• June 1, 1999 | National Law Journal

    Rogers Deal Could Lead To More Mergers

    The just-announced merger of two big law firms in the United States and Britain should lead to more trans-Atlantic link-ups--but not of the biggest firms--top lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic

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  • In re Bilski

    Publication Date: 2008-11-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2008-10-30
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Michel, Chief Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants: David Hanson, The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh.
    for defendant: Attorney for the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Raymond Chen, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Va. Attorney for amicus curiae Regulatory Datacorp Inc.: John Duffy, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, D.C. Attorney for amici curiae Financial Services Industry, Bank of America, et al., and for all other amici: William Lee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Boston.

    Case Number: 2007-1130

    (Serial No. 08/833,892)Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, MAYER, LOURIE, RADER, SCHALL, BRYSON, GAJARSA, LINN, DYK, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge M

  • September 19, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    An Attorney's Guide to Space Travel

    'Let the awe and mystery of a journey unlike any other begin" is a tagline to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction classic "2001: A Space Odyssey." A compelling drama about a voyage into the

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  • December 10, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Law Firms Face Gray Area as Boomers Age

    Getting old has never been so good. If you're healthy and productive and eager to keep working, there's a law firm out there that wants you. Need work/life balance? No problem. Fancy setting your o

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  • January 25, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions from The Am Law 200

    DENISE LAZAR, a Chicago-based toxic tort and product liability attorney, is now a partner at Barnes & Thornburg. She was prev

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  • December 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Gray Matters

    Getting old has never been so good. If you're healthy and productive and eager to keep working, there's a law firm out there that wants you. Need work/life balance? No problem. Fancy setting y

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  • January 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    CENTURYTEL / EMBARQ The telecom business isn't just about the national wireless giants. CenturyTel, Inc., thinks that there's m

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  • April 27, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Despite Economy, Ike, BigTex Revenue Rose in '08

    Considering the challenges of 2008, the 25 highest-grossing Texas-based firms showed financial spark in 2008, with their combined gross revenue increasing a little compared to 2007. However, combin

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  • August 27, 2001 | National Law Journal

    After the Jurors Go Home

    SETTLEMENT COMES TOO LATE FOR PLAINTIFFSCASE TYPE: asbestos personal injuryCASE: In re asbestos litigation Arthur Trial Group, No. 95-C-12-037 (Sup.

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  • Cambridge Biotech Corp. v. Pasteur Sanofi Diagnostics

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2000-12-22
    Court: Mass. Sup. Ct
    Judge: Gestel, Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J.T. Brown
    for defendant: Jeffrey D. Sternklar

    Case Number: No. SJC-08274

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. GREANEY, J. We transferred this case to this court on our own motion to decide whether a forum selection clause in al