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  • August 8, 2005 | Legal Times

    Chicago Hopes

    McGuireWoods can trace its Virginia roots back to before the Civil War. But the firm senses that it will need more than its 171-year legacy to remain competitive in the 21st-century lega

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  • April 20, 2009 | Legal Times

    D.C. Appeals Judge Ruiz Pushed for Circuit Slot

    There are two vacant slots on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, but as far as many Washington lawyers are concerned one is already spoken for. Lawyers at

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  • June 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Addicted to CrackBerrys

        You have seen this guy. Maybe you are this guy. Driving down the highway at 65 miles per hour, steadying the steering wheel with the backs of his hands so that he

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  • February 20, 2006 | National Law Journal

    30(b)(6)-Time to Fix It?

    It ain't entirely broke; but it may nevertheless be time to fix it. Rule 30(b)(6) is being considered by the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee for possible amendment, because, as no

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  • June 12, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Don't Let Your E-Evidence Get Trashed

    It was our first night in the suburbs, and we learned the hard way why raccoons wear masks as we surveyed the carnage they had made of our garbage. We were drilling eye hooks into the wall so that

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  • May 14, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Jockeying Begins for Solicitor General Job

    Just days after President Obama announced he will nominate Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, speculation is already swirling about who will replace her as solicitor general, with names includ

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  • February 19, 2010 | National Law Journal

    EEOC Hit With $4.5M in Fees After Dismissal of Sexual Harassment Suit

    A federal judge in Iowa has ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay $4.56 million in attorneys' fees and expenses to a Cedar Rapids trucking business after dismissing the agency'

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  • March 8, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Could Lehman Brothers Happen Again?

    Two years ago, Anton Valukas issued a 2,200-page report that laid bare the accounting gimmicks that hid Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc.'s shaky finances. Valukas, the chair of Jenner & Bloc

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  • August 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    In-House

    Four years ago, in a burst of enthusiasm over celebrating our twenty-fifth anniversary, we held our first awards dinner. It was an occasion to rejoice in our longevity. But more importantly, b

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  • September 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    He's Still Standing

    Companies sometimes fire their outside counsel, but it's rarer for a law firm to drop a client. McGuireWoods did exactly that, however, when it announced in May that it was ending its relation

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