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  • January 27, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Lateral Report

    Jumping Ship: Biggest Losses Order the 2009

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  • July 8, 2005 | The Recorder

    Wal-Mart Spurns White Guys? No Problem

    Good news for white male defense lawyers: Wal-Mart wants to replace them with minority and female lawyers.The retail juggernaut's announcement that it wants the 100 firms that do most

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  • October 31, 2000 | Legal Times

    Dateline: Northern Virginia

    RADIO DRAMAPepper Hamilton has picked up a radio star.Steven Mandell may not have the audience share of Howard Stern, but the corporate lawyer is on CNN Business Radio t

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  • June 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Hazard Pay

    The courtroom as a war zone is an oft-referenced metaphor. For Paul Hastings partner Kirby Behre, who traveled to war-torn Afghanistan in his defense of a client, the allegory to

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  • December 23, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Superior Court Backs Duty to Warn Ruling

    A Superior Court panel has affirmed the conclusion by the head judge of the Philadelphia Complex Litigation Center that under Pennsylvania law, a pharmaceutical manufacturer's duty to warn run

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  • March 14, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

    No Express Authority, No Class Action Status

    If an arbitration clause does not contain an express provision allowing for class arbitration, plaintiffs have no statutory right to bring a class action, a Delaware County, Pa., Common Pleas

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  • December 10, 2008 | Bloomberg

    Cures for the fat, bald will soon come with proof

    Advertisements promising miracle weight loss, full heads of hair, and rich investment returns prove the power of marketing and how desperately we don't want to be fat, bald or poor. N

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  • February 15, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Calling Up Reinforcements

    Names like Vioxx, Baycol and Fen-Phen have replaced asbestos and tobacco as the hottest big-ticket products liability cases. And while the use of contract attorneys for document review is not

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  • January 5, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Superior Court Panel Backs Newspaper In Shield Law Case

    Reversing a Lackawanna County trial judge, a Superior Court panel has unanimously held that a Scranton newspaper does not have to reveal its anonymous source for the purposes of a defama

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  • March 3, 2005 | Alm

    Law Firms Mull 'Gen Y' Equation

    Some call them slackers. Others are more diplomatic. But whatever the moniker, "Generation Y" associates are getting a bad rap for what some say is a flabby work ethic and an off-putting sense

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