• August 18, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Microsoft's $521 million patent loss

    A $521 million patent infringement verdict against Microsoft Corp.-the largest of 2003 to date-may been the result of what jurors didn't hear, Microsoft lawyers say. The five-wee

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  • August 31, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Civil Actions

    The following cases were recently filed in the Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the district courts' official online bulletins. U.S. DISTR

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  • March 31, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Federal Circuit may be in for big changes

    WASHINGTON � The "youngest" of the federal appellate courts soon will be showing its age as two-thirds of its members qualify for retirement or senior status in the next two years, prese

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  • December 18, 2009 | The Recorder

    Blurring a Fault Line in Emloyment Law

    The last few weeks saw the California Supreme Court render two relatively high-profile employment law decisions — Co

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  • November 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    Large Thelen group to join Nixon Peabody A large group of attorneys from the dissolving Thelen law firm have found refuge at Nixon Peab

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  • December 6, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New Partners Arnold & Porter (Washington): Dara Corrigan joins the pharmaceutical and medical device practice group as partner in the firm's home office. She previo

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  • July 28, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Levi seeks to quash summonses

    special to the national law journal The u.s. internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking an attorney's testimony and documents in investigating allegations of improper tax accounti

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  • July 1, 2002 | Alm

    Videoconferencing Is Getting Better All the Time

    When the skies turned hostile last fall it seemed a safe bet that lawyers would put their oversized carry-ons aside and look for travel-free ways to depose witnesses, close deals and meet

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  • October 24, 2002 | The Recorder

    Custody Hearing Clouds Pledge Case

    A Sacramento County family court judge has told Michael Newdow, the victor in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' Pledge of Allegiance ruling, that he cannot continue to litigate the case on be

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  • December 21, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Federal Circuit rules joint infringement requires agency relationship

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a precedent-setting ruling expanding the case law on when a defendant exercises enough control over a party that it can be fou

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