering; new ALI restatement for attorneys could affect malpractice liability, ABA model ethics code
Abstracts: Law of treaties - grounds for treaty termination - effect of environmental duties on treaty obligations - state responsibility - state succession - countermeasures - lawfulness of Hungary's abandonment of 1977 Treaty for development of Danube River and Czechoslovakia's unilateral diversion of the river
Abstracts: Law-related programs facing ax: State Justice Institute among those targeted by congressional budget-cutters. A funny thing happened on the way to the courthouse: mens rea, document destruction, and the federal obstruction of justice statute
Abstracts: Laws against IP piracy may stop some purveyors of porn. Counterfeiting reaches new levels; organized crime has capitalized on the lack of strong criminal laws both here and abroad
Abstracts: Law scholars duel over the Paula Jones lawsuit. Paula Jones case lacks urgency for trial now. Jones suit shows gag weakness; judges generally regard leak investigations as futile
Abstracts: Law school diversity hinges on race policy; but study says that bar pass rates among races are close. With diversity under attack, private schools seek alternatives
Abstracts: Law school for nonlawyers is expanding nationwide; classes cover family law, auto insurance, consumer rights and workers' comp
Abstracts: Law school where small is beautiful: at tiny Washington and Lee, No. 1 in student satisfaction, they're actually happy
Abstracts: Laws leave passengers shipwrecked. Keeping Rufo in its cell: the modification of antitrust consent decrees after Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail
Abstracts: Laws protect reservists' civilian jobs; the Kosovo conflict has raised significant issues for employers about military leaves of absence and re-employment rights
Abstracts: Lawsuit pipeline: dueling polybutylene class actions make choices plumb difficult for homeowners. Improbable cause: prosecutors say police may have made arrests based on questionable 'narcotics divining rod.' (Quadro Tracker)
Abstracts: Lawsuits attack medical trials; as claims arise, some fear tests will lose public support. Problems galore
Abstracts: Lawyer: 'Big Six' firm now insurer; jury says outside auditors liable in Phar-Mor scam. Big-Six deals test Justice on antitrust; law affecting partnerships, services, market size unclear
Abstracts: Lawyer-client sexual contact: state bars polled. Draconian sex rules premature. State AG's expanding influence
Abstracts: Lawyer discipline, while improved, still leaves much to be desired. Lawyers have not had a general duty to protect third parties from the bad acts of a client
Abstracts: Lawyer 'ethics school' created; Florida is third state. Fla. soliciting rule struck down; banned mailings 30 days
Abstracts: Lawyer fees too high? The case for repealing unauthorized practice of law statutes. Salting the earth: the case for repealing Superfund
Abstracts: Lawyer hopes book will get client sprung; instead of getting flowers, his estranged wife got shot. Was his dad behind the crime?
Abstracts: Lawyering beyond the year 2000: digit-sensitive issues aren't new. CBS veteran comes to AOL's rescue; starts new job under an avalanche of class actions; George Vandenburg III
Abstracts: Lawyer-in-the-middle. Defining 'egregious.' (government attorney behavior warranting disbarment) Sanctions not enough
Abstracts: Lawyer liable for coerced sex; jury awards ex-client $225,000 for malpractice despite competent representation
Abstracts: Lawyer listserv leaks. Tools to tackle litigation. Law office of Mark Rubin
Abstracts: Lawyer of the year: Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.: a no-holds-barred victory. His reach knows no bounds
Abstracts: Lawyer on call: radio host offers legal answers, advice and an outlet for listeners in 10 cities. Merciful ends: lawyer opens her heart, offers her help and compassion to AIDS patients
Abstracts: Lawyer pink slips abound in bank mergers; acquired banks' in-house and outside counsel experience the biggest losses
Abstracts: Lawyer publicity in the European Union: bans are removed but barriers remain. A protected bar
Abstracts: Lawyers, $15.95 a box. E-litigation; borders in Net space. High-tech issues to watch in 1999
Abstracts: Lawyers, agency spar over Vietnam records. Cali ruling lifts Warsaw damage limit: willful misconduct found question of law, not fact
Abstracts: Lawyers are top earners: Economic Census data show attorneys lead professionals in revenue. Firm hosts its own summit; a rare look at Baker & McKenzie's confab
Abstracts: Lawyers as fallen idols: whatever happened to our golden image? Cooperation helps publicists polish a firm's image
Abstracts: Lawyers as peacemakers: our Navajo peers could teach us a thing or two about conflict resolution. A jury of your peers: is it in the best interests of justice to have lawyers serve on juries? Yes: it's everyone's duty - including lawyers
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