• October 18, 2004 | Alm

    Culture Clash

    With a more-is-better philosophy, national practices increasingly want to lock arms with foreign law firms in mergers to create a global presence. If only it were that simple. b

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  • January 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Shifting landscape of software protection

    The application of the patent laws to computer software has never been an easy fit. Many jurists view software code primarily as a series of written statements, which arguably places software sq

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  • February 17, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Bar Exam Program Faces Funding Crisis

    Free supplemental preparation for the New York state bar examination could soon become a thing of the past for minority candidates who have depended on a special program offered through a smal

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  • December 4, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Dissolves Special Masters Panel in Homeless Case Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Helen Freedman (a href="http://nycourts.law.com/cpnylj/judgeprofile.asp?JP=1226" target="

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  • January 26, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Counsel Dinged in Shareholder Suits

    In the wake of high-profile corporate meltdowns like Enron Corp. and Refco Inc., attorneys and other professionals who advise public companies are concerned over what they see as their widenin

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  • July 28, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Patent and Trademark Law

    The Federal Trademark Dilution Act, passed by Congress in 1995, provides injunctive relief against the commercial use of a mark or trade name causing "dilution of the distinctive quality of th

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  • June 28, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    1990s Recession Veterans Dust Off Real Estate Workout Skills

    It's deja vu all over again for some law firms' real estate practice areas. After a stretch when deals and transactions reigned, the workout skills that some veteran real estate lawyers learned by

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  • January 9, 2006 | National Law Journal

    As times get better, so do the bonuses

    Associates at several big law firms across the country welcomed the new year with hefty bonuses that were moderately higher than the year before, a reflection of the legal industry's rec

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  • May 11, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas' Top Deals of 2008

    The following deals were announced in 2008. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. Acquisition of ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP. Description: Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto,

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  • May 3, 2007 | The Recorder

    Cleared Conflict Lets Pooley Join Morrison & Foerster

    After more than a year of waiting, James Pooley is finally joining Morrison & Foerster's Silicon Valley office. That's because a a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1139393111

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