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  • November 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    'He had the ability to do anything'

    The raid took place after dark in a remote corner of northwestern Afghani­stan. The target: a drug and weapons bazaar, where the proceeds from selling opium help fund the Taliban i

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  • December 14, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Sutherland Asbill Launches Mock Courtroom

    Sutherland Asbill & Brennan's transactional lawyers are as happy about the firm's new mock courtroom as its litigators. Until now the litigators have had to use the firm's conference rooms to p

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  • December 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Eight Is Enough

    ow lawyers do their jobs—from the type of advice they give clients to the calculation of fees—moves to the fore in the new U.S. Supreme Court term in eight cases that could dram

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  • May 3, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Key Player: Cari Dawson

    Among a sea of dull gray suits, Alston & Bird partner Cari Dawson stood out in the California courtroom. Not only because she was a woman in a cheerful skirt or one of the very few minorities,

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  • June 1, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Tough Economy Takes Heavy Toll on Summer Associate Classes

    After a season of layoffs and furloughs in tough economic times, most of the largest private New York law offices also have reduced the size of their incoming summer associate class size

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  • September 29, 2006 |

    Meet Joia Johnson, GC and VP of RARE Hospitality

    There's much more to the restaurant business than food. Just ask Joia Johnson, the general counsel of RARE Hospitality in Atlanta.Johnson, who's been with the company for seven years, says r

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  • May 29, 2007 | National Law Journal

    EEOC Looks at Caregiver Bias

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that it may develop enforcement guidelines to address the growing problem of "family responsibility discrimination." FRD is a l

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  • June 5, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Programs remain steady for another summer

    Summer associate programs have stabilized at Atlanta's largest firms. This year's programs look quite similar to last year's, with a few increases in clas , pay and duration. Clas

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  • September 6, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Computer Voir Dire

    A new computer software program that helps weed out biased jurors is raising a dilemma for lawyers: Should they go with their gut instinct when picking jurors, or listen to a computer?Do

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  • January 29, 2007 | National Law Journal

    2d Circuit's 'IPO' Ruling

    The U.S. Supreme Court long ago instructed judges to engage in a "rigorous analysis" of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23's class certification requirements. See, e.g., Gen. Tel. Co. of the Sw. v.

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