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  • May 14, 2007 |

    Judge Raps Prolix Pro Se Litigant

    Rita Steinmetz, 66, of Pittsburgh, says that contrary to what some in her community might think, there's nothing crazy about her. Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 1925(b), however, clearly

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  • January 14, 2008 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    New Chicago firm touts alternative billing plan Three civil trial lawyers this year have launched a new firm in Chicago called Valorem, Latin for "value," that they hope w

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  • September 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Coudert Files for Bankruptcy Protection Defunct law firm Coudert Brothers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a petition filed Friday in Southern District

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  • March 28, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    FIRST DISTRICT SEES 'BEAT FEET' FLAWOakland's "beat feet" ordinance may violate state and federal restrictions against excessive fines, the First District Court of Appeal has ru

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  • July 31, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    Event On Aug. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. the Philadelphia chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators will host a teleseminar titled Help Associates Hit the Ground Run

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  • September 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Emotional Damages Question Before Ninth

    The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will be asked to choose a side in a circuit split when it hears an HIV-positive pilot's claim that he is entitled to emotional distress damages ag

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  • September 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Federal Circuit holds licensee lacks standing to sue without patent holder

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently clarified its prior case law in a ruling spelling out when a licensee can sue an alleged infringer without involving the

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  • September 19, 2011 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    BRINKMANN TO DEFEND OBAMA HEALTH CARE PLAN One of the U.S. Justice Department's top appellate lawyers will argue for the government in a pending health care challe

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  • February 26, 2010 | The Recorder

    BAR-ometer

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  • July 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Guant�namo: Beyond Boumediene

    Nearly a decade after large law firms joined the effort to get federal habeas corpus review for Guantánamo detainees, 11 Am Law 200 firms still count Guantánamo matters amon

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