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  • September 4, 2008 | The Recorder

    Court Mulls Conflicts in Public Law Realm

    Deciding when conflicts should disqualify public-agency lawyers from cases can be a tough call for judges, but the California Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that it all comes down to

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  • July 1, 2008 |

    Bees to the Honey Pot

    Gary Hoffman, head of the IP group at Dickstein Shapiro, the 400-lawyer general practice firm based in Washington, D.C, was already in a hiring mode when he headed to Texas this winter for an infri

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  • April 24, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATESThe former general counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is rejoining Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as a partner. G

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  • December 9, 2010 | The Careerist

    Trading Sex for Good Assignments

    Wish you could work in a law firm that's run like a frat house or the Playboy mansion? Well, you might consider packing up your bags for the metropolis of Pittsburgh. JoEllen Lyons Dillon, a

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  • October 20, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    3rd Court Dispute Over Dissent Now at Texas Supreme Court

    A dispute at Austin's 3rd Court of Appeals -- over the alleged suppression of one justice's dissent to the court's refusal to recuse another justice from a decision on cases involving tw

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  • October 14, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Top Texas M&A Firms Five Texas firms are among the leading firms for M&A work in the southern region of the United States during the first nine months of the year. That'

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  • October 13, 2009 | National Law Journal

    White House Counsel Craig Pledges to Stay

    In his most wide-ranging interview as White House counsel, Gregory Craig said Friday that he does not intend to resign his position and he pushed back against criticism of his role in the Obama adm

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  • August 19, 2013 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Familiar Faces at Jackson Sentencing

    As former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. prepared to receive his sentence last week, he had a familiar face at his side. Steptoe & Johnson litigation partner Reid Weing

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  • January 20, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Judge Sticks With Ruling Refusing to Order Arbitration

    A federal judge has rejected claims by Ernst & Young that recent changes in the case law require an individual plaintiff to arbitrate her overtime claims individually instead of through a

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  • April 21, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Justices Invoke Free Speech to Strike Down Curb on Animal Cruelty

    WASHINGTON - In a strong endorsement of classic First Amendment principles, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday struck down a federal law that made it a crime to create, sell or possess certain depict

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