• September 5, 2011 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    DE SOUSA CASE SPURS CLOSED-DOOR CONFAB For about an hour last week, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell met behind closed doors with U.S. Justice Department lawyer

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  • May 25, 2005 | Legal Times

    Bush Names Tyco Lawyer Flanigan as No. 2 at DOJ

    Former Deputy White House Counsel Timothy Flanigan has been selected by the White House to replace Deputy Attorney General James Comey in the Justice Department's No. 2 slot. Comey ann

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  • May 16, 2005 | Alm

    Law Firms Face Sharp Rise in Malpractice Suits

    It's getting more expensive for corporate lawyers to defend themselves. A soon-to-be-released study by the American Bar Association shows that the number of big-ticket suits - those w

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  • September 12, 2011 | International

    The Untouchables: Hong Kong Courts Stir Up Fears About Legal Immunity

    One of Hong Kong's major appeals as a base for international companies doing business in Asia has been recourse to its British-established common law courts. But recent Hong Kong rulings have raise

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  • July 12, 2012 | The Recorder

    Expanding Partnership Liability

    A California court of appeal recently created a small but important loophole in the long-enforced presumption that partners do not enjoy protections under workplace anti-discrimination statut

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  • June 6, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Service man

    COMPANY PROFILE DynCorp International Inc. is a private company that works under contract for U.S. national security policymakers. The company's roots were in avia

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  • May 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

    401(k) fee suits not soon to retire

    Litigation concerning excessive administrative fees charged to employees by their 401(k) plans is heating up and adding a new twist. The suits come amid stepped-up investigations

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  • June 5, 2009 | National Law Journal

    L.A. Firms Bet on Wrong Horse

    LOS ANGELES — Attorneys at some of the nation's largest law firms poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into one of the most expensive and contentious elections on record for Los Angele

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  • January 16, 2006 | Legal Times

    Judges Turn Witnesses for Alito

    Apart from Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) wearing a Princeton baseball cap, the most unusual sight at Samuel Alito Jr.'s weeklong confirmation hearings came on Jan. 12, when six federal judg

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  • May 11, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    SEC Takes On Chinese Deloitte Unit over Audit Records

    After struggling for two years to get its hands on auditing documents for a Chinese company listed in the U.S., the Securities and Exchange Commission is ratcheting up the pressure on the Chi

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