• February 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    The Sheltering Storm

    Last March, when Fulbright & Jaworski partner John Sullivan III checked his e-mail, he was surprised to find a message from actress Angelina Jolie. Jolie, who donated $500,000 to help esta

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  • September 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Squire Sanders Launches New Pro Bono Initiative Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has tapped veteran death penalty litigator George Kendall, formerly of Holland & Knight

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  • October 23, 2000 | Daily Report Online

    In and Out: The Challenge of Associate Retention

    In today's competitive market, firms sink a lot of time and money into recruiting candidates with just the right mix of grades, gumption and personality. But what happens after getting those t

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  • October 25, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Managing Partner Survey: Finally, future is brighter

    For K&L Gates, this is not the time to pinch pennies. Unlike most other managing partners who have been in cutting mode, the law firm's Miami managing partner, Dan Casey, is on a spendin

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  • February 9, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Online Defamation and Anonymous Defendants

    Bad news travels fast. So fast on the Internet, that in a few hours or days a company's or professional's reputation can be smeared by anonymous postings on consumer ratings sites or through longer

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  • December 7, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Most Effective Lawyers: Leon Fresco, Holland & Knight and Randall Berg, Florida Justice Institute. Finalist: Tania Galloni, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center.

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  • February 26, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Surrogate's Practice and Proceedings

    Apart from estate tax repeal, the hot topic in the trusts and estates world is the Court of Appeals' Dec. 15, 2009, decision in a target="new" href="http://www.nycourts.gov/repo

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  • March 3, 2003 | Daily Business Review

    Patently Unusual

    At a time when the Florida Legislature is grappling with a huge budget shortfall, the state Department of Transportation has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal costs to defend four

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  • January 11, 2008 | Daily Business Review

    Seven Shareholders Depart Akerman Amid Reports of Growing Pains

    Seven Miami shareholders are leaving Akerman Senterfitt, and current and former lawyers with the firm worry more departures are on the way due to economic reasons and growing pains.Litigator

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  • October 31, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Undercutting Gideon

    Some 40 years ago, the state of Florida charged Clarence Gideon with breaking and entering a pool room with intent to commit a crime. Because he had no counsel, Gideon represented himself in t

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