• December 16, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    With Clock Ticking, Settlement Money Dwindling

    Austin's 3rd Court of Appeals heard arguments more than three years ago in a legal battle over whether Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Inc. is a charitable entity whose assets should benefit T

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  • May 20, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Fight over Bratz doll turns to attorney fees, punitive damages

    Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. is seeking att fees plus $177 million in punitive damages after obtaining an $88.5 million verdict against rival Mattel Inc. MGA att

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  • March 21, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Municipal Law

    Jeffrey D. Friedlander is First Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of New York. Steven Goulden, an assistant corporation counsel in the law department, provided assistance in

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  • September 6, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Ballard Spahr Opens Third New Office in Two Months

    Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll has continued its geographic expansion with a third office opening in less than two months. The firm came back to the East Coast for the latest addition

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  • February 26, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Midsize firms make their move

    Coming soon to a major city near you: new branch offices launched by midsize law firms. Many smaller firms that have avoided moving into major cities dominated by large firms are sudde

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  • February 9, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Dream Job Dallas labor attorney Kelly Milligan believes that he . . . could . . . go . . . all . . . the . . . waaay, as legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell was fond of

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  • November 2, 2001 | The Recorder

    Trade Secrets Lose Out to Speech

    The First Amendment trumps California's trade secrets protection law, the state's Sixth District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday in a dispute over an Internet link to code that unscrambles encr

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  • January 13, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Survey Points Up Big Firms' Increasing Diversity

    Slightly more than 2 percent of the lawyers at 23 of New York City's largest firms identify themselves as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a New York County Lawyers' A

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  • March 3, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    The Careful Conservative

    George W. Bush's desire to be the first president to nominate a Hispanic to the U.S. Supreme Court could lead him to Emilio Garza, a judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals whose judici

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  • May 12, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Less Help Wanted

    Texas' largest firms exercised caution when hiring summer associates for 2003. For the second year in a row, most firms reduced the number of summer associates hired.Overall, firm's th

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