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  • June 13, 2007 | Special To Law.Com

    Measuring the Impact of High Court's 'Ledbetter' Ruling

    The United States Supreme Court has held in a 5-4 opinion that disparate treatment pay discrimination claims under Title VII of the

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  • May 27, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Lehman Estate Files Suit Targeting JPMorgan's Pre-Bailout Actions

    Just as we wrap up writing about one lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase of bringing down a financial giant, a second financial giant -- what's left of it, anyway -- has filed its own suit making very

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  • January 1, 2006 | Legaltech News

    Teaching Rocket Science

    In 1998, Final Analysis Communication Services Inc. was a small Maryland-based company that won one of four coveted FCC licenses to launch 30 low-orbit satellites into space. The fledgling company pl

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  • October 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Judge Removes Juror From Synagogue Bomb Plot Trial A juror has been removed at the trial of four men caught in an FBI terror sting, but deliberations will go on. Souther

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  • November 8, 2007 | Legal Times

    Justice O'Connor on the Temporary Disabled List

    Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor arrived at a Washington, D.C., speaking engagement Wednesday in a wheelchair, and she walked to the podium on crutches. O'Connor, 77, did not tell

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  • March 1, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    More Companies Consider Outsourcing Legal Work

    Coach USA, a transportation company in Houston owned by Scotland's Stagecoach Holdings PLC, recently outsourced all of its legal work to Jenkens & Gilchrist when Robert Longo, Coach's form

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  • December 6, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    Transparency at Law Firms Has Its Limits

    Commenting on the Enron scandal, The New York Times (May 26, 2006) noted that "Enron's fall had a greater impact ... by heightening nervousness among average investors about the transparenc

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  • July 22, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Hertz Acquires Donlen for $930M Car-rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc. of Park Ridge announced on July 17 that it has paid $250 milli

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  • May 10, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    Mental Disabilities Present Unique Problems for Employers

    Employers faced with employees who exhibit conduct that may be due to a mental disability often have difficulty assessing their obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, such as whethe

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  • May 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Holy Nonequity Partners!

    Last year, as law firms struggled with the brutal realities of the recession, many managing partners took the tried-and-true approach to cutting costs--layoffs. At The

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