| The National Law Journal 1996 Claudia MacLachlan |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| After 'Castano': slow and steady; rebuffed in an effort to bring a class action against tobacco, a law firm consortium adopts a new tactic. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Alarm over IRS 'reform.'(Where They Stand on Business Issues: Campaign '96) | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Bankruptcy Code revision could effect big changes: consumer rules could be merged into one chapter, and 'Delaware clause,' governing jurisdiction, could be junked. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Bone screw suit places FDA in 4-way squeeze; agency's limited approval of medical device lets makers sell for wider uses; spine-tingling dispute. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Clinton's picks - not so liberal; more judges are minorities, women, but Ike'd like them. (President Bill Clinton) | Law | Harvey Berkman, Claudia MacLachlan |
| Corporate counsel defend attorney-client privilege; federal cases test perception that judges view an in-house lawyer as jack-of-all-trades who gets no blanket coverage. (Georgia Pacific Corp. v. GAF Roofing Manufacturing Corp.) | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Filings reveal tobacco lobbyists. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Hurdles higher for P.C. shareholders. (politically correct) | Law | Claudia MacLachlan, Marianne Lavelle |
| IRS struggles to define 'independent contractor;' companies trying to save on labor costs are reclassifying payroll workers, but 'clarifying' laws leave bosses at a loss. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Job: retooling the IRS; a tax lawyer tries to reform the agency that tax lawyers love to hate. (Margaret M. Richardson is IRS head) | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Law murky on stopping liquor ads; distillate industry hopes its ware won't be held to the same legal restrictions. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Legal Services fights back; but lawyer for poor find responses to budget cuts and limits on activities are not enough. (includes related article on Bill Morris, Legal Services lawyer forced by financial constraints to step aside after four years on case) | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Miss Manners says: all actions should be civil; 'extra-legal' methods can avert many lawsuits, says champion of politeness. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| New tobacco class actions gearing up; attorneys hold strategy meet on 'Castano' setback. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Now spotlight is on states in tobacco war; seeking to recover Medicaid monies paid for sick smokers, AGs have taken center stage. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Panel proposes class action changes. (Advisory Panel on Civil Rules) | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Report: think tanks are carrying corporate water. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Tobacco foes dealt blow; federal class action decertified, but plaintiffs vow to fight at the state level. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan, Andrew Blum |
| Tobacco's road is smooth: FDA regs face legal fight; calling cigarettes 'drug delivery devices' is just blowing smoke, say tobacco lawyers. The new rules are vulnerable. | Law | Claudia MacLachlan |
| Trade spike spurs tax treaty talks; multinationals press Clinton administration to end double taxation. | Law | Claudia Maclachlan |
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