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  • December 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Patent Malpractice Claims Hit Firms

    The high level of liability exposure in patent work and the growing complexity of the practice area are making law firms increasingly vulnerable to malpractice lawsuits that blame attorneys for a j

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  • December 27, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    DOJ's attack on corporate fraud cools

    In his summer of discontent, there were few days of undiluted glory for then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and July 17 was no exception. Just six weeks e he resigned, Gonzales stood

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  • April 24, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Appeals Court Says Injured Man Not Fit to Be Prison Guard The Appellate Division, Third Department, yesterday supported a state Division of Human Rights' decision that a disabled man w

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  • July 24, 2001 |

    Levi's Blues

    The saga began when two English department store chains had the temerity to sell jeans. But these were not just any jeans -- these were Levi's 501s, and they were being sold without the approval of Le

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  • October 12, 2009 | The Recorder

    Heller Creditors Target Accountants

    SAN FRANCISCO — Heller's creditors may sue accounting firm Ernst & Young for failing to raise red flags on its audit of the firm's 2007 financials, according to a bankruptcy liquidati

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    The Exodus Several firms-notably Clifford Chance, Dewey Ballantine, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld-skimmed talent liberally from the foundering Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison

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  • February 8, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Chicago market for laterals picking up

    More Chicago partners are jumping to new law firms or seriously contemplating a move after a year in which demand for profitable partners outstripped the number willing to leave stable position

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  • April 1, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    International Litigation

    Does one have to worry about jurisdiction and forum non conveniens when enforcing a foreign arbitral award in the United States under the New York Convention? Does the doctrine of forum non conveni

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  • May 12, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    No Green in Green Cards

    In 1996, the authors of the bestseller The Millionaire Next Door recommended business immigration law to those readers seeking a life of riches. At the time it seemed like good

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  • August 30, 2000 | Alm

    Judges Wrestle With Epic Case of Olympic Athlete

    A Greco-Roman wrestler's road to the upcoming summer Olympics in Sydney took on epic dimensions as it wound its way through the federal court system in Chicago this week.Although a U.S

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