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  • March 27, 2013 | National Law Journal

    How lawyers saw the DOMA arguments

    We asked several lawyers for a fast analysis of Wednesday's Supreme Court fight over the constitutionality of Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, which defines marr

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  • August 6, 2008 | National Law Journal

    WINNERS AND LOSERS

    D.C. v. Heller The high court, voting 5-4, held that the Second Amendment prote

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  • April 23, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Jenner Scores for Universal Music Group on Copyright Safe Harbor Limits

    Universal Music Group and its lawyers at Jenner & Block have convinced an appeals court to limit the reach of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the federal law that shields content-sh

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  • October 10, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Acid Test

    Acid test. The term was coined, as you no doubt know, during the California Gold Rush, when sulfuric acid was applied to yellow ore. If it turned blue, what you had was copper (it had be

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  • March 2, 2009 | Legal Times

    Some DOJ Lawyers Have Gitmo Conflicts

    More than a dozen new Justice Department lawyers have come from private firms representing Guantánamo Bay detainees, creating potential conflicts of interest as the agency b

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  • March 3, 2009 | Legal Times

    Some Justice Dept. Lawyers Have Gitmo Conflicts

    More than a dozen new Justice Department lawyers have come from private firms representing Guantanamo Bay detainees, creating potential conflicts of interest as the agency begins its review of roug

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  • March 30, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Let's Fix It

    "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Great adage for toasters, but is that really the standard you want for, say, airplanes? Let's not worry about fixing the plane until it breaks

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  • November 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    A SENATE SESSION FOR CORRUPTION LAW During a speech this month in Maryland, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer of the U.S. Departm

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  • April 20, 2009 | Legal Times

    D.C. Appeals Judge Ruiz Pushed for Circuit Slot

    There are two vacant slots on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, but as far as many Washington lawyers are concerned one is already spoken for. Lawyers at

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  • February 20, 2006 | National Law Journal

    30(b)(6)-Time to Fix It?

    It ain't entirely broke; but it may nevertheless be time to fix it. Rule 30(b)(6) is being considered by the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee for possible amendment, because, as no

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