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  • November 16, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Myths of the U.S. Legal System Revealed

    "Our legal system is based on the Bible." "Judges do not make law." Historical realities expose both these currently popular pronouncements as myths. The roots of our legal system are heathen. F

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  • March 6, 2006 | Legal Times

    Bingham, Swidler Merger Finalized

    The Bingham McCutchen brand has never meant that much in Washington power circles

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  • December 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    E Pluribus Unum

    Mergers are never easy, even those that take place outside the corporate world. Take the 2003 formation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which roped in 22 federal agencies and 180,

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  • July 13, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    LATERALS JACKSON LEWIS: Victor P. Montoya joins the firm as partner in Albuquerque, N.M. Montoya will focus on advising

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  • June 25, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Carolina Bound

    When it comes to global work, Atlanta's firms aren't just whistling Dixie. Like firms elsewhere, Atlanta's legal players have been hit with a decline in capital markets and e-commerce-re

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  • September 10, 2007 | Legal Times

    Reporting on Nanotech

    As tiny molecule nanotechnologies begin to infiltrate the American consumer marketplace, the Food and Drug Administration must grapple with how to regulate the safety and effectiveness o

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  • June 21, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Harassment Charge Dismissed Against Shackled Prisoner A criminal defendant whose legs were shackled and had one arm handcuffed to the rail of his hospital bed cannot be found gu

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  • July 7, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Major retailers and tech companies support Netflix over attorney fees

    Netflix Inc.'s bid for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to hold an en banc hearing on the legal standard for district court awards of attorney fees in patent cases is generatin

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  • April 3, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Arent Fox (Washington): Baruch Weiss joins the litigation and white-collar defense groups as partner in the firm's Washington and New York offices. A former

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  • December 5, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Survey: Law Firm Leaders Wary but Confident

    What will next year look like at the biggest law firms in the land? For the first time since Legal affiliate The American Lawyer began surveying law firm leaders in 2003, their an

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