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  • July 11, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Walk of shame?

    Mayor Michael Bloomberg beat a hasty retreat from a statement he made after Strauss-Kahn's arrest, when he concluded, "If you don't want to do the perp walk, don't do the crime." Here was

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  • May 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

    EEOC looks at caregiver bias

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that it may develop enforcement guidelines to address the growing problem of "family responsibility discrimination." FRD is

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  • April 4, 2008 | Legal Times

    Climate work heating up at law firms

    Kenneth Berlin and his team at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have been working on climate-related matters for years. He headed

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  • September 6, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Jury-picking Software Sparks Debate

    A new computer software program that helps weed out biased jurors is raising a dilemma for lawyers: Should they go with their gut instinct when picking jurors, or listen to a computer?

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  • May 9, 2005 | Legal Times

    A Clear 'Best Price' Rule

    Companies considering how to structure a business combination often find themselves limited to a merger, as opposed to a tender offer, merely because of how the federal courts are applyi

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  • June 19, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    ITC Survey 2012: A Niche With Staying Power

    It's almost become a lawyer meme that the International Trade Commission, a once-obscure quasi-judicial body, is a hot forum for patent disputes because it handles cases quickly

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  • July 21, 2003 | Legal Times

    Debate Begins Over Civil Rights Pick

    For many critics of the Bush administration, the leadership shake-up in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is small cause for celebration.Assistant Attorney General R

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  • March 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

    Alston partner takes DOJ post

    Alston & Bird partner Karol V. Mason says she has accepted a key position in President Barack Obama's Department of Justice. Mason will be one of several deputies to Associate Atto

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  • April 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Scary Speech Post-Virginia Tech

    ATLANTA � People have told Don Keenan that an argument he has at the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals this week could not come at a worse time.On Friday, the lawyer will press th

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  • February 11, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs' Firms Mount Mass Attack on Toyota

    A contingent of small firms with expertise in class actions and products liability litigation are behind a legal onslaught against Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. following reports of sudden accelerati

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