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Keep Your Mind As Open As The Air We Breathe

The Learned Hand Award is something I take tremendous pride in receiving. So, in the spirit of its namesake, tonight I would like to talk to you about a topic that Learned Hand himself embodied, "open-mindedness," and share with you a personal story. When I was a young prosecutor, I maintained...

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Improved Court Funding And Enhanced Judicial Compensation Needed

Editor: Phil, I gather that you feel that some of our court systems are seriously underfunded and that the litigation process is suffering in certain ways as a result. Sellinger: Underfunding inevitably leads to more crowded dockets, which means that judges today often cannot devote as much...

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ALF - Helping Our Military Recruit The Best And The Brightest

Editor: You and other Greenberg Traurig lawyers were Of Counsel on the amicus brief that the Atlantic Legal Foundation filed with the United States Supreme Court in the Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR) case, decided earlier this year. Tell us about that case....

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Civil Justice Reform - Law Firms Greenberg Traurig: Partnering With Corporate America For Civil Justice Reform

Editor: Philip, do you feel that junk science is still a problem? Sellinger: Yes, junk science is still very much a problem. Even though Daubert, Kumho Tire Co. and Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence set forth relatively clear standards governing the admission into evidence of expert...

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