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  • December 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Law firm fees defy gravity

    Despite the rancid economy of 2008, attorney billing rates continued their escalation trend, with nearly 71% of law firms reporting an increase in the amount that they charged clients compared

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  • May 12, 2003 | The Recorder

    Online ADR

    There will always be a place for the traditional courtroom battle in our legal system.The notion of winning at all costs will not disappear. But it will not be the centerpiece of

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  • April 5, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    ROBERTA GRANADIER has moved to Dickinson Wright as of counsel from Butzel Long, where she was a shareholder. Based in Dickinson's Troy, Michigan, office, Granadier advises cl

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  • December 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Economic Reality Bites Into Firms' Rates

    It took a global economic meltdown and a major upheaval of the legal industry, but law firms seemed to get the message that 2009 was not the year to substantially increase their billing rates.

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  • November 17, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    Laterals Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (Los Angeles): A group of attorneys led by advertising, marketing and media law specialists Linda A. Goldstein and Jeffrey S. Edelst

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  • September 8, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Congress to weigh gambling-related measures

    During the past three decades, legalized gambling revenue in America has ­exploded. Commercial and Indian casinos and state ­lotteries now collectively rake in about $100 billion in

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  • July 11, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Marketing Online Legal Research Tools to Attorneys

    During the past decade, most law firms have slowly but steadily scaled back their print library collections and increased their reliance on online legal research tools.Law firm researchers m

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  • April 5, 2004 | Alm

    Another 9th Circuit Filibuster Likely

    Democrats appear poised to filibuster President Bush's latest nominee to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals -- William Myers III, former cattle industry lobbyist and current solicitor for t

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  • June 28, 2005 | The Recorder

    Sedgwick Puts Jury Expert on the Payroll

    Many litigators have grown accustomed to reaching out to jury consultants for advice as trial nears. Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold wants that expertise a little closer to hand.T

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  • January 29, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Spotting, and persuading, anti-corporate jurors

    'That . . . company, I don't like them. They are not 100% on the up and up. They seem morally and ethically corrupt. They knew they had a loophole and milked it for all it was worth and

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