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...Court’s Chief Justice, Margaret H. Marshall, recused herself from the case because of a conflict of interest resulting from her service as former Vice President and General Counsel of the University...
Despite Rove's flashes of ebullience in recent days and the insistence of friends that he is out of legal jeopardy, several of the most important lawyers who deal with special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said they saw more clues last week that Fitzgerald is continuing to look into the possibility of charging Rove with lying to investigators or the grand jury or both. If that happens, Rove almost certainly would resign immediately, as did I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, when Libby was indicted two weeks ago. Otherwise, Rove is likely to wait...
...house of worship. Among African Americans, that figure is 84%, among whom 25% hold a leadership role, compared with 16% of white men. But many hide their affiliations, reluctant to mix religion and work and also to reinforce stereotypes. Angela Williams, 42, a vice president and deputy general counsel at Sears Holding Corp. and a former federal prosecutor, never talked at the office about the fact that she is an ordained Baptist minister. "It's the same reason you don't wear dreads or let slip some slang," she says. "As a minority executive, you want to be plain vanilla...
...dimensional character at the center of it all. Robert Bork played that role magnificently in his 1987 epic Supreme Court battle, as did Clarence Thomas in his more understated performance four years later. More recently, during the bloody conservative revolt over the Supreme Court nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers, the real villain turned out to be her chief backer, a President who dared tell his loyal base to just trust him on this...
...Program on the Legal Profession, and will also serve as a senior fellow at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He said he will be conducting research on the global anti-corruption movement, the transforming role of the corporate general counsel, and the corporate response to terrorism. He will also advise students on career choices and teach in related areas. Heineman will leave G.E. at the end of the calendar year and assume his new position at Harvard on Feb. 1. David B. Wilkins, director of the Program on the Legal Profession, said...