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  • August 29, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas Supreme Court Extends Civil Liability Restrictions

    Texas Lawyer's characterization of the 2003-2004 term fits the 2004-2005 term even better: "Although some of the authors have changed, the plot lines are familiar, and most stories have

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  • September 18, 2008 | The Recorder

    Heller Ponders Dissolution

    Heller Ehrman appeared on the brink of dissoluti nesday, with some partners already looking to move with what amounted to tacit approval from firm management. In office meetings

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  • October 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Empire Builders

    Since the early days of the Global 100 survey, globalization and profit have seemingly grown hand in hand. For our top 50 firms in 1999--the first year that we published profits per partner f

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  • January 4, 2010 | Focus Europe

    Book of Business

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  • Brown v. Philip Morris, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2001-05-17
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Roth, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 99-1931

    Argued January 19, 2001OPINION OF THE COURTMentholated tobacco products apparently pose greater health risks than non-mentholated ones. Plaintif fs, a group of African-Americans, brought a civil

  • May 5, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firms looking to the next lease

    CHICAGO — Baker & McKenzie and Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal have Chicago building leases that run past 2010, but that doesn't mean they can afford to put off planning for

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  • February 14, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    New Office Update: DLA, McDermott, Sidley Add Outposts as Singapore Weighs Opening Its Doors

    A trio of Am Law 100 firms chose Valentine's Day to announce office openings in new locales. DLA Piper has hired four partners from Thompson & Knight to establish an outpost in Mex

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  • April 14, 2000 | Corporate Counsel

    Testing, Testing A-D-A

    Every day, science is developing better ways to evaluate our physical abilities and even to predict the future course of our health. The Human Genome Project, which has scientists all over th

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  • April 15, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Consumer Products Bill Sets Off a Furor

    The lawmaking process is normally where heated debate and lobbying over a wanna-be law take place. When that wanna-be becomes law by overwhelming vote margins and a presidential signature, the heat

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  • July 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

    How AmLaw 100 Firms Are Using Twitter

    There was a time when big, respectable law firms would never use silly words like Tweet, Twitter and Twitterverse, but that seems to be changing, at least for some firms. In J

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