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  • July 3, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Real Estate Practices Go Abroad

    The subprime mortgage crisis, credit crunch and U.S. commercial real estate retraction that has forced some law firms to shed workers and lawyers is prompting DLA Piper and other international firms t

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  • April 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    'Core Operations Doctrine' May Undermine PSLRA

    Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (the "PSLRA"), complaints in private securities actions must "state with particularity facts giving rise to a strong inference that

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  • December 13, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Free!: The NYLJ 100

    A few years ago, they seemed like the also-rans among out-of-town firms expanding in New York. Boston's Ropes & Gray, Philadelphia's Dechert and London's Linklaters we

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  • September 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Temporary Solution

    The $16 billion merger of SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp. represented a high-water mark in the legal cattle call known as document production. Some 600 contract attorneys converge

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  • April 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Staying Power

    Remember the Nineties? For general counsel it was the decade that "Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals," "Total Quality Management," and "core competencies" infiltrated Fortune 500 law departments, wh

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  • Vasquez v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-14
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    Date Filed: 2001-09-12
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
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    Case Number: NO. 1573-00

    ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTYKeasler, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, which Keller, P.J., and Meyers, Price, Womack, Hervey, and

  • January 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Discrimination Suit Against Mayer Brown Can Proceed, Judge Rules

    A lawsuit brought by a former Mayer Brown associate in which she claims the firm fired her because she is black can proceed, a North Carolina federal ruled Friday. At the same time, the

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  • In re ATM Fee Antitrust Litigation

    Publication Date: 2012-07-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-07-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos F. Lucero,* Consuelo M. Callahan, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph R. Saveri, Brendan P. Glackin, and Andew S. Kingsdale, Leiff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, California; Merrill G. Davidoff (argued), Bart D. Cohen, and Michael J. Kane, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
    for defendant: W. Stephen Smith and Deanne E. Maynard (argued), Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert S. Stern and Sylvia Rivera, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., successor-in-interest to Bank One, N.A. Sonya D. Winner (argued) and Anita F. Stork, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Bank of America, N.A. Stephen V. Bomse, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Suntrust Bank, Inc. David F. Graham and Eric H. Grush, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for defendants-appellees Citibank, N.A. and Citibank (West), FSB. Jack R. Nelson, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Wachovia Corp. Daniel M. Wall and Joshua N. Holian, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, California, and Donald I. Baker, Baker & Miller, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Servus Financial Corp. Peter E. Moll and Brian D. Wallach, Cadwalader, Wickcersham & Taft LLP, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees Concord EFS, Inc. and First Data Corp.
    Case Number: No. 10-17354

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 7847 In re: ATM FEE ANTITRUST LITIGATION, PAMELA BRENNAN; TERRY CRAYTON; DARLA MARTINEZ, Plaintiffs-Appel

  • Hubert v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-25
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-24
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Jane Bland Justice
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    Case Number: 01-08-00186-CR

    OPINIONThe State charged Kenny Hubert with possession of a controlled substance, phencyclidine, also known as PCP, weighing between four grams and two-hundred grams. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CO

  • May 15, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Ripples From Dewey Collapse Swamp Lawyer Job Market

    The collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf, which once had more than 1,000 lawyers, has caused what a senior legal recruiter calls a "massive disruption" in the job market for attorneys

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