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  • July 3, 2006 | Legal Times

    Court Ruling Emboldens Foes Of DOJ Policy

    A federal judge's ruling last week slamming a tactic widely used by the government to induce companies to cooperate with prosecutors could help efforts to beat back other strategies the

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  • December 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    A Service Industry?

    Corporate America isn't very happy with its law firms. In fact, only 32 percent of executives responding to a recently released client service survey said they would recommend a firm that work

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  • July 2, 2008 | Legal Times

    Next Term: a Fatter, Faster Calendar

    WASHINGTON — The current term is history, so what's up for the Supreme Court's next term, which begins Oct. 6? More cases, heard more quickly, and possibly decided with more di

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  • August 25, 2011 | Legaltech News

    Aderant and Law Firm IT Direct the Talk at ILTA

    Legal software vendor Aderant stayed on the minds of International Legal Technology Association conference attendees in Nashville on Wednesday, providing a glimpse into the future of its product li

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  • January 11, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    In Indecency Case, Gov't Faces Rough Path to Win

    Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. made a strong appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold the government's rules against broadcast indecency, asserting the need to preserve a televi

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  • April 10, 2006 | National Law Journal

    RICO gets into fray over illegal workers

    Washington-As Congress wages a battle over illegal immigration and its impact on this nation, the Supreme Court is about to enter the fray in a context involving one of the law's most po

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  • October 1, 2007 |

    BIG SUITS

    For Novell, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) Star Scientific v. R.J. Reynolds Star Scientific, Inc. wanted R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to pay $1 billion for infringing its pat

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  • January 2, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Attorneys May Be Delaying Retirement

    Steven Deruyter has recovered from the shock that he's nearing retirement age. But what continues to stun him is the condition of his retirement fund, which has lost about 40 percent of its value i

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  • November 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Gone, But Not Forgotten

    As deferred associates head to big-firm offices to collect six figures, review documents, and learn the art of due diligence, Bar Talk checked in with the public interest organizatio

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  • December 7, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Simpson, Sidley, Cleary Advise On $36 Billion Equity Office Deal In a record-breaking deal, Equity Office Properties Trust has agreed to be bought by Blackstone, Real Estate Par

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