• September 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Third-Party Liability Threatens Attorneys, Brief Warns

    WASHINGTON - A brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 10 warns of "devastating consequences for the legal profession" if the justices allow lawyers and other third parties to be

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  • April 26, 2004 | Legal Times

    What Women (Lawyers) Want — and Need

    How can a woman lawyer best develop her career? What can law firms do to retain and promote women lawyers? These questions remain burning issues not only for women lawyers, but also for

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  • March 7, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    NEW PARTNERS Fulbright & Jaworski (Houston): Judith Archer comes on board as partner in the firm's New York office. She was previously at AT&T Corp.'s department of law an

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  • May 14, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Judge's blast brings hope for trend

    A federal judge has blasted plaintiffs and counsel, breaking with the long-standing reticence of judges to reject class certification based on allegedly improper solicitation of clients,

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  • February 2, 2009 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    PROMOTION Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (Columbia S.C.): Reginal J. Leichty has been elected to the partnership and will be located in the Washi

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  • October 30, 2006 | Legal Times

    California Firms Expand in D.C.

    For those in Washington feeling like the ugly stepsister in the face of two New York-California law firm couples at the altar, there's good news. California does care about the D.C. lega

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  • December 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    New Business

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  • December 21, 2009 | The Recorder

    Recorder Announces Its Attorneys of the Year

    Michael Bien and Donald Specter, two lawyers whose 20-year quest to reform California's prisons generated an unprecedented ruling and national news this year, head The Recorder 's inaugura

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  • July 12, 2010 | The Recorder

    Novel Fee Fight Lands at Calif. Appeals Court

    One side calls a case going before a state appeal court this week an "ordinary fee dispute," while the other insists it raises issues about contingency agreements and arbitration that no

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  • April 28, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Giuliani's next campaign: appellate limelight

    Rudy Giuliani, having cast off his presidential ambitions for the moment, is targeting a new goal: creating a name for his law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, in the appellate practice

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