• December 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Part of the food chain

    Name and title: Douglas T. Nelson, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary Age: 61 Agriculture a

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  • March 8, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Shifting gears

    In his last three years as chief executive officer of KB Home, Bruce Karatz made $232 million, most of it from stock options of the high-flying homebuilder. But many more option

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  • June 3, 2008 | The Recorder

    Appeals Panel Resets Trade-Secrets Clock

    A state appellate court has clarified when the clock starts ticking for trade-secret holders to sue third parties who have acquired their stolen intellectual property. Thre

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  • August 1, 2006 | Alm

    2nd Circuit Affirms Ebbers' Sentence

    The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed the conviction and 25-year prison sentence of Bernard J. Ebbers, the former CEO of WorldCom whose reputation and business were destroye

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  • October 22, 2007 | Legal Times

    Don't Be Dubbed a Human Rights Abuser

    How much attention must multinational corporations really pay to potential human rights abuses in overseas operations? Though a recent verdict in a high-profile Alien Tort Claims

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  • August 27, 2007 | Legal Times

    Justice System Turned on Ear in Police Case

    Publicly, prosecutors and police are always on the same team. Disagreements are stashed in the corners of ongoing investigations. Problems are kept in-house. But last week in fed

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  • November 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Competition heats up in China

    Never mind the domestic business climate. During the second quarter of 2010, China surpassed Japan as the world's second-largest economy behind the United States with nearly $1.34 trillion in

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  • January 22, 2007 | Legal Times

    Keeping Score

    Safety PatrolEight years might be enough time for a young lawyer to enter a law firm as an associate and be promoted to partner. But that's still not enough time fo

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  • August 4, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    In Sonnenschein Poaching Case, Huron Finds Itself on the Defensive

    Last month, The Am Law Daily reported that Huron Consulting Group had filed an intriguing lawsu

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  • June 28, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Pepper Hamilton (Philadelphia): George A. Lehner rejoins the firm as partner in the Washington office. Previously deputy assistant legal adviser for i

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