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117 ABA Journal Alaska articles.

E-mail to Play Key Role in Trial of Sen. Stevens

Testimony began Thursday in the case against Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the first such trial against a sitting senator in more than 20 years. Stevens’s lawyer, Brendan Sullivan, opened by saying that the 84-year-old Stevens didn’t lie on his financial disclosure forms, is an honest man and didn’t intentionally violate…

Sep 26, 2008 3:01 PM CDT

Sarah Palin Supporters Make ‘Loony Claim’ Against Obama ‘Operatives’

In what a columnist for U.S. News & World Report describes as a “loony claim,” a former press secretary for Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is contending that “operatives” of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama “hijacked” the Alaska investigation of Palin’s alleged improper firing of the state’s police chief. “Rarely…

Sep 16, 2008 11:02 PM CDT

Todd Palin Among 13 Subpoenaed By Alaska Lawmakers in ‘Troopergate’ Probe

The husband of Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been subpoenaed, along with aides who have refused to cooperate in an investigation of whether she improperly fired the head of the state police. A state senate judiciary committee voted 3-2 to issue the subpoenas to to…

Sep 12, 2008 11:23 PM CDT

Palin Represented by Private Lawyer in Firing Probe

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is being represented by an Anchorage lawyer in a probe into the firing of Alaska’s public safety commissioner. Employment and professional liability lawyer Thomas Van Flein told KTUU.com that he was hired because the attorney general has a potential conflict of interest because he…

Sep 2, 2008 10:59 AM CDT

High Court Takes Up Environmental Dispute Involving Permit Authority

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an environmental challenge to a gold mining company’s plan to dump waste in a lake in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. At issue is whether the Army Corps of Engineers has the authority to issue a permit for the dumping if the action…

Jun 27, 2008 4:51 PM CDT

Actuaries Face Lawsuits for Underestimating Pension Liabilities

Actuaries who advise governments about pension fund obligations are facing lawsuits when shortfalls arise. Suits have been filed over rosy economic assumptions made by actuaries advising the state of Alaska, San Diego, Milwaukee County and Evanston, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, the New York Times reports. The story outlines some…

May 21, 2008 1:03 PM CDT

No $12M, No Problem: Law Firms OK $174M Contingent Fee

Last year, Alaska officials weren’t successful when they sought $12 million from the state legislature to fund potential litigation against a former Alaska actuary. But that didn’t prove to be a significant roadblock to bringing suit—Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison and a local law firm agreed to take the…

Dec 18, 2007 11:59 PM CST

Alaskan Judge Joins Immunization Effort in India

If you happen to see children in the northern Indian state of Haryana with a touch of dye on their pinkie fingers and smiley face stickers on their shirts, chances are Michael I. Jeffery was involved.

Jun 5, 2007 8:10 PM CDT

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