LAWYERS AND ATTORNEYS

Amendments

Bankruptcy: prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (S. 1149), S11499 [30OC]

Courts: product liability reform (S. 648), S5629 [12JN], S11206 [24OC]

———reauthorize arbitration programs (S. 996), S8528, S8614 [31JY], S10243 [30SE]

Analyses

Small Business Lawsuit Abuse Protection Act (S. 836), S5348 [5JN]

Articles and editorials

Affirmative Action in Play, S11797 [6NO]

Chief for Civil Rights, S11532 [31OC]

Damon Keith—Award Recognizes His Gifts of Justice, Service, S4618 [15MY]

Ethics in Law and Politics, S10903 [21OC]

Fine Choice for U.S. Rights Post—L.A. Attorney Should be Confirmed by the Senate Without Delay, S11532 [31OC]

Justice for Bill Lann Lee, S11532 [31OC]

Lee Nomination, S11532 [31OC], S11798 [6NO]

Limiting Liability—Trade Groups Back Bill Aimed at Shielding Them From Suits Over Advice to Members, S8600 [31JY]

Millennium Bug—and the Lawyers, S12189 [8NO]

Money in the Bank—LISD Receives Biggest Back Taxes Payment, S8830 [4SE]

Politics of the Partisan Kill—Hatch Plays the Executioner in Bill Lee Confirmation Process, S11797 [6NO]

Poor Have Trouble Getting Legal Help—Few Lawyers Agree To Give Free Service, S976 [4FE]

Real Charges, S5147 [23MY]

Schools Lose When Firms Go Bankrupt, S8829 [4SE]

Schools Turn to Income Tax—Most Districts Already Charge an Income Surtax, Should Des Moines Join Them?, S8829 [4SE]

Thomas Campbell Jr., Professor of Law at Northeastern; Dead at 58, E40 [7JA]

Threat of Computer Glitch in 2000 Has Lawyers Seeing Dollar Signs, S12189 [8NO]

Bills and resolutions

Bankruptcy: consumer protection (see S. 1301), S10882 [21OC]

———prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (see S. 1149), S8823 [4SE]

Court of Veterans Appeals: rename as Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 1089), H1110 [18MR]

Courts: allow an interlocutory appeal from a court order determining whether an action may be maintained as a class action (see H.R. 660), H407 [10FE]

———amend U.S. Code relative to arbitration in district courts (see H.R. 2603), H8320 [2OC]

———deterrence of frivolous lawsuits and harassing court motions (see S. 400), S1979 [5MR]

———disclosure of court appointed attorneys' fees (see S. 598), S3269 [16AP]

———eliminate attorney fee awards and limit relief in suits against certain public entities (see H.R. 2293), H6405 [30JY]

———establish alternative dispute resolutions systems (see S. 997; H.R. 903), S6990 [8JY], H709 [3MR]

———establish rules for proportionality between the amount of punitive damages and the amount of economic loss (see S. 1554), S12575 [13NO]

———independent counsel law reform (see H.R. 117, 139), H142, H143 [9JA]

———limit circumstances in which compliance with subpoenas issued in connection with certain civil actions shall not be required (see H.R. 2747), H9613 [28OC]

———limitations on punitive damage awards (see S. 78, 79), S160 [21JA]

———minimum mandatory sentencing (see H.R. 424), H153 [9JA]

———product liability reform (see S. 5, 648), S158 [21JA], S3662 [24AP]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (see S. 1135; H.R. 1542), S8533 [31JY], H2349 [7MY]

———provide notification of class action lawsuit certification or settlement to the Dept. of Justice and State attorneys general (see S. 254), S856 [30JA]

———provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (see S. 514, 515; H.R. 1503), S2787 [7AP], H2090 [30AP]

———reathorize arbitration programs (see H.R. 1581), H2589 [13MY]

———reauthorize arbitration programs (see S. 996), S6990 [8JY]

———reduce size of grand juries (see H.R. 1536), H2253 [6MY]

———technical amendments to U.S. Code relative to vacation of arbitration awards (see H.R. 2440), H7118 [9SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish ethics standards for prosecutors (see H.R. 232), H146 [9JA]

Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see S. 1395; H.R. 1970), S11863 [6NO], H4085 [19JN]

