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  • May 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Pardon the Presumption

    Acting in a case at the intersection of patent and antitrust law, the U.S. Supreme Court on March 1 issued a ruling that makes it harder for upstart companies and generic manufacturers to chal

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  • May 12, 2006 | Legal Times

    Will Defense Lawyers Accept Help on High Court Criminal Cases?

    One by one, different segments of the bar have gotten the message in recent years: The Supreme Court is a scary place to be -- a place where novices, more often than not, should fear to tread.

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  • July 22, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    TD Ameritrade Settles for $456 Million in Auction-Rate Securities Suit

    Better late than never. In a settlement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, TD Ameritrade, Inc. agreed to return some $456 million to roughly 4,000 customers who bought no

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  • November 24, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    The Dashboard

    Bypassing the Secret Union Vote Employers could face a new world in labor relations if the controversial Employee Free Choice Act becomes law. The legi

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  • October 1, 2007 | Legal Times

    Avoiding the Need for a Monitor in FCPA Actions

    Resolving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission used to mean just that: resolution. With a resolution came relative peac

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  • December 20, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    'Hoarders': The Corporate Data Edition

    In 2009, A&E Television Networks began broadcasting the reality-based program Hoarders. Each week the show examines the case of an individual who suffers from a symptom of obsessiv

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  • June 21, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Holding Steady

    Here's the good news: There are more female general counsel at Fortune 500 companies in 2004 than there were last year. The not-so-good news is that the increase is minuscule: 71 over l

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  • May 6, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Can Rusty Nail David Duncan?

    Defense lawyer Russell "Rusty" Hardin holds a markedly different hand for the start of Arthur Andersen's trial than the one he held just seven weeks ago, when he sought a speedy trial fo

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  • November 15, 2002 | The Recorder

    More Heat for Insurer on Hot Seat

    U.S. Magistrate James Larson has dropped a 62-page grenade on the nation’s largest disability insurer in a first-of-its-kind order that could add fuel to a firestorm of suits against it.

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  • October 15, 2003 | Legal Times

    U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Pledge of Allegiance Case

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday set the stage for a major First Amendment battle over the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.Three years ago, Sacramento, Calif., atheist Michae

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