• March 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Full 1st Circuit Rules Prospectus Statements Are Not Attributable to Executives for 10(b)(5) Purposes

    The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an en banc opinion that rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's reliance on prospectus language in bringing a Rule 10

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  • April 24, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Appeals Court Says Injured Man Not Fit to Be Prison Guard The Appellate Division, Third Department, yesterday supported a state Division of Human Rights' decision that a disabled man w

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  • November 15, 2005 | The Recorder

    Open-Source Software: Open to Liability

    Open-source software is a boon to computer programmers: by sharing the source code for freely released software, anyone (with the skill) can modify it for their own needs. A growing movement,

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  • July 14, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    $4 Mil. Verdict Reinstated in Fla.

    Boy Was Exposed to BenlateWhile in Mother's WombIn a closely followed products liability case, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a $4 million

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  • January 15, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Bank Settlements Draw Fire From Critics

    At first glance, the numbers look impressive. Bank of America Corp. last week agreed to pay $11.6 billion for selling the government toxic mortgages; 10 banks ponied up $8.5 billion to federa

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  • April 8, 1999 | Daily Business Review

    Aliens Forced Into Prostitution Try to Recoup $1M

    A week after Rogerio Cadena was ordered to pay $1 million in restitution to 17 women he helped smuggle from Mexico and forced to be prostitutes in cities throughout Florida, attorneys involved in t

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  • October 12, 2009 | The Recorder

    Heller Creditors Target Accountants

    SAN FRANCISCO — Heller's creditors may sue accounting firm Ernst & Young for failing to raise red flags on its audit of the firm's 2007 financials, according to a bankruptcy liquidati

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    The Exodus Several firms-notably Clifford Chance, Dewey Ballantine, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld-skimmed talent liberally from the foundering Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison

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  • May 2, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Parlez-Vous Global Marketing?

    Rapid economic growth in many countries is fueling big growth opportunities these days for U.S. firms. In good times and bad, legal services are required at nearly every step of the internatio

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  • June 7, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Tom Forbes and Robert Peeler have joined Cox Smith Matthews in Austin as of counsel. . . .

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