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  • June 29, 2011 | National Law Journal

    From high court heavyweights, highlights of the 2010 term

    Hostility towards big litigation, a passionate embrace of First Amendment speech protection, and a vigorous new dissenting voice marked a relatively low-key, sixth term of the Roberts Co

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  • March 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Marriage Brokers

    No lawsuit in recent history has been the source of more partisan rancor than Bush v. Gore. It divided everyone, it seems, except the two attorneys who argued opposi

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  • November 8, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Lean and Mean

    Joseph Nacchio is going to prison. Unless an appeals court overturns his conviction, the former chief executive of Qwest Communications International Inc. will serve six years for insider trading -

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  • August 15, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Steinbeck's heirs lose publishing bid

    A 1994 agreement signed by the widow of John Steinbeck trumps a claim made by two of the late author's heirs under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. Reversing a l

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  • May 10, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    Mental Disabilities Present Unique Problems for Employers

    Employers faced with employees who exhibit conduct that may be due to a mental disability often have difficulty assessing their obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, such as whethe

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  • April 6, 2009 | National Law Journal

    THE APPELLATE HOT LIST

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Twenty-five high-profile victories marked a successful 2008 for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The firm's long-establ

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  • July 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Letter from London: Good Show

    Back in 1990, the legal clinic now known as South West London Law Centre was in trouble. The British nonprofit, a provider of legal advice to Londoners who could not otherwise afford a lawyer,

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  • March 22, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Shechtman Resigns Commission Chairmanships The state Ethics Commission and the Temporary State Commission on Lobbying are both without a chairman following the resignation of Pa

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  • July 15, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Health Care Dissenters Run to Earth

    A U.S. Supreme Court mystery drew them together: the Harvard 3L, the engineer, the Jenner & Block associate, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and a team of MIT doctora

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  • April 25, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Authentication and Access for Social Media Evidence

    In England, a criminal defendant proclaims, “I think I got away with it,” before the close of trial and is forced to take a plea. In Texas, a murder conviction is upheld bas

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