The National Law Journal 1995 Harvey Berkman - Abstracts

The National Law Journal 1995 Harvey Berkman
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9th Circuit ends twinning of forfeiture, prosecution. (double jeopardy)LawHarvey Berkman
A fractious court remains divided over religion. (U.S. Supreme Court)LawMarcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman
A gunshot in Boston sends tremors nationwide: killings of gangs' prosecutor alarms officials who fear new outlaws obey no rules.LawHarvey Berkman
An agency explains why it switched sides; after winning a reverse-bias award, the U.S. Justice Department argues against it. (United States v. Piscataway Township Board of Education)LawHarvey Berkman
A new era for the ABA: bar group's first female president to take office faces a decline in membership. (American Bar Association)LawKaren Donovan, Harvey Berkman
Back to the start for Senate tort bill.LawHarvey Berkman
Bill would allow suits on boycott compliance.LawHarvey Berkman
Cite war remains in limbo for now. (re West Publishing Co.'s copyright on legal citation system used across U.S.)LawHarvey Berkman
Clinton report makes case for affirmative action.LawHarvey Berkman
Commission suggests crack sentences be reduced. (U.S. Sentencing Commission)LawHarvey Berkman
Congress keeps tough crack penalty.LawHarvey Berkman
Congress returns to legal, regulatory reform.LawMarcia Coyle, Karen Donovan, Harvey Berkman, Claudia MacLachlan, Marianne Lavelle
Costs mount for indigent defense.LawHarvey Berkman
Counsel on the Hill turns outside in. (Republican lawyers)LawMarcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman
Court: sanctions for Abrams barred. (Elliott Abrams, pardoned for lying to Congress about Iran-Contra affair)LawHarvey Berkman
Did tort reform make general aviation take off? A limited products liability law, signed last year, is held up as a model in the debate.LawHarvey Berkman
Double jeopardy downs DUI cases: but appeals courts balk on license suspension issue.LawHarvey Berkman
'Friends of Bill' shell out: lawyers contribute to Clinton legal fund for Paula Jones, Whitewater probes.LawHarvey Berkman
Guide to affirmative action is sent to agencies. (by U.S. Department of Justice)LawHarvey Berkman
He balked at bills, so firm padded them: the firm admitted overbilling but still prevailed in a lawsuit brought by a too-savvy client. (Maryland law firm Weinberg & Green, client Malcolm C. Berman of Fairfax Savings Bank)LawHarvey Berkman
His final deception ends with two shots; the lawyer slipped repeatedly past employers and bar committees until now. (suicide of Gary Nothstein)LawHarvey Berkman
L.A. cops take case to high court.LawHarvey Berkman
Legal defense funds are pols' latest perk.LawHarvey Berkman
Many 'tentacles' to race-based federal policies; curbing affirmative-action programs will take more than a stroke of a pen. (includes related article)LawHarvey Berkman
Milken adviser is still fighting '80s battles: Chicago law Prof. Daniel Fischel sues corporations' legal tormentor.LawHarvey Berkman
Mother of mercy! They've killed off worst of RICO; the courts reined in civil RICO excesses, which may provide a lesson for today's legal reformers in Congress.LawHarvey Berkman
Mr. Hyde's other side: principles, not power. (Henry Hyde, chairman of House Judiciary Committee)LawHarvey Berkman
Mr. Smith goes to the CIA as general counsel. (Jeffrey H. Smith)LawHarvey Berkman
Much debated: the domestic intelligence guidelines; bombing stirs questions about the FBI's power to gather intelligence at home.LawHarvey Berkman
New explorers hope for riches in India; U.S. lawyers see opportunity as the world's largest democracy modernizes.LawHarvey Berkman
Prisoner suits plentiful, but few do much time. (federal district court backlog)LawHarvey Berkman
Quiet partner to high-profile lawyer. (Ralph L. Lotkin is partner of Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., of O.J. Simpson case fame) (California)LawHarvey Berkman
Quotas irk Clinton's affirmative action point man. (Christopher F. Edley, Jr.)LawHarvey Berkman
Second Commerce Clause ruling calms the waters; the school gun zone case, observers say, may indeed have been an aberration. (ruling on Alaskan gold mine)LawHarvey Berkman
Showdown in Senate on tort reform. (planned filibuster of products liability bill)LawHarvey Berkman
State groups seek historic gathering. (Council of State Governments, National Conference of State Legislatures and National Governors' Association seek Conference of the States)LawHarvey Berkman
Tabloid writer says employer used lawyers as shield; lawyers issue a policy order to tape all calls. Is the order privileged? (Lori Ronan sues Globe Communications Corp., publisher of National Examiner) (Florida)LawHarvey Berkman
The borderless world of Martine Rothblatt. (a transsexual communications expert)LawHarvey Berkman
Those who bring up the rear are not necessarily slowpokes. (federal district court backlog) (Judges: What's Behind the Figures)LawHarvey Berkman
Tort reformers race against time to pass a bill.LawHarvey Berkman
Toward term's end, court rules on Aguilar, taxes. (U.S. Supreme Court)LawMarcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman, Claudia MacLachlan
Zealous civil lawyers now fear prosecution. (war on drugs)LawHarvey Berkman
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