• March 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Office Politics

    On December 10 the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on the long-standing debate on campaign finance reform. The Court upheld most of the controversial Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, othe

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  • January 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NEW PARTNERS

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  • October 1, 2007 |

    THE VEOH CASE COMES FIRST

    Lawyers looking for guidance on copyright infringement liability in the digital age are rightfully mesmerized by Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube and the parallel class action against t

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  • September 16, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Will Contingency Fee Questions Upend Howrey Bankruptcy?

    UPDATE, September 16, 6:37 p.m., EDT: On Friday afternoon, San Francisco federal bankruptcy court Judge Dennis Montali set a hearing for September 21 at 9:30 a.m. to review a r

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  • March 20, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    Chicago Firms Raise Associate Salaries to $135,000

    Many Chicago law firms are raising salaries for first-year associates to $135,000 a year in an effort to keep pace with firms in other major markets. Associates at firms of all sizes will se

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  • August 8, 2005 | National Law Journal

    RICO trial decision looms

    Washington-By early October, the paper blizzard in the government's extraordinary and nearly six-year-old racketeering case against the tobacco industry will come to an end, just as a ne

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  • February 9, 2004 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    GREENBERG TRAURIGJames Bacchus has joined Greenberg Traurig in its Orlando, Fla., and Washington, D.C., offices as a partner. Bacchus, 54, was most recently a membe

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  • July 13, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Is pro bono work recession-proof

    A year ago, Lehman Brothers appeared solvent, Bernard Madoff was a trusted name, and the global economic crisis still was called a downturn. Even then, pro bono advocates worried that altruis

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  • June 8, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Associate salary war moves to mid-U.S.

    The associate salary war has spread from the coasts to the middle of the United States, with law firms boosting starting pay to stay competitive in a legal market where demand is mountin

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  • December 7, 2006 | The Recorder

    5 Million Reasons to Quit Milberg

    Legal Pad � the law blog that refuses to call itself a blawg! View all the latest posts on the main page or read a la carte:

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