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  • June 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Carrot and Stick

    The painting of Muhammad Ali standing over a prostrate Sonny Liston is hard to miss in William Von Hoene, Jr.’s office overlooking Lake Michigan. It hangs from floor to ceil

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  • November 1, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Chicago lawyers aim to raise $1M for legal aid

    CHICAGO — The Chicago Bar Foundation plans to raise more than $1 million next March from law firms and corporate legal departments in a second annual campaign to help increase the

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  • September 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    In Or Out?

    On-campus interview season has already begun. But this fall, 2Ls will have more than their grades and the lagging economy to worry about when it comes to summer job offers.

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  • May 1, 2006 | Legal Times

    Honors and Appointments

    40 AT 50Fourteen law firms — out of 109 that qualified — were honored by judges on D.C.'s federal bench for their pro bono work. A celebratory reception, the 40

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  • January 25, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Latham adds two top former federal prosecutors

    CHICAGO�Latham & Watkins lured two top federal prosecutors to the firm recently by offering them an opportunity to build up its white-collar crime practice, and helped boost the firm's profile i

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  • November 8, 2004 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in .S. District Court for the District of Columbia; .S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt division; and

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  • July 19, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Oetken Confirmed for Seat On Southen District Bench

    The U.S. Senate yesterday overwhelmingly confirmed the nomination of J. Paul Oetken to a Southern District judgeship, making him the first openly gay judge on the federal bench. Since 2004,

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  • August 20, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Massachusetts Same-Sex Ruling on Hold

    A Massachusetts federal court decision striking down as unconstitutional a section of the federal Defense

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  • February 21, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Big bankruptcies, big legal fees

    It's been a good time to be a bankruptcy lawyer. Though it's been almost three years since the economy began its meltdown, several massive bankruptcies are continuing to generate big fees for attor

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  • October 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

    A patent imbroglio slams firm

    Fish & Richardson, a national intellectual property firm, has become a second target of a patent infringement lawsuit initially brought by Illinois Computer Research LLC against just Goo

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