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  • July 12, 2004 | Legal Times

    The Court on Balance

    At the close of this year's Supreme Court term, there can be no denying that Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is Solomonic in at least one respect: She is adept at splitting the baby.

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  • February 8, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Brief of the Week: Up for interpretation

    Int ers speak; translators write. It is a distinction that makes a real-world difference to those who practice those professions, according to the National Association of Judiciary Int

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  • March 20, 2006 | Legal Times

    Docket Watch: March 2006

    Cases coming before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high co

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  • March 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Amicus briefs are ammo for gun case

    WASHINGTON � Arrayed in their traditional green jackets, these amicus briefs � remarkable for sheer number � call out to U.S. Supreme Court justices and clerks for attention in the most

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  • August 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    The Big One Gets Away

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed a sweeping victory to Wal-Mart in June in the company's decade-long effort to thwart a discrimination class action filed on behalf of more than 1 million

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  • August 3, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Argument cycle dominated by veterans

    In a remarkable feat, by the end of April arguments in the 2008-09 term, two veteran U.S. Supreme Court advocates each had argued six cases, and attorneys from just three firms and one law sc

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  • February 28, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Courtside: To preempt or pre-empt

    In its Feb. 22 decision in the vaccine liability case of Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, the Supreme Court divided sharply not only over the scope of preemption, but also on how to spe

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  • October 29, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Veteran advocates heard more often

    More and more of the U.S. Supreme Court's cases are brought and argued by the seasoned veterans who have honed high court practice into a fine, and exclusive, art form. That's th

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  • November 29, 2005 | Legal Times

    Patent Bar Weary of the Tie That Binds

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed ready to hand a victory to patent holders in a closely watched antitrust case that could have a broad impact on intellectual property law.Thou

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  • May 30, 2006 | Legal Times

    Supreme Court Will Hear Case on High Punitive Damages

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled its return to the thorny issue of high punitive damages, agreeing to review a $79.5 million verdict against Philip Morris USA for the death of a sin

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