• April 7, 2008 | National Law Journal

    THE APPELLATE HOTLIST

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld will be lead or co-counsel in 10 of the 70 cases before the Supreme Court this term (including the challenge

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  • September 26, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    2005 Ineligible List

    Foreign Countries ADCOCK, HENRY ALAN, 1999, ROUSE & CO, ROOM 2927 2938, SHANGHAI CENTRAL PLAZA 29TH FLOOR, 381 HUAIHAI ZHONG LU, SHANGHAI ANISE, OLABOMI T O, 1999, 6

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  • December 20, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Antitrust Trade and Practice

    On Oct. 31, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Judge Samuel A. Alito to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the United States Supreme Court. While President Bush's previous two Suprem

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  • March 15, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Biotech Firm Wins Breach of Duty Motion

    Biosynexus, a biopharmaceutical company that has developed a technology that appears to prevent staph infections, has successfully moved to enjoin its joint-venture partner from transferring i

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  • April 4, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Labor Relations

    Heightened attention to concerns about workplace security and financial impropriety will likely generate renewed focus on the permissible extent to which employers may use polygraph and other lie d

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  • April 1, 2007 |

    Buyout Brainstorm

    Lori Lesser is a fast talker. Really fast. An intellectual property litigation partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's New York office, she could conceivably bill twice as many hours a year if

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  • March 20, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    'Cardinal Health' and Key Work Product Waiver Decision

    On Jan. 26, 2007, Judge Robert P. Patterson Jr. filed a decision concerning waiver of the work product doctrine that is significant for lawyers practicing in the criminal defense and securitie

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  • March 18, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Bear Stearns' Demise Leaves One Less Client

    The bargain-basement sale of Bear Stearns Cos. to JPMorgan Chase & Co. brought out some of the biggest names in the legal profession. Sullivan & Cromwell; Skadden, Arps, Slate,

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  • April 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

    In bad times, IPOs are DOA — hurting law firms

    A dire market for initial public offerings this year has triggered an abrupt halt in work for corporate lawyers who regularly handle issues associated with those financings.

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  • October 16, 2006 | National Law Journal

    In EU, Product Liability Law Remains Out of Harmony

    In the European Union, product liability law in the 25 member states is governed by a directive issued by the European Council. See 85/374/EEC of 25 July 1985, as amended. The member states impleme

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