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  • November 10, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Why Heller Didn't Survive

    When Heller Ehrman partners gathered at Santa Barbara's Bacara Resort & Spa in March 2007, there was already reason to be concerned about the firm's future. Several practice areas we

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  • September 17, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Tobacco Lawyers, DOJ Back in Court Over Injunction

    Government lawyers and attorneys for a group of tobacco companies met Wednesday to discuss how to implement a sweeping injunction lodged against the industry in 2006 by a federal judge, who found t

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  • August 9, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Police Interference Results in New Manslaughter Trial An appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of manslaughter, saying the police improperly manipulat

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  • October 4, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    LETTER FROM LONDON: Gearing Up for the New U.K. Bribery Law

    White-collar criminal lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic are gearing up for the introduction of a new U.K. a target="_self" href="http://w

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  • March 10, 2008 | Legal Times

    Obama Charms Some Former Clinton Stalwarts

    On a warm fall evening in 2004, not long after he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois, Barack Obama attended an intimate Washington dinner party. Seated next to him was Covingto

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  • December 18, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Will More Firms Re-Defer Their Incoming First-Years?

    After Nixon Peabody announced on Tuesday that it would a target="new" href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=12024

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  • June 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Bowery Residents Committee (BRC), a not-for-profit organization that serves the homeless and those with addictions, has signed a 33-year lease for a Chelsea property that it plans to turn into a &q

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  • May 16, 2005 | Alm

    Law Firms Face Sharp Rise in Malpractice Suits

    It's getting more expensive for corporate lawyers to defend themselves. A soon-to-be-released study by the American Bar Association shows that the number of big-ticket suits - those w

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  • August 18, 2008 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following cases were recently filed in the local district courts. This information is provided by the district courts’ official online bulletin boar

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  • June 22, 2009 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    LATERALS Burner, Smith & Associates (Setauket, N.Y.): Alison Arden Besunder joins the firm as managing partner of the New York office. Besun

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