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Abstracts: LSATs provide a narrow gate into legal profession; many qualities that would make for good lawyering cannot be judged by standardized tests
Abstracts: LSC down but not out; with reauthorizations stalling, ABA carries on fight for legal services. Good numbers; new federal budget adds up for ABA-supported programs
Abstracts: LSC invites law firms to the legal services game; but legal aid lawyers fear that clients, and current grantees, will pay the price
Abstracts: Ltr. rul. permits beneficiary to replace trustee. Taxpayers liable for gain on appreciated stock transferred to charities
Abstracts: Lump Sum Treatment for Distributions to Key Employees Working Beyond Normal Retirement Age. Impact of the 2001 Tax Act
Abstracts: Lunch on the rocks; separating out friendship and professionalism when socializing with the 'hired help' is crucial
Abstracts: Lying federal prosecutor is immune; hands tied, the 1st Circuit refers the case to state and federal ethics panels
Abstracts: Lying mine manager forfeits certificate of competence after explosion cover-up. Tackling workplace bullies
Abstracts: MacCrate report hot issue at ABA legal education meeting. Professor tells his colleagues: get your heads out of academe!
Abstracts: Mac exposed. Panther unleashed. Mac's pet Jaguar
Abstracts: Machinery product Regulations - a workplace safety issue. Using commercial off-the-shelf software in safety applications
Abstracts: Macintosh: virtual PC for Mac Version 7. Macintosh: DayLite 1.7. Macintosh: TaskCapture 2.22 for Macintosh
Abstracts: Mac misconceptions. Think different. Finding a silver lining for Apple
Abstracts: Mac news. Just released. Expanding files
Abstracts: Mac presents. Stranger in a strange land. The new disc in town: using DVD recordable technology in the practice of law
Abstracts: Macro comparisons at the country level. Cross-country comparisons at the industry sector level. Can process claims that include new and unobvious product limitations still be obvious after In re Ochiai?
Abstracts: Mac's economical organizer. MYOB AccountEdge Version 3. Do you hear what I hear?
Abstracts: MacWorld San Francisco: Apple unveils new products at January's MacWorld. A buddy for law firms
Abstracts: Madrid agreements protect trademarks abroad; international alliances in addition to the new EC system help harmonize trademark law
Abstracts: Mafia, media and myth: representations of Russian organised crime. The terrorist finance unit and the joint action group on organised crime: new organisational models and investigative strategies to counter 'organised crime' in the UK
Abstracts: Magnificent obsession: Chicago attorney turns late father's tales of WWII glider heroics into book. States considering discovery reform
Abstracts: Magnificent obsession: Chicago attorney turns late father's tales of WWII glider heroics into book. part 2 Uncle Sam's outstretched hand: just settled a personal injury case? Your client's next opponent may be the IRS
Abstracts: Mail fraud: the bottom line at the USPS. Medical database spotlights tech privacy issues; new lawsuits and a plan for centralized health care data inspire calls for protection
Abstracts: Main Street decisions. Stirring memories of racism; Japanese-Americans in San Francisco accuse YWCA of exploiting Alien Land Law
Abstracts: Main Street, U.S.A. An inside look at small town law. Looking for the goodpartner. Northern composure
Abstracts: Major changes to patent rules. Does the U.S.P.T.O. have authority to grant patents for novel varieties of sexually reproducing plants?
