The National Law Journal 1996 Harvey Berkman - Abstracts

The National Law Journal 1996 Harvey Berkman
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ABA committee chooses big-city, big-firm insider; nominating groups association's next chief from a major Philadelphia firm. (Jerome Shestack)LawHarvey Berkman
A November surprise from Starr? (whether special prosecutor Kenneth W. Starr will indict other Clinton administration officials and friends in Whitewater investigation)LawHarvey Berkman
Baseball labor woes may move onto the gridiron; U.S. Supreme Court hears case that could shield other league sports from antitrust attack. Hollywood shudders. (Brown v. Pro Football, Inc.)LawHarvey Berkman
Clinton's picks - not so liberal; more judges are minorities, women, but Ike'd like them. (President Bill Clinton)LawHarvey Berkman, Claudia MacLachlan
Counsel conflicts decried; critics: Ken Starr's caseload makes him too partisan for Whitewater probe.LawHarvey Berkman
Court hears cable TV decency case. (Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium v. FCC)LawMarcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman
Court looks at military execution details; but justices Scalia and Souter see a flaw in underlying law - could some convicts go free?LawHarvey Berkman
Court to revisit role of Congress in Brady test; controversial issue of state sovereignty and federal power takes center stage.LawHarvey Berkman
Court to take on sentencing rules; a 10-year old dispute between prosecutors, judges over federal guidelines goes to the high court.LawHarvey Berkman
D.C. branches grow into power centers; government may be shrinking, but clients want full-service firms and partners with capital clout.LawHarvey Berkman
D.C. firms are branching out; more outsiders in their territory force D.C. law firms to counterattack.LawHarvey Berkman
Double jeopardy: act two: justices suggest that feds can seize felons' assets.LawHarvey Berkman
Ethics adviser gets raise: Whitewater counsel Ken Starr relies heavily on Watergate veteran Sam Dash.LawHarvey Berkman
Go ahead, call Klayman litigious. (Larry E. Klayman, founder of conservative watchdog organization Judicial Watch Inc.)LawHarvey Berkman
GOP seeks to reimburse 'White House scapegoat.' (Billy Dale, defendant in Travelgate case)LawHarvey Berkman
Habeas proposal stresses only appeals counsel.LawHarvey Berkman
Judges' sentencing decisions bolstered.LawHarvey Berkman
Lawyers begin the post-vote exodus. (many government lawyers to leave before second Clinton term)LawHarvey Berkman
Lawyer's subpoena in probe is called unusual. (Whitewater Special Counsel subpoena of Hillary Rodham Clinton)LawHarvey Berkman
Lying federal prosecutor is immune; hands tied, the 1st Circuit refers the case to state and federal ethics panels.LawHarvey Berkman
Medium is message; courts say Congress goofed in CDA focus on smut, not the Internet. (Communications Decency Act)LawHarvey Berkman
Money-laundering charges curbed.LawHarvey Berkman
Patten Boggs litigator is now chief spinmeister. (Lanny J. Davis backs Clinton Administration)LawHarvey Berkman
Prisoners, defendants get 1-2 punch from the justices.LawHarvey Berkman
Prisoners' rights lawyers plan attack on new law.LawHarvey Berkman
Report: Rose firm isn't liable. (Rose Law Firm not liable for losses of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan)LawHarvey Berkman
Republican, connected and rising: glib Laura Ingraham and studious Jay Lefkowitz are the GOP darlings to watch.LawHarvey Berkman
Skadden's team pitches private stadium financing; the season of publicly financed ballparks may be ending. So lawyers are warming up alternative funding solutions. (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom)LawHarvey Berkman
Spoils to bounty hunters, federal contractors gripe; qui tam's fines and treble damages allow whistleblowers to force settlements when error is innocent, industry says.LawHarvey Berkman
Tapes: Burger's secret call to Nixon. (ex-Chief Justice Warren Burger, ex-President Richard M. Nixon)LawHarvey Berkman
Terrorism law oks fee limits, new deportation.LawHarvey Berkman
Welfare entitlements face erosion; cash-strapped advocates will face state court patchwork in absence of federal regs.LawMarcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman
West-Thompson deal gains approval; publisher agrees with Justice Dept. to license page-based citations to all.LawHarvey Berkman
Will the president pardon his friends? His answers during the campaign for the presidency have been vague. But his power is absolute. (President Bill Clinton)LawHarvey Berkman
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