• May 29, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    N.Y. Jury May Decide Liability of Shell in Nigerian Executions

    Absent a settlement, a jury to be selected beginning Tuesday in lower Manhattan will be asked to reach a historic verdict that would make Royal Dutch/Sh

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  • July 9, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    In Miami, Akerman Senterfitt has hired SCOTT BETTRIDGE as a shareholder in its labor and employment practice group. Bettridge, whose work focuses on corporate and individual

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  • December 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

    A nationwide sampling of law firm billing rates

    The National Law Journal asked the respondents to its 2007 survey of the nation's 250 largest law firms to provide a range of hourly billing rates for partners and associates. The fir

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  • May 26, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    BUSH TAPS TRIAL LAWYER FOR D.C. SEATPresident George W. Bush nominated a lawyer from the private civil bar for a slot on the D.C. Superior Court last week. Brian Ho

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  • August 15, 2012 | The Recorder

    Patton Boggs to Lobby for Facebook

    WASHINGTON — Facebook Inc. has signed on with a former U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman and other Patton Boggs lobbyists. Patton Boggs disclosed to Congress on Tues

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  • April 23, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Online attacks

    When Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. testified about his agency's budget last month on Capitol Hill, members of the appropriations committee questioned him about what he was doing to stop cy

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  • January 21, 2003 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    BUCHANAN INGERSOLLBuchanan Ingersoll's D.C. office recently promoted Todd Harrison to shareholder. Harrison is a member of the firm's corporate finance and technology groups.

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  • March 28, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Case against ex-Glaxo attorney is dismissed

    Federal prosecutors in the criminal case a Lauren Stevens, the indicted former in-house counsel of GlaxoSmithKline, received a double dose of bad news Wednesday. First the judge ruled a

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  • May 14, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Forty-somethings with law degree opt to go solo

    After 13 years as a public school teacher, and 13 years as a home-schooling parent, Ann McDonough decided to make a second career in law. But as a 53-year-old newly practicing attorney, her opti

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  • June 2, 2003 | Legal Times

    Balancing Act

    There are no elaborate displays of fresh flowers in the lobby of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis. The white-painted wall trim is faintly scuffed, and the floors are covered in thin, wall

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