• March 3, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Winners Announced for Asia Legal Awards 2015

    On Tuesday night, The Asian Lawyer held its second annual Asia Legal Awards, celebrating the region's top law firms. As promised, here's the list of lucky winners.

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  • February 2, 2015 | Legaltech News

    Trust Darwin: How Tech Will Disrupt, Save the Legal Profession

    Charles Darwin was right. It’s not the strongest, nor the most intelligent, who survive—it’s those who can best adapt to change. (Never mind that some people claim Darw

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  • February 2, 2015 | Legaltech News

    Trust Darwin: How Tech Will Disrupt, Save the Legal Profession

    Big Law leaders need to go to more major league baseball games.

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  • January 1, 2015 | International

    Big Four No More?

    Japan, like any jurisdiction, has its elite group of corporate law firms. Just as London has its Magic Circle, Tokyo has what Western media likes to call the Big Four: Nishimura & Asahi,

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  • January 1, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Big Four No More?

    Japan's upstart TMI Associates has been on a global growth spree. And it isn't done yet.

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  • November 9, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Covington Nabs MoFo Financial Services Pro, Plus More Lateral Moves

    He’s not Eric Holder Jr., but Covington & Burling is poised to hire Morrison & Foerster consumer financial services partner ANDREW SMITH in Washington,

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  • October 24, 2014 | The Recorder

    The Recorder Names Winners of Innovator Awards

    The Recorder has named 25 winners of its first-ever Innovators awards, which honor original approaches to improving delivery of legal services to clients of all kinds. The honorees were chos

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  • October 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Equal Justice Awards

    Legal Services Corp. honored six New York lawyers and three firms for their commitment to equal justice at an Oct. 6 ceremony at the New York State Bar Association in Albany. From lef

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  • Latta v. Otter

    Publication Date: 2014-10-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2014-10-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Candy W. Dale, Magistrate Judge, Presiding Robert Clive Jones, District Judge, Presiding Before: REINHARDT, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah A. Ferguson (argued), The Law Office of Deborah A. Ferguson, PLLC, Boise, Idaho; Craig Harrison Durham, Durham Law Office, PLLC, Boise, Idaho; Shannon P. Minter and Christopher F. Stoll, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Susan Latta, Traci Ehlers, Lori Watsen, Sharene Watsen, Shelia Robertson, Andrea Altmeyer, Amber Beierle, and Rachael Robertson
    for defendant: Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General, Steven L. Olsen, Chief of Civil Litigation Division, W. Scott Zanzig, Deputy Attorney General, and Clay R. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Boise, Idaho, for Defendant-Appellant Christopher Rich and Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant State of Idaho

    Case Number: No. 14-35420 No. 14-35421 No. 12-17668

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 11679 SUSAN LATTA; TRACI EHLERS; LORI WATSEN; SHARENE WATSEN; SHELIA ROBERTSON; ANDREA ALTMAYER; AMBER BEIERLE; RACHAEL ROBERTSON,

  • September 29, 2014 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    Robert Wu has joined Uber Technologies Inc.'s legal department in San Francisco. Wu comes from Covington & Burling, where he was an associate. Wu is th

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