Families and domestic relations: payment of fees incurred in divorce actions (see H.R. 270), H148 [9JA]

Health: reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (see S. 886), S5508 [11JN]

House of Representatives: use of independent panel and factfinders to assist in investigations of ethics violations (see H. Res. 61), H588 [13FE]

Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (see S. 625; H.R. 2021), S3419 [22AP], H4338 [24JN]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1076), H1017 [13MR]

Native Americans: regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (see S. 569; H.R. 1082), S3117 [14AP], H1018 [13MR]

NLRB: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings (see H.R. 2449), H7199 [10SE]

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1438 [10AP]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see S. 1260; H.R. 1689), S10474 [7OC], H3169 [21MY]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for the Senate in Senator Byrd v. Franklin D. Raines (see S. Res. 21), S634 [22JA]

Small business: protection from litigation excesses (see S. 836), S5341 [5JN]

Taxation: treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 2792), H9865 [31OC]

Tobacco products: disclosure of plaintiff attorney fees relative to tobacco industry liability settlement (see H. Con. Res. 140), H6705 [31JY]

———limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees (see H.R. 2740), H9558 [24OC]

Veterans: authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see H.R. 1008), H887 [11MR]

———extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (see H.R. 1092), H1111 [18MR]

———limit attorneys' fees in awards of past-due benefits (see H.R. 2572), H8160 [29SE]

Biographies

Williams, B. John, Jr., H191 [21JA]

Descriptions

Limitations on Punitive Damage Awards (S. 79), S457 [21JA]

Explanations

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2267): Mollohan Amendment on LSC Funding, H7854 [25SE]

Factsheets

How Product Liability Reform Helps Women, H1955 [29AP]

Letters

Auto Choice Reform Act: Michael S. Dukakis, S3434 [22AP]

Federal judicial vacancies: several legal organizations, S8046 [24JY], S8505 [31JY]

Investment in Education Act: Bill Ward, Lancaster, TX, Independent School District, S8830 [4SE]

———Kevin R. Appel, Treasurers' Association of Virginia, S8831 [4SE]

———Mary Ellen Sloan, Office of Salt Lake County, UT, County Attorney, S8831 [4SE]

———Michael J. O'Keefe, Office of Polk County, IA, County Attorney, S8829 [4SE]

———Robert R. Hagey, Siuox County, IA, Treasurer, S8828 [4SE]

———Ronald M. Rice, Iowa Association of School Boards, S8828 [4SE]

———Terry A. Henderson and S. Ellis Hankins, North Carolina League of Municipalities, S8830 [4SE]

Nomination of Bill L. Lee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights: Robert Cramer, S11532 [31OC]

———Susan Au Allen, U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce, S11621 [4NO]

———Ward Connerly, American Civil Rights Coalition, S11621 [4NO]

———several Representatives, S11621 [4NO]

———several Senators, S11894 [6NO]

Product Liability Reform Act relative to tobacco industry: Jeremiah W. Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, S5629 [12JN]

———several State Attorneys General, S5629 [12JN]

Small Business Lawsuit Abuse Protection Act: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S5349 [5JN]

———Elaine Z. Graham and Christina M. Howard, National Restaurant Association, S5349 [5JN]

Lists

Restrictions on LSC grantees, H7863 [25SE]

Memorandums

Nomination of Bill L. Lee To Be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights: Pete Wilson, Governor of California, S11621 [4NO]

Poems

``While I Was Walking'', S9048 [10SE]

Remarks in House

Burton, Lynda: San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame inductee, E432 [11MR]

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law: anniversary, E1843 [24SE]

Courts: allow prevailing defendant in Federal prosecution an opportunity to recover attorney fees, H7791-H7794 [24SE], E1943 [7OC]

———establish alternative dispute resolutions systems (H.R. 903), E358 [3MR]

———independent counsel law reform (H.R. 117), E24 [7JA]

———minimum mandatory sentencing (H.R. 424), E80 [9JA]

———product liability reform, H1955 [29AP], H8059 [29SE], E2015, E2021 [21OC]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (H.R. 1542), E866 [7MY]

———reauthorize arbitration programs (H.R. 1581), H4146, H4147 [23JN]

———reauthorize arbitration programs (S. 996), H7622, H7623 [23SE]

