• February 23, 2004 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria divi

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  • February 10, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Court Upholds City Restrictions On Lobbyist Contributions

    A federal judge has rejected free speech and due process challenges to New York City's restrictions on campaign contributions by lobbyists and others who do business with the city.br

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  • June 18, 2007 | Legal Times

    Keeping Score

    Credit CheckVisa was on the receiving end of a judicial curbing when attorneys at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett won a huge, three-year-long battle for their client Mas

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  • January 29, 2007 | Legal Times

    Job Tracker

    JOB TRACKER"Job Tracker" is a roundup of the latest job changes in the lobbying world, from turns of the revolving door to moves between firms. Send information about new hires

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  • October 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Will New Justices Affect Court's Stance on Punitives?

    Some high-powered legal talent is knocking on the Supreme Court's door, asking justices to take three cases that would place new limits on punitive damages awards. But they may have their wo

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  • June 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    New State Office to Study Indigent Legal Defense After years of discussion, a statewide Office of Indigent Legal Services for criminal defendants finally has gotten off

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  • October 11, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    U.S. Says Defense Knew of Juror's Background in Tax Shelter Case

    Prosecutors on Friday charged that the lawyer who challenged the verdicts in a tax shelter fraud conviction because a juror lied about her identity as a suspended attorney had that information at t

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  • January 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Fowler White Boggs Banker (Tampa, Fla.): Craig D. Varn joins the environmental and land use practice group as partner in the firm's Tallahassee, Fla., office

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  • October 24, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Viacom Urges 2nd Circuit to Revive YouTube Suit

    Viacom International and a host of content providers asked a federal appeals court last week to reverse a decision dooming their claim that YouTube is liable for $1 billion in damages for copyright

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  • December 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firms report their billing rates by associate class

    The following is a sampling of hourly rates charged by law firms that establish billing rates based on associate class. The name of each firm is followed by its number of attorneys and th

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