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Noneconomic Damages Key in 9-11 Suits

Liability for pain and suffering is a key issue in 41 pending lawsuits against airlines, security companies and other defendants alleging negligence in the Sept. 11 attacks. The plaintiffs in many of the cases would not have received high awards from the federal fund set up to compensate victims, the…

Sep 4, 2007 2:57 PM CDT

AG’s Legacy Debated

Supporters of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales point to accomplishments, such as his creation of a national security division within the Justice Department and his fight against child exploitation. Viet Dinh, who worked in the department’s Office of Legal Counsel, told Legal Times the critics are overlooking Gonzales’ successes. “As for…

Sep 4, 2007 10:20 AM CDT

Law In the Age of Terror

Six years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, much of the legal system’s role in the war on terror remains unresolved. Should the courts take a backseat to the executive branch, as they have historically done during wartime? Or, in this new kind of conflict—with no hope of…

Sep 1, 2007 9:00 AM CDT

Rising From The Rubble

In the aftermath of 9/11, lawyers at New York’s Harris Beach don’t practice law the same way they once did

Sep 1, 2007 8:30 AM CDT

Every Terrorism Case Since 9/11

From Sept. 11, 2001, through March of this year, federal investigators have interviewed more than 15,000 “persons of interest” in connection with activities investigators associate with terrorism—including such diverse crimes as passport and marriage fraud, money laundering, drug smuggling and the purchase of weapons of mass destruction.

Sep 1, 2007 8:15 AM CDT

Moussaoui v. The United States

How due process thwarted a courtroom jihad

Sep 1, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

But Is It War?

Conservatives debate the limits of executive power post-9/11

Sep 1, 2007 7:30 AM CDT

31 Wins, 6 Losses & 1 Tie

Our scorecard of the Justice Department’s legal war against al-Qaida

Sep 1, 2007 7:30 AM CDT

The Architects

The Bush administration lawyers who created the blueprint for the legal war on terror

Sep 1, 2007 7:15 AM CDT

The 50-Lawyer Poll

Defense attorneys who have tried terrorism cases score the legal system’s response to 9/11

Sep 1, 2007 7:00 AM CDT

“If I Represented Bin Laden ...”

Imagine Osama bin Laden is captured by U.S. forces on the Afghan-Pakistan border. He’s transported to the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan—blocks from the World Trade Center site—where he has been under indictment for the 1993 attacks on U.S. troops in Somalia and the 1998 bombings of U.S.…

Sep 1, 2007 6:15 AM CDT

Noneconomic Damages Key in 9-11 Suits

AG’s Legacy Debated

Law In the Age of Terror

Rising From The Rubble

Every Terrorism Case Since 9/11

Moussaoui v. The United States

But Is It War?

31 Wins, 6 Losses & 1 Tie

The Architects

The 50-Lawyer Poll

“If I Represented Bin Laden ...”

Setting Precedent In Two Wars

A Uniform Complaint

Accounting for Lives

Reaching Out to Curb Terrorism

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