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    Kirk Hartley
    • Mar 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    Truly Amazing What People Do: Parents, Sheriff and States Attorney Found Liable In Federal Court Tri

    Truly amazing to read and consider the facts set out in the following article from the March 2, 2018 edition of the Chicago Daily law...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Feb 6, 2017
    • 1 min

    Brief and Declaration of Former National Security Officials in State of Washington v. Trump

    The issues in State of Washington v. Trump can be framed broadly or narrowly. If framed broadly, the issues may have notable impacts as...
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    Timely, Open Access Web Site Provides a Great Way to Track the Civil Rights Cases Challenging the Va
    Kirk Hartley
    • Feb 5, 2017
    • 1 min

    Timely, Open Access Web Site Provides a Great Way to Track the Civil Rights Cases Challenging the Va

    With so many executive orders being challenged in many forums, keeping track of the events presents challenges similar to the challenges...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 17, 2014
    • 1 min

    A New Easier Way to Create a Not for Profit in the US

    Thinking about setting up a not for profit? There is a new, easier way to do it, which is explained at the link below by a Chicago...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 21, 2013
    • 2 min

    More Fruitful Hourly Rates for Lawyers Suing Governments (or Others)

    Civil rights lawyers (and others) sometimes express exasperation when they are sometimes denied decent hourly rates after winning trials...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jan 29, 2013
    • 2 min

    Human Rights and the Oil and Gas Industry

    This is an age of increasing specialization even as to civil rights. Thus, a new article in the Journal of World Energy Law & Business...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • May 10, 2012
    • 2 min

    Economics of Discrimination and the Growth of Justice – from Marginal Revolution

    What are the economics of discrimination ? Alex Tabarrock from Marginal Revolution put up the following thought-provoking post, and it’s...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 3, 2012
    • 2 min

    Monitors are Being Recruited for the NATO and G8 Meetings

    Here’s a good idea – the ABA is assisting and promoting efforts to recruit lawyers and others to monitor protests at the NATO and G8...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Dec 4, 2011
    • 2 min

    It’s Now Legal to Pay for Bone Marrow Donation – Good News in Many Ways

    The marvelous post pasted below is from Alex Tabarrok at the blog titled Marginal Revolution. He says it all so well, I’ve taken the...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Nov 13, 2011
    • 2 min

    A Disability Love Story – With Insights into Historic Failure to Cope with Dread Diseases

    Dread diseases are complex and, often, horrible. Coping with dread diseases requires massive attention and perseverance. To date, the...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 21, 2011
    • 1 min

    Reputation Risk – Headlines from Libya Evolve into Would-Be Human Rights Litigation in France

    Reputation risk arises in so many ways. A few weeks ago, headlines announced that various Libyan government offices had been abandoned,...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 22, 2011
    • 1 min

    Aiding and Abetting Liability Under International – 4th Circuit’s ATS Decision Attacked

    In this post (and others linked in it), Kevin Jon Heller at OpinioJuris continues to savage the legal analysis of US circuit courts as to...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 30, 2011
    • 7 min

    History, Science and Medicine – The History of John Charles Cutler

    First, do no harm. In litigation, some try to treat history as a science. But in the hands of most people, it’s not, even if it involves...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 28, 2011
    • 1 min

    China Considering a New Law Permitting Detentions of Up to Six Months

    Opinio Juris brings another out of the ordinary post, this time from Kevin Jon Heller. This post calls attention to a proposed new law in...
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    IBA Asks Lawyers to Speak Out to Obtain an UN Commission of Inquiry Regarding Burma
    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 15, 2011
    • 2 min

    IBA Asks Lawyers to Speak Out to Obtain an UN Commission of Inquiry Regarding Burma

    The international Bar Association is asking lawyers to speak out regarding the oppressive conditions imposed by the military regime in...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 27, 2009
    • 1 min

    Tort Settlement Secrecy – Can Government Lawyers Ethically Use Settlement Agreement Terms That

    Is it ethical for government lawyers to demand, or a plaintiff’s lawyer to sign, a tort claim settlement agreement that includes terms...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 19, 2009
    • 1 min

    China Cracking Down on Civil Rights Lawyers

    This article reports that China is taking away law licenses from and fining lawyers who have been filing civil rights claims and claims...
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    Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”

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