Abstracts: Major discount securities broker begins selling life insurance via toll-free phone number. Fixed annuities make a comeback as interest rates rise and the outlook for equities seems uncertain
Abstracts: Majority's decision criticized in forceful dissent; Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman attacks 'Markman' for limiting the right to a jury trial
Abstracts: Major new developments result in banks actively selling life insurance. Using life insurance and annuities for asset protection
Abstracts: Major study reveals widespread ignorance of DSE regulations. Major fine for fatal construction shock
Abstracts: Make limited time for voir dire count. Ethical considerations: managing conflicts while counseling directors, officers and insiders
Abstracts: Make the courtroom yours; for a win, he says, 'I try to aturn the playing field from their turf to my turf.'(Winning: Successful Strategies from 10 of the Nation's Top Litigators)
Abstracts: Making a bad check good - preference risks caused by bounced check. Loans from shareholders during Chapter 11 case prime existing undersecured mortgagees
Abstracts: Making a bad check good - preference risks caused by bounced check. part 2 From the bankruptcy courts: a trustee's power to compel a secured creditor to pursue remedies against a guarantor: marshaling of assets revisited again
Abstracts: Making a case for CaseMap; this software organizes facts for litigators - and you don't have to refold it. Web worries of dot-com lawyers
Abstracts: Making a virtual house call; states revisit the issue of telemedicine as it expands to cover diagnosis and treatment
Abstracts: Making community reinvestment work. Time to pension off the Glass-Steagall Act. Issues arise on naming of mutuals; Congress is looking at bank-affiliated funds
Abstracts: Making complex matters simple; to communicate with the jury, it helps to have both themes and visual aids. War stories from 10 big winners; there is no one Clausewitz of the courtroom; winners all have their own systems; some themes are common
Abstracts: Making criminals pay: New Jersey a leader in collecting fines and restitution. Collecting fines ... and criticism; federal judges get out of collections oversight after report blasts effort
Abstracts: Making EDGAR information easier to manage. Simplifying the nightmare of accounting for lawyers. Easy graphics creation for presentations
Abstracts: Making encryption the norm: new software enhances confidentiality of sensitive lawyer-client communiques. Putting the byte on bad software; careful analysis will tell you when to pull the plug - and when not to
Abstracts: Making family gifts, donations pay: rewards include tax breaks and deductions now, investment growth later. Protect assets before lawsuit arises: financial planning can help preserve profits, dissuade claimants
Abstracts: Making free trade more fair: developments in protecting labor rights. Professors without picket signs: a Yeshiva/Electromation argument for labor-management cooperation on the private college's campus
Abstracts: "Making it a federal case": a model for indigent representation. "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma": general personal jurisdiction and notions of sovereignty
Abstracts: Making Microsoft safe for capitalism. How Bill Gates was "created": intellectual corruption of U.S. Judges and an 'enabling" Justice Department
Abstracts: Making sure Terry Nichols is executed; a mixed verdict by federal jurors turns attention to planned state prosecutions
Abstracts: Making tax law more certain: a theory. High Court rejects an expanded interpretation of section 51 of the Income Tax Assessment Act
Abstracts: Making the grade. New tricks with Office 2003. Additional notes
Abstracts: Male chauvinist piggery still reigns. Being Mr. or Ms. Superlawyer can strain family relations; habits that make a good lawyer can ruin a spouse
Abstracts: Malpractice case alleges 'lawsuit abuse'; lawyers accused of stirring up groundless toxic-tort litigation after plant fire
Abstracts: Malpractice insurers' bad patch. Malpractice rates rise again; for third straight year. Jones Day pact sets conditions; in representing thrifts
Abstracts: Malpractice is not criminal; mistake is? Insurers can expect a swarm of millennium bugs; businesses facing Y2K liability to shareholders and customers will claim coverage in droves
Abstracts: Malpractice rate hikes to spread? N.Y. firms are hit first. Bar: discipline rules should cover firms. Minority programs succeed in N.Y., S.F.; a lesson for law firms: the tougher the goals, the more likely are big gains
Abstracts: M&A masters; litigators do more mergers than med-mal in a state known for conservative juries. 'Shorter is better' is his philosophy; insurance litigation's goal should be to convince juries carriers should be allies
Abstracts: Management guide on structuring and implementing reductions in force to comply with federal, state and local laws
Abstracts: Management of the preliminary hearing under Construction Rule L-4 for large, complex cases. NAFTA: mediation and the North American Free Trade Agreement
Abstracts: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations: a primer for the practitioner
Abstracts: Managerial opportunism and foreign listing: some direct evidence. When honor will not suffice: the need for a legally binding international agreement regarding ownership of Nazi-looted art
Abstracts: Managerial work and lying: a conceptual framework and an explorative case study. A survey of ethics officers in large organizations
Abstracts: Managers cope with challenges. Hourly rates for partners and associates. The 15th survey boasts a leaner, meaner field
Abstracts: Managing branch offices requires creative effort. Administrators have the needed managerial skills. High-level decisions are best left to lawyers
Abstracts: Managing branch offices requires creative effort. Case study shows how firm can conquer crisis. Surveys can forge consensus; partners air their views
