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  • April 15, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Bench Pressed

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a confession to make recently: She does not read all the amicus curiae briefs filed in connection with cases before the Court.At a pa

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  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-01-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-01-23
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Easterbrook, Chief Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-2483

    ARGUED JANUARY 8, 2009Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and EVANS and TINDER, Circuit Judges.In June 2004, after experiencing three episodes of employee-on-employee murder or attempted murder, Wa

  • 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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  • May 31, 2005 | The Recorder

    Diverse Is Yet To Come

    In-house lawyers have some blunt advice for law firms that say they are trying to diversify their ranks by hiring more minority attorneys: Try harder.Although many firms vow that diver

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  • April 30, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Lawyers, Firms Get Top Honors

    Two name partners from the same firm were among 12 extraordinary legal talents to garner Lifetime Achievement Awards Wednesday from The American Lawyer magazine.In addition, 20

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  • July 14, 2003 | Legal Times

    Court Aces

    The last time Kenneth Geller argued more than two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in a single term was 1985, when he was working in the solicitor general's office representing the governme

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  • September 8, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Kringle 5 Crossfire

    What started out as a small subletting arrangement at Hale and Dorr ended up earning it more than just spending money. In fact, the deal landed the Boston-based firm a high-profile and potenti

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  • May 18, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Score: Ownership Group With Am Law Ties Takes Control of NHL's Blues, While NFL's Rams Seek Stadium Fixes

    St. Louis has been the heart of the sports law universe for Am Law 100 lawyers in recent weeks, with the National Football League's Rams battling local officials over the state of the stadium

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  • May 11, 2001 | National Law Journal

    A Most Unusual $20 Million Award

    In this day and age, a punitive damages award of $20 million is not uncommon. But when that award is coupled with a compensatory award of $520, resulting in a punitive-to-compensatory ratio of

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  • May 20, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Justices Expand Right to Counsel

    Divided High Court Adds To Sixth Amendment Guarantee In a significant expansion of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that judges ma

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