• December 20, 2002 | The Recorder

    Returning Fire

    A firm that's made millions of dollars enforcing patents has been sued for allegedly filing "baseless, sham" patent infringement suits.In a Dec. 10 complaint filed in Wisconsin federal

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  • October 15, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

    This Isn't My Office!

    Anxiety grips many first-year associates as they pass the threshold of their new law firm. With crossed fingers and held breath, they are led to their new office in, say, the bankruptcy depart

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  • August 14, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Russ Berrie Gets a Lifeline

    Shortly after the death of its founder in 2002, Russ Berrie & Co. Inc. started a three-year tumble. But a stock purchase announced last Monday may put the Oakland-based gift and stuffed-to

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  • July 1, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Bid to Disqualify KPMG as MCI's Auditors Fails

    Although WorldCom emerged from bankruptcy more than two months ago as MCI, its legal battles continue in bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York.In this latest round, 14

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  • July 26, 2010 | Law.com

    News You Don't Want to Hear

    I don't want to go there, but as your faithful career sherpa, I have no choice but to give you the unvarnished truth about the state of the legal marketplace. You probably know bits and pieces of t

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  • May 2, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Easing the Pain of Bill Collection

    One of the first things Tracey K. Dewrell's attorney father told his son when he graduated from law school was, before carrying out any legal transaction, get paid first. So when Dewre

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  • November 5, 2007 | Legal Times

    Tear Up the Old Diversity Plan

    There is an episode of the hit TV show "Seinfeld" in which George decides that every decision he has ever made has been wrong, so he resolves to do the complete opposite of what he would

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  • November 3, 2009 | The Recorder

    One Way to Find a Job: Do Lunch

    SAN FRANCISCO — Sometimes, you don't need a book. Naomi Gray was an associate at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker when she took maternity leave more than a year ago. Not ready

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  • August 8, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Some Attorneys See Meditation as Relief From Stress of Law Practice

    Vanguard of "contemplative lawyers," as they call themselves, is coming to champion a small revolution in the business and study of the law: daily meditation for personal and professional fulf

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  • December 10, 2010 | Bloomberg

    Only trust DOJ has broken is U.S. people's

    It's bad enough that there have been no criminal convictions of any of the executives who helped bring the banking system and our economy to its knees. Now the Justice Department is touting t

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