———reduce size of grand juries (H.R. 1536), E847 [6MY]

———technical amendments to U.S. Code relative to vacation of arbitration awards (H.R. 2440), H10663 [12NO]

Crime: enlist help of prosecutors in neighborhood crime prevention, H528 [13FE], H632 [26FE]

Escanaba, MI: tribute to Stupak & Bergman (law firm), E2374 [13NO]

House of Representatives: use of independent panel and factfinders to assist in investigations of ethics violations (H. Res. 61), E258, E269 [13FE]

Indianapolis Legal Aid Society: Freedom Works Award recipient, H5579 [23JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: provide for reasonable attorneys fees to parents involved in due process or court proceedings, H2539 [13MY]

International Development Law Institute: tribute, E1374 [8JY]

Lee, Bill L.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, H9734 [30OC]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (H.R. 1076), E475 [13MR]

———eligibility for services in cases of domestic violence, H8240 [30SE]

———funding, H7854-H7868, H7907 [25SE]

———implement system of case information disclosure, H8005-H8008 [26SE]

Major, John: San Fernando Valley Bar Association Distinguished Service Award recipient, E404 [6MR]

Maryland: observance of Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, H7837 [25SE]

National Black Law Students Association: tribute, E501 [18MR]

National Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week: observance, H8059 [29SE]

Native Americans: regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (H.R. 1082), E464 [13MR]

New York, NY: tribute to National Organization of Women award recipients, E983 [20MY]

NLRB: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings (H.R. 2449), E1720 [10SE]

Ohio: observance of Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, E1834 [24SE], E1853 [25SE]

Ruman, Saul: Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E585 [8AP]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (H.R. 1689), E1007 [21MY]

Smith County, TX: Law Day honorees, E1584 [1AU]

Starr, Kenneth W.: assessment as independent counsel for the Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty investigation, E24 [7JA]

University of the District of Columbia: law school funding, H8790 [9OC]

Van Dusen, Lewis H., Jr.: ABA Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award recipient, E1475 [22JY]

Veterans: extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (H.R. 1092), H1568-H1571 [16AP]

Washington University: dedication of Anheuser-Busch Hall, E1879 [26SE]

Remarks in Senate

American ORT (organization): anniversary, S11569 [31OC]

Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10884-S10891 [21OC]

———prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (S. 1149), S8827 [4SE], S9092 [10SE], S11499 [30OC]

Courts: deterrence of frivolous lawsuits and harassing court motions (S. 400), S1987 [5MR], S6007 [19JN]

———disclosure of court appointed attorneys' fees, S8069 [24JY]

———disclosure of court appointed attorneys' fees (S. 598), S3289 [16AP]

———establish alternative dispute resolutions systems (S. 997), S7011 [8JY]

———establish rules for proportionality between the amount of punitive damages and the amount of economic loss (S. 1554), S12597 [13NO]

———limitations on punitive damage awards (S. 78), S454 [21JA]

———limitations on punitive damage awards (S. 79), S455-S457 [21JA], S3877 [1MY]

———product liability reform relative to the tobacco industry, S5629, S5630 [12JN]

———product liability reform (S. 5), S124, S226-S234 [21JA]

———product liability reform (S. 648), S3676 [24AP], S5629, S5630 [12JN], S9782 [23SE]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (S. 1135), S8598 [31JY]

———provide notification of class action lawsuit certification or settlement to the Dept. of Justice and State attorneys general (S. 254), S897 [30JA]

———provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (S. 514), S2788 [7AP]

———reauthorize arbitration programs (S. 996), S7011 [8JY], S8528 [31JY], S10243 [30SE]

Dept. of Energy: Office of General Counsel staffing levels, S7478 [15JY]

Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (S. 1395), S11878 [6NO]

Fisher, Raymond C.: nomination to be Associate Attorney General, S12117 [8NO]

Health: reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (S. 886), S5533 [11JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: provide for reasonable attorneys fees to parents involved in due process or court proceedings, S4371 [13MY]

Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (S. 625), S3428-S3436 [22AP], S5147 [23MY], S8505 [31JY]

Keith, Damon J.: ABA Thurgood Marshall Award recipient, S4618 [15MY]

