• December 20, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    Village women threaten nudity in oil standoff

    William W. Bedsworth Here is everything I knew about Nigeria until a few months ago: It is in Africa. Its chief export is cornerbacks and wide receivers, most of whom s

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  • February 25, 2002 | Legal Times

    The Blues in Lobbyland

    There are 99 ways to reach out to lobbying clients in Washington, D.C. Here is the 100th: Grab D.C. singer Janine Wilson's CD, "The Blue Album," and send it to most every one in your Rolodex. Or wh

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  • March 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    State Environmental Regulation

    Several months ago, the New York State Court of Appeals issued a decision in Matter of Sav

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  • April 21, 2008 | The Recorder

    Tastes Like Trouble

    I try really hard not to throw rocks at legislators. For one thing, they have a very tough job, a very boring job, a job most of us wouldn't take unless they'd stopped hiring at the stee

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  • February 13, 2002 | Law.com

    All About the Bar

    Bar exams rank somewhere near root canals on the list of things you wish you never had to go through. Ask any lawyer to relive the experience, and you'll probably get a response like tha

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  • August 6, 2007 | The Associated Press

    Bloggers Consider Forming Labor Union

    Do bloggers need their own Norma Rae? In a move that might make some people scratch their heads, a loosely formed coalition of left-leaning bloggers are trying to band together to form a la

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  • September 19, 2005 | Legal Times

    Sweet Legal Retreats

    What do in-house lawyers really like about their law department retreats? A 90-minute lecture, with 68 slides, updating lawyers on proposed regulations under Section 404(c) of Sarbanes-Oxley?

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  • October 26, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Former Antarctic Scientist Takes On New Adventures as Skadden Lawyer

    In 1990, in the middle of the Antarctic winter, Kristin Larson and a colleague left the warmth of McMurdo Station and set out on the Erebus Ice Tongue, a sliver of glacial ice flowing off the nearb

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  • Cooper Cameron Corp. v. United States Dept. of Labor

    Publication Date: 2002-01-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2002-01-21
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Wiener, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00-21077

    Appeal from the United States District Court For the Southern District of TexasPlaintiff-Appellant Cooper Cameron Corporation ("Cooper") appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment

  • October 10, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    How To Create a Great Legal Retreat

    While a legal retreat for in-house lawyers can and should be fun, it can also teach some good lessons at the same time. The substantive legal content of the retreat may appeal to the left brain, but t

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