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  • March 13, 2000 | Alm

    The Moral Compass

    The debate over whether to lower the confederate flag that now flies over South Carolina's statehouse has some lawyers from outside that state weighing in on the implications of venerating Old Dixi

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  • May 6, 2009 | National Law Journal

    ASSOCIATE MOVERS

    ASSOCIATE PROMOTIONS TO PARTNER Bowman and Brooke (Minneapolis): Scott Paxton has been promoted to partnership. Paxton will practice in the aut

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  • January 31, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    How Bad Is It?

    The December collections frenzy is now a memory. If the check was really in the mail, it's arrived and been counted. Firms have paid last year's bills, written their year-end bonus checks (if

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  • July 22, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News

    Elected and appointed Michael Houghton , a Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell partner, has been elected president of the National Conference of Commission

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  • May 31, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    'FCStone' and the Absurdity Exception to the Securities Contract Safe Harbor

    In January of this year, a District Court in Illinois issued a highly controversial opinion in the Sentinel bankruptcy case. a href="http://nylawyer.nylj.com/adgifs/decisions/053113

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  • June 20, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Winning

    Their successes range from a $366 million breach of contract suit in Texas, to a $90 million patent infringement case against Sony Corp. in California, to a white-collar defense win agai

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  • December 22, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Summer Legal Community Blood Drive Made a Difference

    This summer the Philadelphia legal community stepped up to the challenge and rolled up their sleeves to donate blood during the critical summer months of typical blood shortages. I am

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  • March 24, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Drug companies on the hook for off-label use of generic

    In an apparent case of first impression, a Philadelphia judge has ruled that two pharmaceutical ies may have a legal duty to class members for money spent on the generic version of the

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  • May 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    THE AM LAW 100 2008: Tiering Up

    Ever since associate starting salaries soared to $160,000 a year, firms have been scrambling to make their practices more cost-efficient. And with a downturn looming, clients are forcing them

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  • November 10, 2003 | Legal Times

    Helping a Mom Left Behind

    Shortly after her 30-year-old son died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Elsie Caldwell filed a claim to receive his $50,000 workers' compensation death benefit.She wa

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