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  • September 8, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Law Firm Model: A Closer Look at Recent Changes

    As the economic downturn continues to cast a pall over law firms, many are introducing new models to try to reduce costs, improve client services and stave off massive layoffs and/or implosion. Thi

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  • October 28, 2011 | The Recorder

    Viewpoint: 'E.T.' Hurts Foster Kids, Should Be Reheard

    In May 2009, the AOC published the "Final Report and Action Plan" of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care, created by former Chief Justice Ronald George and chaired by fo

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  • November 12, 2007 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    LERCH, EARLY & BREWERNine attorneys have joined Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Md. Joel Aronson, 50, is a partner in the firm's commercial lending and l

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  • May 11, 2004 | The Recorder

    Artistic Differences

    In "Matchstick Men," a neurotic con artist played by Nicholas Cage gets flustered when anyone curses.Movie viewers with similar sensitivities will now find it easier to avoid profanity

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  • July 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Smoking the States

    Remember the massive tobacco settlement that poured billions of dollars into state coffers over the last decade? It's about to be relitigated. In an arbitration scheduled to

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  • March 24, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Lips Unsealed: Third Circuit Ruling on Privilege Worries Defense Bar

    Corporate executives may need to be more careful about what they say to outside counsel during internal company probes. And they'll want to make sure that the lawyers they talk to are representing

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  • March 2, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Coudert IP Group Joins Alston & Bird Four lawyers from the New York intellectual property group of Coudert Brothers, including the group's head, Philippe Bennett, have joine

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  • May 12, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Laying Someone Off? Better Check That Laptop

    The company-issued laptop has ignited yet more workplace litigation as a growing number of exiting employees are being sued for swiping or wiping data from their portable computers. Employm

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  • June 1, 2011 | Law.com Corporate

    A Rebuilding Year

    At first glance, it might appear that the economic recovery stopped with The Am Law 100. While the nation's 100 highest-grossing firms rebounded from a disastrous 2009 by posti

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  • December 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Fact Witness Preparation

    Trial counsel must perform two basic tasks in order to prepare a fact witness to testify at trial — counsel must identify what the witness knows about the issues in the case

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