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  • September 20, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Lowest Common Privilege

    Most of us have taken but one bar exam; one was quite enough, thank you. But we have a national practice; we are routinely admitted in courts outside our home state. And, when we fill ou

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  • January 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Efficient Definitions

    Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, a drunk and an efficient lawyer are walking together when they spot a $100 bill on the pavement. Who gets the bill? Duh. It is the drunk; all the others ar

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  • June 20, 2005 | Legal Times

    On the Record with Ann Kappler

    Ann Kappler is executive vice president and general counsel of the Federal National Mortgage Association, more commonly known as Fannie Mae. The government-chartered mortgage company has

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  • January 25, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    When are employees' online postings fair game?

    On Oct. 27, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board issued an unfair labor practice complaint alleging that a company illegally fired an employee for posting negative comments about her su

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  • July 19, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Sworn Mulligans

    Ah, wouldn't life be grand if we had a redo button. But, except for golf, where we duffers have institutionalized the mulligan in total abrogation of the actual rules of the game, there

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  • February 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    It Could Happen Again

    Two years ago, Anton Valukas issued a 2,200-page report that laid bare the accounting gimmicks that hid Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc.'s shaky finances. Valukas, the chair of Jenner & Bloc

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  • September 1, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Mass. Case Could Be Key in Gay Marriage Fight

    While the high-profile, Ted Olson- and David Boies-managed legal fight against California's Proposition 8 captures headlines, a carefully planned case quietly under way in Massachusetts federal cou

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  • March 19, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Chicago lateral market is reaching a fever pitch

    CHICAGO-Jenner & Block, a longtime Chicago firm, demonstrates well the fast-paced attorney comings and goings happening in the city this year. Since the beginning of the year, Je

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  • October 25, 2006 | National Law Journal

    The Seven-Hour Myth

    Having invoked the Pirate Code's Right of Parlay-guarantying safe passage-our heroine is greatly surprised when Captain Barbossa says she cannot leave the ship: "The code is more what yo

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  • November 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    A SENATE SESSION FOR CORRUPTION LAW During a speech this month in Maryland, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer of the U.S. Departm

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