• April 27, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Nintendo Wants to Zap Opposing Firm in Patent Suit

    Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s lawyers at Seattle's Perkins Coie asked an Arkansas federal judge to disqualify Floyd & Buss from a patent infringement case because Floyd & Buss

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  • February 4, 2008 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    PRO BONO COUNSEL FIND STRENGTH IN GROWING NUMBERSWhen Maureen Alger, Cooley Godward Kronish's pro bono partner, met up with four of her counterparts from other firms at a confer

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  • May 1, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Federal court ruling could curb price discrimination in food industry

    A Pennsylvania federal court decision enjoining a food supplier from using discriminatory price practices against a food distributor and enjoining a food service management company from i

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  • Franklin v. Sims

    Publication Date: 2008-08-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2008-08-14
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Sykes, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-4163

    ARGUED JULY 9, 2008Before POSNER, SYKES, and TINDER,Circuit Judges.Michael Franklin, who is African-American, is serving a 23-year sentence in Illinois for armed robbery. He petitioned for a wri

  • November 2, 2009 | The Recorder

    5 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO

    Fueled by a barrage of anti-lawyer TV ads, Proposition 64 sailed to a surprisingly easy victory, ushering in tight restrictions on the use of the state's unfair competition law. A last-minute nudge

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  • February 6, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Inadmissible

    Caen Do — Sen. Raymond Lesniak , who helped spearhead abolition of capital punishment in New Jersey, has proved himself persuasi

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  • December 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Sticks and Stones

    In mid-October, the California Supreme Court once again injected itself into the growing world of online law by accepting a case that will determine whether Internet businesses such as eBay In

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  • March 24, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Surf patrol

    Name and title: Michael Newman, senior vice president and general counsel Age: 38 Internet guardian: Websense Inc. monitors and protects data flow at

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  • July 26, 2004 | The Recorder

    Life in San Diego

    With all its life sciences startups, San Diego looks like promising terrain for law firm expansion. But as countless firms have found, building an office there is harder than it looks. Among o

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  • December 9, 2002 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    Michigan's Bipartisan Team in Race CaseAs it braces for a difficult battle in defense of its affirmative action programs before the Supreme Court, the University of Michigan has added new

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