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  • June 14, 2013 | National Law Journal

    U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Human Gene Patents

    Reversing decades of federal patent awards, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that human genes and the information they encode are not patent-eligible.The ruling inv

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  • November 1, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: Atlanta firms work to spin off Synovus' credit arm

    Lawyers from King & Spalding and Rogers & Hardin are working on Synovus Financial Corp.'s proposed tax-free spin-off of Total System Services Inc. According to King & Spald

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  • August 11, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Worst Legal Market in America?

    Philadelphia lawyers who regularly enjoy The Deal with their morning lattes received a rude awakening Monday. They practice in "the worst legal market in America," according to a column

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  • August 31, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: K&S hops equity train

    PRIVATE EQUITY is king on Wall Street now, and King & Spalding partner Raymond E. Baltz Jr. is getting in on the action. Baltz advised Atlanta-based private-equity fund Roark Capit

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  • October 11, 2005 |

    Tort Reform: A Role for GCs

    If you are like most general counsel and other in-house attorneys, you probably grumble from time to time about the inequities of the civil justice system in this country. This is particularly

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  • Aber v. Comstock

    Publication Date: 2013-01-14
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    Date Filed: 2012-12-18
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent: Bonagofsky & Weiss, John Scott Bonagofsky, Elizabeth Weiss; California Anti-Slapp Project, Mark Allen Goldowitz, Paul Clifford, Ryan Metheny
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant and Appellant: Andries & Gomes, Shane Keith Anderies, Anne Leinfelder
    Case Number: No. A134701

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  • January 27, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    Promoted William F. Brennan, a consultant with legal management consultancy Altman Weil Inc., has been named as the firm's newest principal. Brennan's practice foc

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  • June 30, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    The Scramble to Keep Women Partners

    Two years ago, Harry Reasoner, then managing partner of Houston's Vinson & Elkins, stood before his colleagues at the annual partnership retreat and clicked on a PowerPoint slide. It

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  • June 8, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    GCs Want Firms to Change With Times

    Editor's note: This is the fifth installment of a weekly series looking at the lasting effects of the recession on the legal industry. Law departments certainly aren't immune to th

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  • March 8, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    When it comes to rates, it's a buyer's market

    Corporate law firms, by nature, are loath to reduce their published billing rates. Even in the throes of a recession, they tend to hike the promoted price tag or, at worst, hold steady

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