• October 19, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Legal Services of New Jersey Thanks Volunteer Attorneys

    Some lawyers call it pay-back for the fulfilling careers they have had. Other sconsider it their professional responsibility to help ensure that the legal system is open to all. And there are those

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  • December 20, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Developments in the Substantive Law

    Administrative Law: Sovereign Immunity Issues The doctrine of sovereign immunity is a bane, or a boon, for administrative law practitioners. This year, the Texas Supreme Court d

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  • April 30, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Former Milberg Partner Seeks Dismissal of Kickback Charge One of the indicted former name partners of New York's Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman has moved to dismiss federa

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  • January 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Northeast Utilities / NSTAR Northeast Utilities agreed to buy rival New England electric power producer NSTAR for $4.2 billion in stock and $2.5 billion in assumed debt on October

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  • May 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Finding Counsel for Noncitizens

    This article is excerpted from a lecture given at the Federal Bar Council's presentation of its Learned Hand Medal to Second Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann. For the compl

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  • May 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Finding Counsel for Noncitizens

    This article is excerpted from a lecture given at the Federal Bar Council's presentation of its Learned Hand Medal to Second Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann. For the compl

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  • October 25, 2006 | Legal Times

    Going In-House? It Might Be a Wise Move

    Earlier this year, Judge J. Michael Luttig of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stunned the legal world by surrendering his lifetime appointment to the bench in favor of the top legal job at Bo

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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Manatt Is Second L.A. Firm to Boost Starting Pay to $145K

    A year after first-year pay raises swept the Los Angeles market -- and then the nation -- L.A.'s Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is boosting starting salaries to $145,000. "We are recruiting a

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  • July 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    O'Melveny Sues Maker of Bratz Dolls for Unpaid Legal Fees O'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 millio

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  • October 1, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Fight the Ripple Effects From the Associate Salaries Spike

    The appalling increase in starting salaries for first-year associates at major big-city firms � now up to $160,000 � makes in-house general counsel want to shout out the window like the frustr

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