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Lawyer’s professional liability policies typically focus on the “named insured,” which is designated on the declarations page of the policy. Most often, the “named insured” is the firm rather than specific individuals. Included within the named insured are those past ...

Eric Holder Eric H. Holder, a career federal prosecutor, judge and Washington lawyer, won Senate confirmation to head the U.S. Justice Department as the nation’s first black attorney general. Holder was approved with bipartisan support, overcoming pointed questioning by Republicans ...

Farmington school district officials did not violate students’ free speech rights when it prohibited them from wearing clothing depicting the Confederate flag “It’s a good decision because it allows public school districts to maintain a safe environment for their students,” ...

They haven’t gotten around yet to publishing “Prison for Dummies,” and that’s a regrettable deficiency in the book business considering the mushrooming collection of Ponzi scheme defendants. Life can be a challenge in the dark days of government investigation and ...

Lawyer’s professional liability policies typically focus on the “named insured,” which is designated on the declarations page of the policy. Most often, the “named insured” is the firm rather than specific individuals. Included within the named insured are those past ...

Jody Freeman, a Harvard Law School professor, has joined the Obama administration to work on environmental policy. Freeman, who founded Harvard’s environmental law program, was named counselor for energy and climate and will report to Carol Browner, the so-called White ...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck in Manhattan, who is overseeing the liquidation of collapsed securities firm Lehman Brothers, was charged with attempted assault for allegedly slapping his wife. Peck, 63, was arrested Jan. 31 for third-degree attempted assault and second-degree ...

When Ken Vuylsteke offered to pay the cost of a free lunch for anyone who wanted to come talk about the St. Louis Circuit Court’s new motion practice procedure in civil cases, he figured about 20 people would show up. ...

Bryan Cave CIO Connie Hoffman to receive IT director award

Plaintiff in fraud case seeks some $60M in actual damages

There is no doubt that I supported Barack Obama for president. His message of change rang true with me, my antiestablishment tendencies and that wannabe teenage punk-rock streak of social justice. But in the early steps of the administration, I’m ...