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The Contested Merger: Introduction And Fact Summary, Jonathan Baker Oct 1987

The Contested Merger: Introduction And Fact Summary, Jonathan Baker

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"The Contested Merger" program arranged by the National Institute Committee of the Antitrust Section; and ABA's Division for Professional EducationThe program began with meetings set in corporate offices, in which the Yankee executives identified the business reasons behind the transaction, then consulted with in-house and outside counsel to assess the deal's antitrust risks and structure it. The transcript of this lesson in client counseling is reprinted following this introduction, as is the transcript of the panel discussion in which program participants offer a "reallife" analysis of the events of the program thus far.


The Legal Profession Today, William H. Rehnquist Apr 1987

The Legal Profession Today, William H. Rehnquist

Indiana Law Journal

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Freedom Of Information And The Cia Information Act, Karen A. Winchester, James W. Zirkle Jan 1987

Freedom Of Information And The Cia Information Act, Karen A. Winchester, James W. Zirkle

University of Richmond Law Review

In enacting the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1966, Congress provided for broad disclosure of agency records. Although nine specific exemptions were included in the statute, they did not adequately address the Central Intelligence Agency's concern for security. Under the original FOIA, the CIA was required to search and assemble information which would otherwise remain compartmented, even though it was often clear that most or all of the information would fall within a statutory exception. The Central Intelligence Agency Information Act addresses many of the concerns of the CIA, as well as those held by public interest groups who …


Book Review: Law School: Legal Education In America From The 1850s To The 1980s By Robert Stevens, Eric A. Chiappinelli Jan 1987

Book Review: Law School: Legal Education In America From The 1850s To The 1980s By Robert Stevens, Eric A. Chiappinelli

Seattle University Law Review

This Book Review examines Law School: Legal Education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s, by Robert Stevens. The Review explains that the book is a history of American legal education from 1850 through 1945, with a foreshortened treatment of events to 1870 and a prolonged view of the period between 1870 and 1945. Stevens’s work is chronological and details three developments: the hegemony of Harvard and later the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools over educational standards; the role of Harvard in establishing the primacy of the case method of instruction; and the …