• November 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Cola Wars

    In August, PepsiCo Inc. announced that Larry Thompson would become its general counsel in February. Thompson, 58, formerly the second in command at the U.S. Department of Justice, also will he

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  • December 19, 2000 | Daily Report Online

    Jury Trial Seminar Sends Judges off the Bench

    Two sets of Fulton County, Georgia, judges stepped off the bench last week and became litigators for a day. Fulton County Superior Court and State Court judges squared off Friday at the Atlant

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  • December 9, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Sporting gifts

    This has been a great year for gift books for sports-minded readers. Here are some holiday recommendations. Baseball "Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress

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  • October 21, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Diapers, Laundry and a Legal Practice

    The Pew Research Center released data earlier this month confirming what most mothers already knew: Working moms spend twice as many hours as working fathers caring for children and performi

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  • August 22, 2005 | Alm

    Coudert Brothers Partners Vote for Breakup

    Partners at pioneering international law firm Coudert Brothers have voted to let the firm break up after failing to reach a merger agreement with another firm. "After exploring various

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  • July 22, 2009 | Daily Report Online

    In The Trenches: Revamps at Clements won't change philosophy

    Clements & Sweet, a small firm that represents plaintiffs in workers' compensation disputes and other types of employment litigation, has expanded and restructured in recent months. The c

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  • May 7, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    VerdictSearch

    To submit your verdict or settlement to Texas Lawyer, fill out this

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  • December 2, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    Trophy Fees

    It was the fourth day of the tobacco fee arbitration hearing, and the distinguished Harvard Law School professor and television personality Arthur Miller was testifying. With his usual authori

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  • September 26, 2003 | Legal Times

    Akin Gump, Shaw Pittman in Talks

    Two of Washington, D.C.'s largest firms -- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Shaw Pittman -- have sent out feelers to evaluate each other as potential merger partners.The purpose

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  • February 5, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    State Tort ActionRaising Federal Issue Belongs in State Court

    "Federal jurisdiction cannot be based solely on the presence of a federal issue raised in a defense," Judge William H. Yohn Jr. wrote in Howard Medical Inc. v. Temple University Hospital, et al.

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