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  • January 31, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Board Battle

    What is bigger than steel, semiconductors and wheat? What has hungry bugs and grizzly bears and carries a multibillion-dollar price tag?The two-decade-old softwood lumber battle betwee

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  • September 23, 2008 | Bloomberg

    Treasury needs you just to believe

    Here's the truth why Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson wants $700 billion of your money to bail out stupid financial companies. It's not protecting you, the unwitting American. It's

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  • May 5, 2009 | Bloomberg

    BofA owners declare war on taxpayers

    The votes are in at Bank of America Corp. And the message to America is unmistakable: It's them versus us. The big news from Bank of America's annual meeting last week was that a majo

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  • September 16, 2003 | Alm

    Discharged Matrimonial Lawyer Cannot Bill Opposing Spouse

    A discharged attorney in a matrimonial matter does not have the right to apply in his or her own name for retroactive fees against the adversary spouse, a sharply divided appellate court ruled

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  • December 11, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Associate Pay Cuts Here to Stay, Say Firms, Analysts

    A growing number of managing partners and management consultants say recent cuts to associate compensation aren't a temporary phenomenon. And a few see an even more significant correction to entry-

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  • December 29, 2004 | Legal Times

    Say What?

    "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." � � � ---The Harvard Crimson, misquoting a fanciful point made by Justice Antonin Sca

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  • August 11, 2006 | Legal Times

    Why Lawyers Should Take on Pro Bono Work

    At Appleseed, one of the nation's largest pro bono networks, we work in partnership with some of the largest corporate law firms in the country. We depend on the pro bono efforts of these firms to

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  • November 4, 2009 | The Recorder

    Lunch Meetings Lead to New Job as Partner After Baby Break

    Sometimes, you don't need a book. Naomi Gray was an associate at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker when she took maternity leave m

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  • May 4, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Enron Bankruptcy

    The unexercised stock options of Enron employees are subordinated in bankruptcy as damages for claims arising from the purchase or sale of a security, Southern District Bankruptcy Judge Arthur

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  • November 5, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Assertive Regulators, Increasing Layoffs Boost Employment Legal Disputes

    It was a chance to consort with the enemy—a powwow with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And everyone wanted in. That is how Linda Burwell of Detroit's Nemeth Burw

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