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  • August 8, 2005 | Legal Times

    When One Door Closes . . .

    You've heard that the federal government is planning to close 33 major military in 22 states across the country. You probably know that a lot of controversy surrounds exactly which

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  • August 27, 2010 | Law.com

    Ladies Who Wedge

    I swore no more shoe articles — at least until Labor Day had passed. But I would be derelict in my duty not to cover this one: a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/nyregion/24bigcit

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  • September 9, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Frustrated judges want more oversight on evidence

    U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan excoriated Justice Department lawyers for the botched prosecution of ex-U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska. He even launched a criminal investigation last spring aga

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  • December 21, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    13 attorneys in $1,000-an-hour club

    A handful of U.S.-based partners at major law firms have inched above the $1,000 rate barrier, making bankruptcy work as lucrative as it was plentiful in 2008 and 2009, a review of billing rates in

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  • July 1, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    On the Job: Reverse Commute

    The parade of former government lawyers returning to private practice continues unabated, with Bush administration attorneys continuing to dominate in numbers, if not in prominence. Form

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  • April 7, 2008 | National Law Journal

    The 2008 APPELLATE HOT LIST

    Our first annual Appellate Hot List is our unscientific survey of firms that scored at least one sign t appellate win since January 2007, plus an impressive track record overall. A "sign

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  • January 11, 2012 | Alm

    FCC Seeks to Keep Standards Against Broadcast Indecency

    WASHINGTON - Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. made a strong appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 10 to uphold the government's rules against broadcast indecency, asserting the need to pres

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  • February 28, 2011 | Legal Times

    Inquiry Into US Attorney Firings Over, Ex-AG Staffer Finally Found Moral Enough to Practice in DC

    D. Kyle Sampson, who was swept up in a legal and political firestorm as chief of staff to then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, has succeeded in his battle for a District of Columbia law li

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  • December 12, 2011 | National Law Journal

    D.C. MOVES

    BAKER & MCKENZIE Joshua Odintz, 41, has joined Baker & McKenzie in Washington as a partner in the tax practice. Previously,

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  • August 23, 2010 | Law.com

    Jilted Associate Fights Back

    Aspiring big firm associates must have infinite patience. Or deep wells of hope. How else to explain why so few of them have taken legal action against firms for reneging on their job offers?

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