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Obama names Harvard Law dean solicitor general (Washington Post)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose the dean at his alma mater, Harvard Law School, to represent the United States before the Supreme Court.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:24 GMT
North Carolina, South Carolina Law Firms Merging (Law.com)
A North Carolina law firm is merging with a South Carolina firm that wants a location in North Carolina's capital city. Sanford Holshouser of Raleigh, N.C., will merge with the Columbia, S.C., firm Nexsen Pruet.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:57:20 GMT
Harvard Law School braces for dean's move to Washington (Boston Globe)
By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff When Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan was passed over for the presidency of Harvard University nearly two years ago, law students and faculty threw a party in her honor to celebrate her staying on....
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:04:41 GMT
Cagle doesn't want to expand gun law (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle on Monday shot down plans one lawmaker has to expand the places gun owners in Georgia may legally carry concealed weapons. Cagle, speaking with reporters at his Capitol office, said he had "no appetite" to revisit the concealed carry law. Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) has been considering a bill that would expand the places where guns would be allowed. The current law ...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:56:25 GMT
Banks Keeping Law Firm Clients on Shorter Leash (Law.com)
Law firms, typically considered good credit risks, are now experiencing the toughest and most expensive lending conditions in years. "Even good borrowers, prime borrowers, are having more restrictions and more difficulties than they used to," says Altman Weil consultant James Cotterman. The banks have good reason to be cautious, as firms are going deeper into their credit lines, and taking ...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:57:05 GMT
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