• August 14, 2000 | The Recorder

    Dodson Goes the Distance

    Gerald Dodson took a trip to Italy a few weeks ago. To Florence, to be precise. But he wasn't there to see the statue of David or any other Renaissance art.Instead, he flew there for a

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  • May 1, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    White-Collar Crime

    Hard cases sometimes make bad law. When bad law was made in hard cases involving drugs or organized crime, it did not engender a universal hue and cry. Indeed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for th

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  • O'Brien v. Dep't of Agriculture

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2008-07-16
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Shepherd, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-2274

    Submitted: February 15, 2008Before MELLOY, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.Appellants, Sandra L. O'Brien, a white employee of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural R

  • October 17, 2007 | The Associated Press

    Winning Over Some Democrats, Mukasey Says He'd Run an Independent DOJ

    Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey told Senate Democrats Tuesday exactly what they wanted to hear during his confirmation hearings: That he'd be willing to say "no" to the White House and r

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  • May 18, 2007 | The Associated Press

    Critics say news media ignoring Knoxville couple slaying

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. AP - Bloggers and media critics are complaining that the national media has ignored the rape and murder of a young Knoxville couple because of the racial implications of the

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  • June 7, 2004 | Alm

    How Firms Can Improve Summer Programs

    When John Crolle entered the 2003 summer associates program at Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, he expected to get down to business. "I didn't want a program where

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  • January 5, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Slow Going in Senate for DOJ, Judicial Nominees

    New leadership takes over this week in President Barack Obama's legal shop, and among the challenges facing incoming White House Counsel Robert Bauer is how to reinvigorate the administration's eff

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  • February 7, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Mergers are courtships with conflicts—so beware

    For attorneys caught up in the excitement of a pending law firm merger, expectations of more offices, more lawyers and more money can be heady. But practitioners who have gone t

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  • September 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Large law firms anticipate flood of new pension work

    Los Angeles -- Lawyers at some of the nation's largest law firms expect a sharp rise in legal work following passage of a pension reform law last month that makes broad changes to employ

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  • January 8, 2010 | The Associated Press

    Christmas terror suspect says little in court

    DETROIT AP - A young Nigerian man, wearing a white T-shirt and tennis shoes, did not speak much Friday during his first public court hearing to face charges of trying to ignite a chemical-lad

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