Abstracts: Managing his staff in a global economy. Serving as a corporate crusader. Corporate defense for bad 401(k)s? Use of several experts for fund investing advised
Abstracts: Managing in-house casework; smart software. Software should aid specialists; non-lawyer experts can provide much support
Abstracts: Managing partners may be led to leap laterally. D.C. branches grow into power centers; government may be shrinking, but clients want full-service firms and partners with capital clout
Abstracts: Managing partner: the tender trap. Prestige, glamour glory? They say you have to be crazy to accept the job. Mobil counsel ponders cuts; Samuel H. Gillespie III takes over as oil giant faces restructuring, budget trims
Abstracts: Managing the large complex case. Resolving business disputes: fact-finding and impasse. Streamlining arbitration of the complex case
Abstracts: Mandating individual retirement savings. Educating the public about personal finance: a call for action. Social Security reform
Abstracts: Mandatory arbitration agreements as an unfair labor practice: Gilmer v. Interstate Johnson Lane Corp. and the resurgence of the yellow dog contract
Abstracts: Mandatory arbitration and labor not ideal mix; high court to examine whether ADR clauses are enforceable in most employment contracts
Abstracts: Mandatory arbitration clauses: an analysis of Supreme Court decision in Wright case. Arbitral perspectives in supervisor work restriction cases
Abstracts: Mandatory arbitration of statutory issues under collective bargaining: Austin and its progeny. The enforceability of agreements to arbitrate employment disputes
Abstracts: Mandatory disclosure as a solution to agency problems. Physicians with AIDS: a proposal for efficient disclosure
Abstracts: Mandatory overtime and quality of life in the 1990s. Measures of quality: AAA sets the standard for neutrals. Merchantable quality in new motor vehicles
Abstracts: Mandatory Retirement Contributions and the Section 414(h)(2) 'Pick-Up' Provision - An Overlooked Windfall for Qualifying Public Employees
Abstracts: Mandatory retirement policy for employee-directors violates ADEA. EEOC issues proposed rules on ADEA waivers
Abstracts: Manual and non-manual workers - basic rates and hours. Manual workers - basic rates and hours of work
Abstracts: Manufacturers face infringement risks in Mexico, penalties for using trademarks already owned in Mexico include fines and the seizure of goods
Abstracts: Man with a mission; reviled, revered for his Simpson victory, Johnnie Cochran returns to his roots - civil rights cases
Abstracts: Many critics mistrustful of any possible conflicts for attorney/lobbyists. HIV-stricken lawyer tries to educate
Abstracts: Many high rollers left high and dry; service providers and equity holders may find themselves at the bottom of the 'food chain' as dot-coms go bankruptcy route
Abstracts: Many 'tentacles' to race-based federal policies; curbing affirmative-action programs will take more than a stroke of a pen
Abstracts: Mapping it out. Shopping for small firm case managers. Chapter II: what's on the menu?
Abstracts: Marital deduction planning for noncitizen spouses. Proposed regulations clarify QDOTs but add new requirements
Abstracts: Marked woman; heroin kingpins have put out contracts on prosecutor Cathy Palmer's life. For her, it's business as usual
Abstracts: Market conduct issues and the transformation of the U.S. life insurance business. Life insurance illustrations: the problem or the solution?
Abstracts: Market definition and differentiated products: the need for a workable standard. A workable rule of reason: a less ambitious antitrust role for the federal courts
Abstracts: Market definition under price discrimination. Merger review under the Competition Act: reflections on the first decade
Abstracts: Marketers aflutter over advertising clutter. Ethics and values in advertising: two case studies. Are ad buyers for sale?
Abstracts: Marketing western water: can a process based geographic system improve reallocation decisions? The implications of sustained drought for transboundary water management in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora
Abstracts: Market power and the National Association of Attorneys General Horizontal Merger Guidelines. The growing judicial acceptance of the merger guidelines
Abstracts: Market power as a screen in evaluating horizontal restraints. The reform of the European competition policy concerning vertical restraints
Abstracts: Market power in antitrust. Innovations in antitrust enforcement. Is the glass half-empty or half-full?: reflections on the Kodak case
Abstracts: Market power in franchise cases in the wake of Kodak: applying post-contract hold-up analysis to vertical relationships
Abstracts: Market power in vertical cases. Communication and cooperation among competitors: introduction and overview. The boundaries of horizontal restraints: facilitating practices and invitations to collude
Abstracts: Market protection against another oil shock. Representing the accused: professional values and professional choices of small-town lawyers
Abstracts: Market volatility will affect merger negotiations. Insurance is available for pharmaceutical recalls; CGL and all-risk policies should together cover third-party liabilities and first-party costs
Abstracts: Market withdrawal: judges and juries aren't buying what terminated dealers are selling. "Community of interest": clarity or confusion?
Abstracts: Marking a decade of struggle: new report cites only 'incremental' progress for minorities in the law. Defend and tell; lawyers who cash in on media deals for their clients' stories may wish they'd kept their mouths shut
Abstracts: Markman and its implications. Increasing certainty in patent litigation: the need for Federal Circuit approved pattern jury instructions
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