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  • August 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

    The virtues of taking chances

    Name And Title: Roya Behnia, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary Age: 41 Here's Your Reward: Rewards Network Inc., headquartered in

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  • May 1, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Top Court Weighs Application of RICO to Business Relationships

    The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to pleas by business advocates not to "RICO-ize" all types of business relationships, as Justice Stephen Breyer put it, during oral arguments Wednesday.

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  • February 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    A Watchdog That Won't Bark?

    Alberto Gonzales, picked by President George Bush to be the next attorney general, doesn't have any law enforcement experience. But Gonzales, the White House counsel, has a close relationship

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  • April 29, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Justices weigh funding for special education

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday waded into the contentious debate that takes place in public schools every day between parents seeking special education services for their children a

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  • May 5, 2003 | Legal Times

    Survival Guide

    For the past two years, judicial nominees Jeffrey Sutton and Priscilla Owen were on the same track. Both faced what at times seemed like insurmountable political obstacles in their pursu

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  • July 5, 2004 | Legal Times

    Pulling Its Punches

    Just before the Supreme Court convened for its final sitting of the term on June 29, Solicitor General Theodore Olson was asked how long it would take for him to recover from the defeats

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  • December 20, 2004 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in .S. District Court for the District of Columbia; .S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt division; and

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  • May 1, 2003 | Legaltech News

    Dethawing from the Deep Freeze

    CHICAGO in the Spring is an annual ritual, so I dashed to the Sheraton Chicago for a quick fix at the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management section's ABA Techshow. Unfortunately

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  • July 14, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    O'Melveny Sues Bratz Doll Maker MGA Over $10.2 Million in Unpaid Legal Fees

    Editor's note: A previous version of this post misidentified the legal expenses of Mattel and MGA. The correct information is included in the tenth paragraph below. The Am Law Daily regrets the

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  • June 3, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    Blood on the Tracks

    It all seems so simple here on the back edge of George Clark's 170 acres in Westfield, Ind., where a line of stubby trees marks the old railroad right-of-way. Clark is a farmer, corn and

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