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  • June 11, 2007 |

    Commentary: Questioning Class Certification in Wal-Mart Employment Discrimination Case

    On Feb. 6, 2007, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, affirmed the district court's certification of a nationwide class of approximately 1.5 million current and former female e

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  • April 4, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    What Clients Value and How to Provide It

    The recession and its aftermath, coupled with the Internet-fueled emphasis on consumer-powered buying decisions, has created an environment in which clients want to be in the driver's seat. And wha

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  • January 5, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals

    ENRON CORP. to SELL PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC to OREGON ELECTRIC UTILITY CO.Enron Corp. in-house attorneys David Koogler and Cullen Duke led a team of lawyers in Enron's sale of Portla

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  • September 6, 1999 | The Recorder

    SHAPIROS CAPTIVE CLIENT

    Robert Shapiro apparently is one of the few O.J. Simpson "dream team" lawyers still spending more time in the legal trenches than on the airwaves. The partner at Century City, Califonia's Christensen,

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  • February 2, 2007 | The Recorder

    Tech Companies Buzz With IP Privilege Debate

    Silicon Valley tech companies routinely receive letters telling them they might be infringing on someone else's patents. Quantum Corp. in San Jose, Calif., is no exception."When you're a

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  • May 24, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Mergers & Acquisitions

    NYCE Corp. To Be Sold for $610MMetavante Corp. of Milwaukee will acquire NYCE Corp., an electronic banking firm in Montvale, it was announced last Monday. Metavante, the tech

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  • December 16, 1999 | Legal Times

    Dealing With Race in the Workplace

    The Good Black By Paul M. Barrett (Dutton; 296 pages; $23.95) Ask virtually anyone who has spent (or done) time as an associate at a large law firm to characterize the experie

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  • January 5, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Dechert to Pay Bonuses, Raise Salaries

    Dechert informed its U.S. associates Monday morning that bonuses would be paid for 2009 across the country and salaries would not be frozen or cut for 2010 in all but two of the firm's offices.

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  • February 16, 2000 | Corporate Counsel

    It's Popular but Is It Science?

    Another windowless hotel ballroom, another keynote speech. This speaker, however, is different. He's psychologist and best-selling author Daniel Goleman. And he has the audience -- several hundred

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  • December 6, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    How to kill the holiday party fun

    This time of the year, I'm usually flooded with invitations to law firm holiday parties. But this year it looks like I'm banished from the cheer, because I'm not getting any invitations. (Is it

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