• August 22, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Heat Is On

    The last decade has not been especially kind to insurance defense firms. Carriers have gone through a wave of consolidation, pulled more work in-house and cracked down on billing rate increase

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  • February 4, 2011 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCO Major, Lindsey & Africa has added Robert Brigham as a managing director in its San Fran

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  • June 4, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News

    AnnouncementsNearly six months ago, The Legal asked law firms across the state to tell us what makes their corporate practices the best. We asked law fi

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  • May 29, 2008 | Legal Times

    Blackwater's Suit Against Wiley Rein Dismissed

    D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Retchin on May 27 threw out the $30 million legal malpractice suit brought by Blackwater Secur

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  • April 2, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Defense Bar Upset Over Slams Against Attorney

    Even though the state Supreme Court stepped in, the lawyers got back on the case, and the jury reached a verdict, the case isn't closed for criminal defense attorneys in Philadelphia, who cont

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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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  • February 24, 2005 | Alm

    Group Mentality: Lawyers Moving En Masse

    As the legal market undergoes a tectonic shift due to law firm megamergers, one of the reverberations is an apparent surge in the number of law firms picking off clusters of attorneys from riv

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  • Wilson v. Sirmons

    Publication Date: 2008-08-15
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-08
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-5179

    PUBLISHBefore HARTZ, McCONNELL and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.Michael Lee Wilson, a death row inmate in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a

  • May 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Don't Bet Against the House

    David Boies makes it out to Las Vegas a few times a year. In February he checked into the Encore, the newest hotel dev

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  • October 11, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Taking It to the People

    "My client has no comment. We don't try our case in the media."That's the way defense lawyers handle press inquiries by the book. And it's still the Bible to some lawyers -- especially

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