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  • July 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    From Death Row to Dolphins

    Asylum Asylum work has long been one of The Am Law 200's most popular pro bono causes, but representing asylum seekers has become complicated in recent years ["The Sheltering St

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  • May 9, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Suing for Sins of the Colonial Past

    A tort suit alleging century-old atrocities in German colonial Africa has wound up in New Jersey, serving as a case in point of the breathtaking sweep of the Alien Tort Claims Act. The

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  • September 13, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Fighting to restore copyrights

    When Danish woodcutter Thomas Dan carved out the fuzzy-haired troll doll in 1959 because he was too poor to buy his daughter a birthday gift, he probably never imagined his creation would wind

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  • June 11, 2009 | The Recorder

    Asia's Patent Slugfest

    HONG KONG — In the '70s and '80s, when Japanese and Korean corporations first began to overtake their U.S. counterparts in the global electronics trade, a common refrain among American co

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  • May 19, 2008 | Legal Times

    Legal Times 30th Anniversary: The Pioneers Part 5

    HELEN NIES Helen Nies was often the first woman to serve in the high-profile positions she held.  As a partner at what was then How

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    Slugfest!

    In the seventies and eighties, when Japanese and Korean corporations first began to overtake their U.S. counterparts in the global electronics trade, a common refrain among American commentators wa

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  • July 21, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    YET ANOTHER TWIST IN D.C. COURT POLITICSThe politics of nominating judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has long been baroque. But the widely anticipa

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  • October 4, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Cross-Border Patent Infringement

    Will a U.S. patent covering an innovative method for performing certain steps reach an accused infringer who performs one or more of those steps outside the United States? A patent's

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  • June 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Focus Europe: The Arbitration Scorecard

    OAO NK Yukos (Russia) v. Kravin Investments Ltd., White Pearl Investments Ltd., Marthacello Co. Ltd., N.P. Gemini Holdings Ltd., Heflinham Holdings Ltd., and Kindselia Holdings Ltd.

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  • July 13, 2009 | The Corporate Counselor

    Do Narrow SOX Interpretations Foreshadow Future Legislation?

    Complex and systemic, the current financial crisis is nearly certain to yield extensive legislation regulating everything from the financial markets to mortgage brokers to ratings agencies. Any suc

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