• May 5, 2003 | Legal Times

    Survival Guide

    For the past two years, judicial nominees Jeffrey Sutton and Priscilla Owen were on the same track. Both faced what at times seemed like insurmountable political obstacles in their pursu

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  • July 5, 2004 | Legal Times

    Pulling Its Punches

    Just before the Supreme Court convened for its final sitting of the term on June 29, Solicitor General Theodore Olson was asked how long it would take for him to recover from the defeats

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  • December 20, 2004 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in .S. District Court for the District of Columbia; .S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt division; and

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  • May 1, 2003 | Legaltech News

    Dethawing from the Deep Freeze

    CHICAGO in the Spring is an annual ritual, so I dashed to the Sheraton Chicago for a quick fix at the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management section's ABA Techshow. Unfortunately

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  • July 14, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    O'Melveny Sues Bratz Doll Maker MGA Over $10.2 Million in Unpaid Legal Fees

    Editor's note: A previous version of this post misidentified the legal expenses of Mattel and MGA. The correct information is included in the tenth paragraph below. The Am Law Daily regrets the

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  • June 3, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    Blood on the Tracks

    It all seems so simple here on the back edge of George Clark's 170 acres in Westfield, Ind., where a line of stubby trees marks the old railroad right-of-way. Clark is a farmer, corn and

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  • August 4, 2005 | Alm

    Roberts: Flower of the Reagan Revolution

    When then-Attorney General Edwin Meese III told the American Bar Association two decades ago that he wanted to pursue a "jurisprudence of original intention," it was a rallying cry. Now it loo

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  • March 14, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Debarred Ex-Purdue Pharma General Counsel Howard Udell Raises Key Issues in Appeal

    Ex-general counsel Howard Udell, debarred from working in the health care industry, is raising two key issues on his appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia. Udell, y

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  • May 16, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Law firms learn to live large

    The test of success for many regional law firms has been their ability to expand nationally. But facing challenges such as the ho-hum morale of some partners, the integration of firm cul

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  • July 28, 2006 | Alm

    'Comprehensive' Results Against Unions' Campaigns

    When O'Melveny & Myers partners Robert Welsh and F. Curt Kirschner won more than $17 million for a chain of hospitals last week, it marked their first jury verdict in what they say is a gr

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