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  • July 19, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    LATERALS COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH (Palo Alto, Calif.): Kathleen Pakenham joins the firm's national tax practice as partner in the New York offi

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  • July 19, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Legal aid programs face steeper cuts

    Legal programs for the poor are bracing for a new round of potential budget cuts, three months after Congress took its shears to the largest source of their funding. In California, whe

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  • June 29, 2005 | Legal Times

    New Reality: Temps Must Join D.C. Bar

    A recent opinion by a Washington, D.C., court committee on the licensing of contract attorneys has thrown lawyers, law firms and legal placement agencies for a loop. According to the June 17 opi

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  • January 31, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    The Next Pay Revolution

    It is becoming harder these days to distinguish legal America from corporate America. Law firms are hiring real marketing directors, instituting casual dress codes, even deep-sixing the ampers

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  • October 11, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    Corporate Pain, Law Firm Gain

    For law firms, Christmas really did come in July this year, when Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. With its host of expanded accounting, disclosure, and corporate governance rules, the l

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  • March 31, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Moving Outside the Beltway

    Fresh hope is at hand for New York litigators and trial attorneys uncomfortable in the role of hard-charger � and who long for the days of high-minded, Socratic explorations deep into the bell

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  • April 25, 2003 | The Recorder

    Defendant in Brobeck Litigation Opts for Settlement

    Former Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison partner Debra Pole could face a tougher court battle now that longtime colleague William Fitzgerald has reached a settlement with their old firm.

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  • July 8, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Credit Card Antitrust Suits to Go Forward

    A series of antitrust class actions charging VISA, MasterCard and their governing banks with colluding on fees for goods purchased abroad will proceed following a ruling by a federal judge.

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  • April 16, 2004 | Legal Times

    American Business Lobby Seeks China Trade Accord

    WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for American businesses are in the midst of intense negotiations to settle trade differences with China in advance of a high-stakes meeting between top U.S. and Chinese t

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  • April 20, 2006 | National Law Journal

    High Court to Enter Illegal Workers Fray in RICO Case

    As Congress wages a battle over illegal immigration and its impact on this nation, the Supreme Court is about to enter the fray in a context involving one of the law's most powerful weapons -- RICO

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