Lee, Bill L.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, S10239 [30SE], S11443 [30OC], S11531 [31OC], S11617-S11621 [4NO], S11754-S11758 [5NO], S11796-S11798, S11894, S11895 [6NO], S12680 [13NO]

Library of Congress: tribute to the Global Legal Information Network, S11860 [6NO]

LSC: conduct study of individuals filing grievances based on denial of certain welfare benefits, S8218 [29JY]

———eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence, S8217 [29JY]

———funding, S975 [4FE]

Marovitz, Abraham L.: American ORT (organization) Diamond Jubilee Award recipient, S11569 [31OC]

Native Americans: regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (S. 569), S3120-S3123 [14AP]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (S. 1260), S10475-S10477 [7OC], S10712 [8OC], S12078 [8NO]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for the Senate in Senator Byrd v. Franklin D. Raines (S. Res. 21), S617-S619 [22JA]

Small business: protection from litigation excesses (S. 836), S5346-S5350 [5JN]

Tobacco products: disclosure of attorney fees from State agreements relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9047, S9048 [10SE]

———limit plaintiff attorney fees relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9002-S9012 [9SE], S9034-S9043 [10SE], S12630 [13NO]

———protection of certain State agreements with attorneys relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9044-S9047 [10SE]

West Virginia: observance of Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, S10093 [26SE]

Reports filed

Arbitration Programs Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1581) (H. Rept. 105-143), H4221 [23JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Entrance Into Enhanced-Use Leases for Certain Property and Renaming of Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1092) (H. Rept. 105-47), H1390 [9AP]

Investment in Education Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1149), S10787 [9OC]

Nomination of Calvin D. Buchanan To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8091 [24JY]

Nomination of Thomas E. Scott To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8091 [24JY]

Product Liability Reform Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 648) (S. Rept. 105-32), S5999 [19JN]

Regulations Relative to Certain Native American Adoption and Child Custody Proceedings: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 569) (S. Rept. 105-156), S12574 [13NO]

Statements

Auto Choice Reform Act: Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York, NY, S3433 [22AP]

———Russell J. Verney, Reform Party, S3434 [22AP]

Reversal of Buckley Versus Valeo: several State Attorneys General, S2187 [12MR]

Summaries

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act (S. 886), S5539 [11JN]

Tables

Attorney fees awarded to environmentalist organizations for filing endangered species lawsuits, H8952 [22OC]

Federal revenues from tobacco industry liability settlement, S9005 [9SE]

Texts of

H.R. 117, Independent Counsel Accountability and Reform Act, E25 [7JA]

H.R. 1092, Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System, H1568-H1570 [16AP]

H.R. 1581, arbitration programs' reauthorization, H4146 [23JN]

H.R. 2440, technical amendments to U.S. Code relative to vacation of arbitration awards, H10663 [12NO]

S. 5, Product Liability Reform Act, S226-S232 [21JA]

S. 78, Multiple Punitive Damages Fairness Act, S454 [21JA]

S. 254, Class Action Fairness Act, S898 [30JA]

S. 514, Liability Reform for Volunteer Services Act, S2789 [7AP]

S. 569, regulations relative to certain Native American adoption and child custody proceedings, S3120-S3122 [14AP]

S. 625, Auto Choice Reform Act, S3430-S3433 [22AP]

S. 648, Product Liability Reform Act, S3676-S3682 [24AP]

S. 836, Small Business Lawsuit Abuse Protection Act, S5347 [5JN]

S. 886, Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act, S5533-S5539 [11JN]

S. 996, arbitration programs reauthorization, S7012 [8JY]

S. 996, court arbitration programs reauthorization, S8528 [31JY], H7622 [23SE]

S. 997, establish alternative dispute resolutions systems, S7012 [8JY]

S. 1135, Trade and Professional Association Free Flow of Information Act, S8599 [31JY]

S. 1149, Investment in Education Act, S8828 [4SE], S9092 [10SE], S11499 [30OC]

S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S10475 [7OC]

S. 1301, Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act, S10885-S10890 [21OC]

S. 1395, establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program, S11878 [6NO]

S. 1554, Fairness in Punitive Damage Awards Act, S12598 [13NO]

S. Res. 21, Senate Legal Counsel representation for the Senate in Senator Byrd v. Franklin D. Raines, S653 [22JA]