• February 11, 2008 | Legal Times

    DOJ Prepares for Central Role in Yahoo Bid

    If Microsoft wants Yahoo for $44.6 billion, the deal will have to pass the smell test at a Justice Department that is already intimately familiar with the software giant's corporate prac

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  • July 9, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Jury Voir Dire

    Jury voir dire is one of the most crucial aspects of a case, particularly in a highly publicized matter where many prospective jurors will no doubt come to court with attitudes shaped by

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  • December 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Fender Lawyer Rocks On

    Name and title: Mark Van Vleet, chief legal officer, corporate secretary and senior vice president of business affairs Age: 42 Instrument icon: Discuss guitars wi

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  • October 1, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Groups Decry Increase In Bar Exam Cut Score

    The State Board of Law Examiners' raising of the minimum bar examination pass score has elicited strong objection from New York's legal community. Officials of the law board, whose fiv

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  • January 12, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Jones Day Triples Down in Saudi Arabia

    Jones Day is bound for Saudi Arabia in a big way, adding new offices in Jeddah, Khobar and Riyadh in 2011. The Am Law Daily spok

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  • May 21, 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

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  • October 22, 2002 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO PG&E ATTORNEYS FEES The United States trustee overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has challenged millions of dollars

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  • April 9, 2007 | National Law Journal

    The Opening Statement

    After a jury has been picked and before opening statements are to begin in a complex white-collar criminal case, the presiding judge's preliminary instructions to the jury will invariabl

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  • April 4, 2011 | National Law Journal

    D.C. CALENDAR

    TUESDAY, April 5 Employment Law: Seven sections of the District of Columbia Bar present "Labor and Employment Law Update — The D.C. Courts —

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  • January 28, 2013 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    LATERALS Shartsis Friese (San Francisco): Nicole Dogwill joins the firm's litigation group as partner and will focus on complex and

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