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  • August 29, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Tort reform's next big push

    TORT REFORM GROUPS and lawyers representing some of the nation's largest corporations are working with legislators in several states to draft amendments to consumer protection laws that would

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  • February 27, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Assisted suicide case revives right-to-die debate

    ATLANTA AP - The case against an alleged assisted suicide ring known as the Final Exit Network has revived a long-simmering debate over the right to die. The network's president, its m

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  • April 14, 2000 | Alm

    Almost There

    No question their numbers have increased significantly in law schools and the profession, and while the subject "women in the law" may be an old topic to some, the question remains: why aren't ther

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  • July 13, 2011 | National Law Journal

    How are AmLaw 100 firms 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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  • July 5, 2007 | Alm

    Townsend Launches A New D.C. Office

    San Francisco intellectual property firm Townsend & Townsend & Crew is carving out its spot on the East Coast by focusing - at least initially - on patent prosecution and patent litiga

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  • June 28, 2007 | The Recorder

    Private Equity Helps Fuel IP Wars

    Like hungry wolves roving through the financial forest, private equity and hedge funds are always looking for fresh meat, or rather, new investment opportunities. And over the last few months, they

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  • September 23, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    United States of America v. Birks and Beuret

    United States of America v. Birks and Beuret, 07-153 (JBS); U.S. District Court (DNJ); opinion by Simandle, U.S.D.J.;

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  • April 5, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps To Affect Towns, Property Owners

    Town planners up and down our coast are updating their websites and planning town meetings to address the changes that have come down the pike from our Federal Emergency Management Agency. FE

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  • February 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The 2010 Lateral Report Buyer's Market

    By most measures, 2009 was a dismal year for the legal industry. One notable exception to the drumbeat of record layoffs and bankruptcy actions: By our count, there were also a record number of lat

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  • March 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Where to hold Toyota trial?

    Twenty-three plaintiffs' lawyers lined up against a wall in a federal courtroom in San Diego, awaiting their turn to argue about where to try dozens of cases related to sudden acceleration p

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