• May 19, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Honest brokers are needed

    Last year, I participated on a panel at a summit at Georgetown University Law Center on how the explosion of electronically stored information (ESI) is transforming the American le

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  • June 17, 2002 |

    trends in the law

    With unexpected costs from the recent terrorist attacks and investment losses from the two-year bear market, insurance companies will soon look to improve profits, in ways which may well

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  • August 27, 2007 | Legal Times

    She's One Angry Chambermaid

    Can a book live up to its billing as "funny and charming" if in the first scene the heroine is whacked in the face by a judge wielding a Supreme Court casebook and then crawls back to he

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  • January 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Sperm donor not liable to pay support

    In a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 27 that a sperm donor who gave up his parental rights in an oral contract with the mother of twins can't be require

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  • August 18, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    BigLaw on Campus and Ready to Recruit

    Law firm recruiting partners have gazed into their crystal balls, and what they see is a promising future for would-be associates from the Class of 2013. Firms across the country report a st

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  • August 19, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Brown v. JEVIC

    Brown v. JEVIC, No. 08-4789; Third Circuit; opinion by Hardiman, C.J.; decided July 31, 2009. Before Judges Sloviter, Hardiman and Pollak, sitting by designation. On appeal from the District of Ne

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  • August 18, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    A Suggestion For Governor Rell And Judge Quinn

    It is discomforting to see the state's Judicial Branch suffer reduced appropriations and struggle to select the victims of an $11 million budget cut. According to Chief Court Administrator Ba

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  • August 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Big Firms on Campus -- and Ready to Recruit

    Law firm recruiting partners have gazed into their crystal balls, and what they see is a promising future for would-be associates from the class of 2013. Firms across the country report a st

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  • September 29, 2008 | National Law Journal

    The hazards of working from home

    In this high-tech day and age, there are many careers, including numerous legal positions, that can be performed in part or in whole from the comfort of one's home. For example, I am the

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  • August 26, 2002 | Legal Times

    On the Record

    Robert Lavet is senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Sallie Mae in Reston, Va., which he joined in 1992. A past president of the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel A

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