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  • June 14, 2011 | The Associated Press

    New bio does justice to Darrow's brilliance

    "Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned" Doubleday, by John A. Farrell: Lincoln Steffens, one of the original muckrakers, dubbed Clarence Darrow "attorney for the damned," a tribute to Darr

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  • September 4, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Orrick's Big-League Push

    The ingredients for building a marquee U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice include a deep bench, diverse cases, high-profile clients and a presence in the nation's highest cour

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  • September 13, 1999 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers In Love Say 'I Do'

    Lawyers should never marry other lawyers. This is called inbreeding, from which comes idiots and other lawyers."With this argument, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy's neighbor in "Adam's

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  • October 7, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Salans Falters in Establishing N.Y. Presence

    The difficulties the largest British law firms have encountered in New York are well known. But the problems facing their biggest rival from across the English Channel may be even greater.

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  • October 10, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    To Associates: Advice From Those Who've Gone Before

    Debra Bruno [email protected] WASHINGTON-Robert M. Travis started his law-firm career in a coat closet. Granted, it was the coat closet of Elliot Goldstein, son of Powell Goldstein

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  • June 7, 2005 | The Recorder

    In Camera

    CITY ATTORNEY THROWS LOW BLOW IN RIDERS SPARRINGThings have gotten personal between City Attorney John Russo and Oakland Police Officers Association President Robert Valladon, a

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  • June 2, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Adding CGO to Executive Alphabet Soup

    A new type of corporate executive is on the rise, spurred by a mix of new laws, litigation fears and marketing strategies.The executive is the chief governance officer, or CGO, typical

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  • November 27, 2000 |

    Lights, Camera ... Oyez

    'X-MEN' EXCLUSIVESaban Entertainment has filed a complaint against Polygram Filmed Entertainment and Polygram's successor-in-interest, Universal Pictures over the "X-Men" TV ser

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  • July 19, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Toyota headed to court over Prius problem

    Of the bumper crop of recalls announced by Toyota Motor Corp. during the past year, those associated with reports of sudden uncontrolled acceleration have fueled the most lawsuits. Meanwhile

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  • May 15, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Yahoo Board Moves May Reduce Future Liability

    Since the discovery of a misstatement contained in the resume of Scott Thompson, now the ex-CEO of Yahoo Inc., the resulting domino effect at the already troubled Internet company has toppled

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