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• A family of lawyers
• The beginnings
• Assistant United States Attorney, 1957-1961
• Davis Polk, 1961-1976
• United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1976-1980
• New challenges at Davis Polk, 1980-1989
• Professional service, political peril
• Davis Polk, 1989-1994
• Whitewater independent counsel, 1994
• Davis Polk, 1994-2010.

Bob Fiske is one of the best-known and most respected lawyers of the past half century. In private practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell and as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he has been involved in some of the highest profile cases of our time. Not only was he called on to act in the politically charged Whitewater affair including the death (suicide or murder?) of the Clinton aide Vincent Foster, but also the prosecution of drug kingpin Nicky Barnes ("Mr. Untouchable"), the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster, the USFL vs. NFL, the most contentious America's Cup ever, and the financial swindler Bernie Madoff. This is Bob Fiske's legal autobiography. It's an insider's look at some of the most fascinating and important cases of our time, complete with telling anecdotes, colorful characters and legal cliff-hangers.

• Kristine
• Jacques
• James
• Antione.

"How four exonerees convicted of first-degree murder in Cook County, Ill, represent the many flaws in the criminal justice system, the collateral damage of wrongful incarcerations and their journeys to rebuild the lives and livelihoods they lost. The book follows them as they adjust to life beyond prison walls with courageous breakthroughs, as well as devastating consequences"-- NoveList.

• Introduction
• The forensic engineer and the law
• Qualifications and practice
• Opening the case
• The accident site inspection
• The engineering inspection report
• Depositions
• Affidavits
• The pre-trial conference
• The trial
• When it's time to pass the torch
• Final thoughts.

• 1. Assault with a breadly weapon
• 2. Big beef supreme
• 3. Nutrition facts, nutrition fictions
• Thou shalt not commit adulteration!
• 4. Food fight
• 5. Java jurisprudence
• 6. Bones of contention
• 7. The legacy of Mr. Peanut
• 8. Mcbully?
• 9. Ladle & slander
• 10. From bad apples to mad cows
• 11. It's not nice to defraud mother nature!
• 12. Not so strictly kosher
• 13. Cruel and unusual condiments
• 14. Just desserts
• 15. Final verdict.

From the McDonald's hot coffee case to the cattle ranchers' beef with Oprah Winfrey, from the old English "Assize of Bread" to current nutrition labeling laws, what we eat and how we eat are shaped as much by legal regulations as by personal taste. Barry M. Levenson, the curator of the world-famous (really!) Mount Horeb Mustard Museum and a self-proclaimed "recovering lawyer, " offers in Habeas Codfish an entertaining and expert overview of the frustrating, frightening, and funny intersections of food and the law. Discover how Mr. Peanut shaped the law of trademark infringement for the entire food industry. Consider the plight of the restaurant owner besmirched by a journalist's negative review. Find out how traditional Jewish laws of kashrut ran afoul of the First Amendment. Prison meals, butter vs. margarine, definitions of organic food, undercover ABC reporters at the Food Lion, the Massachusetts Supreme Court case that saved fish chowder, even recipes - it's all in here, so tuck in!.
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• Preface
• Foreword
• Introduction. Trial by fire
• The parable of the overly zealous law student
• The joy of casebooks
• Making the most of class time
• The big picture and the importance of outlining
• Commercial outlines don't work (fot the most part)
• Trusting your intuition and talking to professors
• How to ace exams
• The importance of 2L and 3L class selection
• Taking care of yourself : cultivating health, happiness, and a resilient mindset
• Employment : the light at the end of the tunnel
• Conclusion.

"[This book] teaches students how to rise to the top of their law school class. The book began as a letter the author wrote in his final year of law school to a good friend who was just starting. Weaving in anecdotes from his experience as a student, the author presents a simple, proven system for law students to excel. Many law students study during every waking moment just to stay in the middle of the pack. This is because law school requires a unique method of analysis that is completely different from anything students experience in college. Incoming One Ls assume that the hardest-working, smartest law students earn the highest grades. But what happens when 300 top students with similar LSATs and GPAs try to outwork and outsmart each other? Despite what many students expect, doing well is more about strategy than intelligence. Students who use the correct process excel, while students who use the wrong process don’t—regardless of how smart they are. Having a clear strategy when students begin law school is almost as important as working hard once they get there. [This book] teaches students that strategy and empowers them to excel in law school."-- Publisher's website.

