• September 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    No State Court 'Second Bite' at Claims Against Grant Thornton For Parmalat, Judge Kaplan Rules

    The fraud and negligence suits that a Cayman Islands Parmalat subsidiary and Parmalat's Italian bankruptcy trustee brought against Grant Thornton seven years ago are still on the ropes--if not do

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  • July 27, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    In Gulf Spill's Wake, Maritime Law All at Sea

    Martin Davies is a man in demand. In the three months since the Deepwater Horizon disaster sent oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the director of Tulane University Law School's Maritime Law Cent

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  • June 7, 2005 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    CONVICTION UPHELD IN SHAKEN-BABY CASEThe state Supreme Court had no sympathy for a convicted baby killer on Monday, rejecting his argument that prosecutors had concealed materia

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  • November 29, 2004 | Alm

    Brobeck Phleger Bankruptcy Trustee Ready to Settle

    Nearly two years after Brobeck Phleger & Harrison's demise, former partners will have a chance to get together again. But it won't be a typical reunion. Brobeck Phleger's b

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  • September 10, 2007 | Legal Times

    Ex-Ney Aide Seeks to Avoid Jail

    In the spring of 2005, lobbyist Neil Volz was with his former boss, then-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), and a few Hill staffers at a restaurant downtown. As the group clumped around the bar, Ney

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  • January 19, 2004 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELDAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has elected four lawyers to partnership in its D.C. office.Barry Brandon, 42, is a memb

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  • November 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Question on the Skyline

    There's a 48-story question mark in Charlotte's skyline. Even as Wachovia Corporation worked through a dance card of potential merger partners, construction workers pounded away on the b

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  • May 19, 2008 | Legal Times

    Legal Times 30th Anniversary: The Visionaries Part 6

    ROBERT STRAUSS In 1971, when Robert Strauss moved from Texas to Washington to become treasurer of the Democratic Party, he brought his law firm along.

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  • June 27, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Back to the Hill

    Tech booms may come and go, but the federal government is eternal. That's the lesson that Washington, D.C., firms, as well as some out-of-towners with big Washington offices, are lea

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  • November 1, 2002 | Legaltech News

    How Can I Improve My Web Marketing

    Law firms are harnessing the power of the Web to connect to clients, referral sources and prospects. Three hot trends have emerged: online, opt-in newsletters, branded e-mail alerts and Webinar

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