• October 6, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Court Decisions

    • CRIMINAL PRACTICE Lawyer had duty to keep client up to speed on case An appellate criminal lawyer's failure to notify his client of a court ruling

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  • September 9, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Social Networks and Brand Owners: A Case of Tweet Revenge?

    When Facebook announced last year that it would let users create vanity URLs for their profiles, the news touched off a frenzy among brand owners. The fear: that their good names could get hijacked

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  • December 12, 2011 | International

    Chinese Regulator Clears Nestl� Candy Deal

    China's antitrust regulators have approved Swiss food conglomerate Nestlé S.A.'s $1.7 billion acquisition of a 60-percent stake in Chinese confectioner a h

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  • May 10, 1999 | Legal Times

    Steele Prosecution Lacked Mettle

    As the sun begins to set on the independent counsel statute, the strange prosecution of Julie Hiatt Steele may help generations to come understand why it was abandoned.Over four days l

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  • May 11, 2009 | National Law Journal

    DC MOVES

    COVINGTON & BURLING Kurt Wimmer, 50, has rejoined the Washington office of Covington & Burling as partner in the new media practice group. He focuses

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  • June 7, 2004 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    ALSTON & BIRD Marc Scheineson has joined Alston & Bird as a partner in alth care practice. Most recently he was a partner at Reed Smith, where he was

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  • November 17, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Representing Corporate New Jersey

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  • October 7, 2002 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has added two new associates at its D.C. office. Kelly Mathews, formerly an associate at King &

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  • March 28, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    Firm promotions Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott: Three attorneys have been elected to the partnership-in Irvine, Calif., Michael W. Shonafelt (land use); in Los An

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  • February 24, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Litigation Funders Face Discovery Woes

    While battling its insurers over funds to cover hurricane damage, Daytona Beach, Fla.-based hotelier Bray & Gillespie Management LLC consulted with Juridica Investments Ltd., which invests in l

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