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  • September 20, 2004 | Legal Times

    Supreme Tipping Point

    The Supreme Court — and who should get to name its justices — is about to make its quadrennial cameo appearance as a presidential campaign issue. But this time around, a rare

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  • June 16, 2003 | Legal Times

    Reports Lay Bare Role of WorldCom's In-House Lawyers

    WASHINGTON -- "The significance of the role of lawyers may not be as great at WorldCom as in some other companies. It's probably one reason why we're as successful as we've been.

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  • November 10, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Video Game Industry Moves to Lift State Bans

    The video game industry is on another legal mission to overturn several new state laws that ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In the last four months, video game industry

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  • November 4, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    White-Collar Experts Are Recruited to Handle Expected Increase in Government Enforcements

    Law firms are stepping up their hiring of white-collar lawyers in anticipation of increased investigations by government agencies into financial fraud and corporate bribery of foreign officials./p

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  • September 28, 2009 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    DISTINCTIONS BASS, BERRY & SIMS (Nashville, Tenn.): Leigh Walton, a partner in the firm's health care practice in the Nashville offic

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  • January 24, 2007 | Legal Times

    Remarks on Detainees Cement Bond Between Firms and Corporate Clients

    It's a rare day when law firms get called out for their pro bono work.But that's exactly what happened when Pentagon official Charles "Cully" Stimson rattled off a list of firms represen

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  • March 1, 2009 |

    A Moment of Truth for Copyright

    Ever since its 2005 decision in MGM Studios v. Grokster, the U.S. Supreme Court has sat on the sidelines, denying cert on any copyright case it has been asked to review. The justices refused to co

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  • May 2, 2005 | 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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  • February 7, 2011 | Special To Law.Com

    5 Key Lessons From Stanford D&O Ruling

    A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas demonstrates the serious consequences of failing to negotiate for narrow policy exclusions in directors and officer

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  • February 27, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Lessons from the Maples case

    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Maples v. Thomas contains several important lessons and reminders for those of us who maintain an active pro bono practice at large law firm

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