• February 9, 2001 | Alm

    Federal Judges Push for Higher Salaries

    Federal judges, who for years have quietly seethed over missed pay raises, may be gaining momentum in their push for higher salaries and structural changes in the judicial compensation system.

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  • May 17, 2007 | The Recorder

    Davis Wright Acquires IP Boutique

    Davis Wright Tremaine is snapping up three-lawyer San Francisco patent and trademark boutique Parsons Hsue & de Runtz. The addition of James Hsue and K. Alison de Runtz as partners, an

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  • November 24, 2004 | The Recorder

    Brobeck Trustee Ready to Settle With Ex-Partners

    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's bankruptcy

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  • February 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    A Daring Venture

    Conventional wisdom would say this is the worst time for Reed Smith Crosby Heafey to roll out a venture capital and technology group.Venture capital funding has dwindled, the economy i

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  • February 8, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Report: Time to Ready Cases for Trial Has Dropped Five years after the court system adopted a "differentiated case management" system to speed up discovery and cut down b

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  • March 1, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Corporate Campaign Finance Pitfalls

    As the election year gets under way, it's important for general counsel at politically active corporations to review federal election laws and to look at how the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

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  • March 13, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Counsel Say 'Culture of Waiver' Permeates Federal Investigations

    A survey of in-house and outside counsel by a coalition of business and legal organizations reports that a "culture of waiver" of the attorney-client privilege now exists in corporate investig

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  • January 21, 2003 |

    FTC, Chicago Bridge Make Final Arguments

    The fate of Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.'s acquisition of a Pitt-Des Moines Inc. subsidiary now rests with a federal judge.Lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission and the companies p

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  • August 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Stalled Rebates Trigger Litigation, Legislation

    Consumers fed up with waiting for mail-in rebates to arrive are triggering a wave of lawsuits and legislation aimed at making it easier for them to get their promised cash in a timely manner.

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  • April 7, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Gigante Pleads Guilty, Admits Odd Behavior Just an Act Crime boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante admitted Monday that his bathrobe-clad jaunts through Greenwich Village and other bizarre b

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