• November 5, 2009 | National Law Journal

    D.C. Court of Appeals resurrects cell phone radiation cases

    In a ruling that has grabbed the attention of the product liability and telecommunications bars, the D.C. Court of Appeals last week revived a series of lawsuits by individuals who say th

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  • February 22, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . John Couch has joined Baker & McKenzie as a partner in Houston. . . . Lindsay Daye Barbee and span c

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  • February 7, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Chris Hanslik has become chairman of Houston's BoyarMiller. . . . David R. Montpas has become a partner i

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  • April 3, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Arent Fox (Washington): Baruch Weiss joins the litigation and white-collar defense groups as partner in the firm's Washington and New York offices. A former

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  • March 23, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Wolf Block Still Winding Down Two Years Later

    Two years have passed since Wolf Block partners voted to dissolve the firm March 23, 2009, and the defunct firm's outside lawyers and wind-down committee are still trying to collect money from form

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  • January 14, 2011 | The Recorder

    Kasowitz Picks Up Two IP Litigators from Weil, Gotshal

    SAN FRANCISCO — Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman plans to open a Silicon Valley office specializing in intellectual property litigation, and it's lured two patent litigators from W

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  • July 24, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    The joint venture of Allied Partners Inc. and Brickman has acquired the Brill Building, at 1619 Broadway, for $185.5 million. Public records show the seller of the 175,000-square-foot

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  • August 8, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Eating-Disorder Class Actions Get Judge's Go Ahead

    A federal judge says putative class actions seeking medical coverage for eating disorders can go forward, though eviscerated of some causes of action. U.S. District Judge Faith Hoc

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  • September 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Judicial Selection Panels Debated

    Lawyers who sit on bipartisan commissions in eight states that select candidates for federal judgeships support a recent recommendation by the American Bar Association to expand the use

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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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