• God writes in crooked lines
• Disorderly conduct
• Acid reflux
• Do you know what I do for a living?
• Don't hurt when you can help
• Alternatives to war
• You get what you deserve
• The margin of indifference.

Here at last are the best of Dermot Meagher's tales of life as a judge in Boston Municipal Court, where he presided over real-life cases rivaling the best of David E. Kelley's The Practice, Boston Legal, and Ally McBeal. These true-to-life stories, some of which first appeared in Boston and DoubleTake magazines, showcase a writer of rare talent and humor: a Harvard-educated "man of the people, " who has seen it all yet never lost his ability to be surprised by the parade of humanity that came before his bench-from the offbeat to the curiously affecting to the downright tragic (not to mention tragicomic). A wise, wry, and disarmingly humane observer of human foibles, Judge Meagher waives judicial discretion and deliberates in a way more familiar to literature than to any court of law (but with names changed to protect the innocent as well as the not-so-innocent). Judge Meagher's great achievement in Judge Sentences is to give us a voice of justice rendered as kindness and humor rather than judgment and discipline. In these hugely appealing and provocative tales of dysfunction and conflict, readers have the privilege of experiencing a side of Boston (and America) that is otherwise largely hidden from public view. Real life often is stranger than fiction, and Judge Meagher shows us just how strange-and how urgent and real-it can be.
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• Looming large : historic intersections of the president and the Supreme Court
• The call to serve : judicial appointments
• A house is not a home : the journey to One First Street
• Humble beginnings : the first decade of the United States Supreme Court
• Itinerant justice : riding circuit
• The Supreme Court's changing jurisdiction
• Golden tongues : oral advocacy before the court
• Customs and traditions of the court
• Some laughs on the bench
• Larger-than- life justices
• Gone but not forgotten : judicial retirement
• Supreme Court "firsts".

• Introduction
• Looming large : historic intersections of the president and the Supreme Court
• The call to serve : judicial appointments
• A house is not a home : the journey to One First Street
• Humble beginnings : the first decade of the United States Supreme Court
• Itinerant justice : riding circuit
• The Supreme Court's changing jurisdiction
• Golden tongues : oral advocacy before the court
• Customs and traditions of the court
• Some laughs on the bench
• Larger-than-life justices
• Gone but not forgotten : judicial retirement
• Supreme Court "firsts".

From the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court comes this fascinating book about the history and evolution of the highest court in the land. Out of Order sheds light on the centuries of change and upheaval that transformed the Supreme Court from its uncertain beginnings into the remarkable institution that thrives and endures today. Justice O'Connor weaves together stories and lessons from the history of the Court, charting turning points and pivotal moments that have helped define our nation's progress, and provides a rare glimpse into the Supreme Court's inner workings: how cases are chosen for hearing; the personal relationships that exist among the Justices; and the customs and traditions, both public and private, that bind one generation of jurists to the next.-- From publisher description.

• John Jay
• John Marshall . . . Roger Brooke Taney
• Salmon P. Chase . . . Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
• Charles Evans Hughes
• James Clark McReynolds
• Louis Brandeis
• William Howard Taft
• Benjamin N. Cardozo
• Hugo Black . . . Felix Frankfurter
• William O. Douglas
• Frank Murphy
• Robert H. Jackson
• Earl Warren
• John Marshall Harlan II . . . William J. Brennan Jr.
• Byron White
• Abe Fortas
• Thurgood Marshall
• Warren Burger
• Harry Blackmun
• Lewis Powell
• William Rehnquist . . . John Paul Stevens
• Sandra Day O'Connor
• Antonin Scalia
• Anthony Kennedy
• David Souter
• Clarence Thomas
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Stephen Breyer
• John Roberts
• Samuel Alito.

2009 should be a watershed year for the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice John Paul Stevens - who is 87 - is expected to retire, setting up a fierce confirmation battle in the Senate. With a new president in office, there will be heightened publicity about the future direction of the high court-making this a propitious time for a book that looks at the lives, personalities, and history of this exclusive club. In keeping with the tradition of the "Secret Lives" series, "Secret Lives of the Supreme Court" will take an irreverent, unvarnished look at the men and women who have sat in this august body over the centuries. It will uncover all the embarrassing secrets, little-known facts, and unusual biographical details about some of America's most famous (and infamous) judges.
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