The National Law Journal 1996 Harvey Berkman |
Title | Subject | Authors |
ABA committee chooses big-city, big-firm insider; nominating groups association's next chief from a major Philadelphia firm. (Jerome Shestack) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
A November surprise from Starr? (whether special prosecutor Kenneth W. Starr will indict other Clinton administration officials and friends in Whitewater investigation) | Law | Harvey 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.) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Clinton's picks - not so liberal; more judges are minorities, women, but Ike'd like them. (President Bill Clinton) | Law | Harvey Berkman, Claudia MacLachlan |
Counsel conflicts decried; critics: Ken Starr's caseload makes him too partisan for Whitewater probe. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Court hears cable TV decency case. (Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium v. FCC) | Law | Marcia 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? | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Court to revisit role of Congress in Brady test; controversial issue of state sovereignty and federal power takes center stage. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Court to take on sentencing rules; a 10-year old dispute between prosecutors, judges over federal guidelines goes to the high court. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
D.C. branches grow into power centers; government may be shrinking, but clients want full-service firms and partners with capital clout. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
D.C. firms are branching out; more outsiders in their territory force D.C. law firms to counterattack. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Double jeopardy: act two: justices suggest that feds can seize felons' assets. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Ethics adviser gets raise: Whitewater counsel Ken Starr relies heavily on Watergate veteran Sam Dash. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Go ahead, call Klayman litigious. (Larry E. Klayman, founder of conservative watchdog organization Judicial Watch Inc.) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
GOP seeks to reimburse 'White House scapegoat.' (Billy Dale, defendant in Travelgate case) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Habeas proposal stresses only appeals counsel. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Judges' sentencing decisions bolstered. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Lawyers begin the post-vote exodus. (many government lawyers to leave before second Clinton term) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Lawyer's subpoena in probe is called unusual. (Whitewater Special Counsel subpoena of Hillary Rodham Clinton) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Lying federal prosecutor is immune; hands tied, the 1st Circuit refers the case to state and federal ethics panels. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Medium is message; courts say Congress goofed in CDA focus on smut, not the Internet. (Communications Decency Act) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Money-laundering charges curbed. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Patten Boggs litigator is now chief spinmeister. (Lanny J. Davis backs Clinton Administration) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Prisoners, defendants get 1-2 punch from the justices. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Prisoners' rights lawyers plan attack on new law. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Report: Rose firm isn't liable. (Rose Law Firm not liable for losses of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Republican, connected and rising: glib Laura Ingraham and studious Jay Lefkowitz are the GOP darlings to watch. | Law | Harvey 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) | Law | Harvey 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. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Tapes: Burger's secret call to Nixon. (ex-Chief Justice Warren Burger, ex-President Richard M. Nixon) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Terrorism law oks fee limits, new deportation. | Law | Harvey Berkman |
Welfare entitlements face erosion; cash-strapped advocates will face state court patchwork in absence of federal regs. | Law | Marcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman |
West-Thompson deal gains approval; publisher agrees with Justice Dept. to license page-based citations to all. | Law | Harvey 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) | Law | Harvey Berkman |
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