The National Law Journal 1995 Claudia MacLachlan - Abstracts

The National Law Journal 1995 Claudia MacLachlan
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5th Circuit next for tobacco suit.LawClaudia MacLachlan
ABA to weigh Congress' income tax alternatives; leading politicians say they have devised the fairest way to tax consumption and encourage Americans to save.LawClaudia MacLachlan
ADEA back pay, punies are held taxable by court: lawyers for both employers and employees say the ruling will make settling bias cases more difficult and costly. (Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Commissioner v. Schleier)LawClaudia MacLachlan
A slow move into brave new world: Sen. Pressler's second telecommunications bill rises from ashes of first. (Larry Pressler) (includes related articles on Judge Harold H. Greene and communications lawyer Richard E. Wiley)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Bombing prosecutors invoke seldom-used statute: but are they abusing the procedural safeguards? (Oklahoma City bombing)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Cable operators dismayed by 'must carry' ruling.LawClaudia MacLachlan
'Castano' to 5th Circuit: a gamble? Judge in tobacco class case allows interlocutory appeal.LawClaudia MacLachlan
Cigarette makers claim gain in court; state judge says A.G. can't bring common law claims. (attorney general) (West Virginia)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Congress returns to legal, regulatory reform.LawMarcia Coyle, Karen Donovan, Harvey Berkman, Claudia MacLachlan, Marianne Lavelle
Court sides with lawyer on expenses; Ninth Circuit says deductions are permissible in some contingency-fee cases.LawClaudia MacLachlan
Did Business Week fold too easily? Its strategy to publish sealed documents proves unsettling to some media lawyers.LawClaudia MacLachlan
FBI mole's digging pushes privilege issues to surface; will Archer-Daniels-Midland be successful at invoking attorney-client privilege to protect internal documents? (Mark E. Whitacre)LawClaudia MacLachlan
FDA draws first in tobacco wars; agency uses obscure section of 1976 law to declare cigarettes are 'medical devices.' (Food and Drug Administration)LawClaudia MacLachlan
GOP bill would strew litigators; Justice Dept. says House idea could hamper cases. (proposal to shift litigators from Justice Dept. to U.S. Attorneys' offices)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Government wastes no time on Microsoft appeal. (antitrust case)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Heirs hope for a more sympathetic forum; they place their bets on new lawyers, court to stop widow's allegedly spendthrift ways. (heirs of W. Averell Harriman)LawClaudia MacLachlan
'Help wanted' for Mass. tobacco suit; state invites private lawyers to help it recoup health costs due to smoking. (Massachusetts)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Legal Services come under attack - again.LawClaudia MacLachlan
Microsoft investigators press ahead: the Justice Department's antitrust probe will continue after release of Windows 95.LawClaudia MacLachlan
Microsoft stalled by Tunney Act; but experts say the law ties Judge Sporkin's hands. (antitrust settlement between government and Microsoft Corp., Stanley Sporkin)LawClaudia MacLachlan
New proposal would break LSC into block grants; a Republican breaks ranks with party over measure, saying states wouldn't pick up the slack. (Legal Services Corp.)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Novel twist in Intuit lawsuit; claim cites Microsoft's harm to 'future market.'LawClaudia MacLachlan
Probing the backlog: the NLJ finds that most intractable cases involve business disputes. (National Law Journal analysis of federal district court backlog)LawMarcia Coyle, Claudia MacLachlan
Recent tobacco rulings give both sides the jitters: the anti-tobacco effort has suffered setbacks in West Virginia and Florida, but has advanced in Minnesota.LawClaudia Maclachlan
'Slam dunk' seen for Microsoft in its antitrust pact appeal; lawyers watching D.C. Circuit arguments put their money on software giant.LawClaudia MacLachlan
The justices close ranks on 'knock and announce.'LawMarcia Coyle, Claudia MacLachlan
Tobacco firm sues on data: company accuses lawyers of stealing documents. (Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Tobacco papers rolled up: university cuts off access to documents after Brown & Williamson protests. (University of California at San Francisco)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Tobacco 'secret' in S.F. library: Brown & Williamson has sued to protect files that are publicly available in a medical school collection. (University of California at San Francisco Medical Center)LawClaudia MacLachlan
Toward term's end, court rules on Aguilar, taxes. (U.S. Supreme Court)LawMarcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman, Claudia MacLachlan
TV deregulation is driving the deals; media moguls buy networks to control new shows, reruns. (includes related article on lawyer Samuel C. Butler, involved in both ABC & CBS deals)LawClaudia MacLachlan
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