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  • July 8, 2009 | National Law Journal

    For some firms, an extra step for first-years

    After three years of law school, a hundred grand of debt and weeks sweating out a bar review and exam, it's time to start practicing law in earnest, right At a handful of firms, the an

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  • May 4, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Alston & Bird

    When the powers that be at Alston & Bird drew up the firm’s budget in the fall of 2009, they did so conservatively, projecting that ue would be at best flat. But the firm’s

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  • May 23, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Suits & Deals

    Massachi v. Newark: An Essex County jury handed up a $4.1 million verdict against the city of Newark on May 15, finding that negligence by a 911 opera

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  • July 2, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Time-Tripping Over Prosecution Standards

    State legislatures across the nation will be scrambling this summer to undo centuries of tradition by eliminating statutes of limitations to prosecute old crimes.It is one of several l

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  • March 18, 2011 | The Recorder

    Gibson Dunn Will Help Redraw Political Map

    After hours of debate, a citizens panel on Friday chose the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to help draw new political boundaries in California despite concerns that one of its lead attorneys i

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  • Grieveson v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2008-08-22
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-18
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-4681

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 21, 2007Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.During Joseph Grieveson's detainment at the Marion County, Indiana, Jail, he allegedly suffered sev

  • November 10, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Spelling It Out in Plain English

    Lawyers may love legalese, but jurors don't.That fundamental observation is behind the soon-to-be finalized "plain-English" criminal jury instructions -- part of California's ongoing b

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  • February 24, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Former Marsh General Counsel Joins O'Melveny & Meyers William L. Rosoff, the former general counsel of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., has joined O'Melveny &

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  • August 22, 2003 | The Recorder

    Fights Loom Over Changes in Sentencing

    It doesn't quite rival Napoleon versus the Duke of Wellington, but it could come close.Defense attorneys in the Northern District are gearing up for a fight over the so-called Feeney A

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  • December 27, 2005 | The Recorder

    Driven to Diversity

    SAN JOSE � Following on the heels of a successful pro bono campaign, incoming Santa Clara County Bar Association President Christopher Arriola hopes to begin the year riding the wave with anot

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