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July 01, 2009 |

Arbitration Scorecard: Treaties

A listing of investment treaty arbitrations active in 2007-2008 in which at least $100 million was in controversy. Expanded for the Web.
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January 01, 2010 |

Class Acts

These 24 firms stood out for the sterling results they obtained for clients in 2008 and 2009.
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November 18, 2002 |

The Aftermath of Mergers Can Be Layoffs, Departures

No law firm merger is pure heaven, but firms joining forces sometimes can expect to see some hell. Even the best-planned union has fallout. Several of the firms on this year's NLJ 250 are feeling aftershocks -- ranging from culture clash to litigation. Here, a closer look at the issues some newlywed firms encountered after the honeymoon was over.
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June 21, 2007 |

Some Firms May Be Rethinking Retirement Policies

Mandatory retirement policies at law firms are a hot topic both because the baby boom generation of lawyers will soon hit retirement age and because of the ongoing federal age discrimination suit against Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. Currently, some firms with a mandatory retirement age already allow individual attorneys to negotiate exceptions. And as retirement-age attorneys continue to show their worth, there are predictions that firms in general will move away from mandatory retirement policies.
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August 16, 1999 |

Conflicts Confound Mega-Merger

In the end, it wasn't the retirement issue or the cultural philosophy issue, but plain, old conflicts - and maybe cold, hard cash - that killed the promising engagement between Houston's Fulbright & Jaworski and Dallas' Hughes & Luce.
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Who Needs Patent Reform? Defense Wins Again in the Eastern District of Texas
Publication Date: 2009-04-12
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Marshall, Texas, federal district court judge T. John Ward didn't even wait for lawyers from Finnegan Henderson to put on their case for ADT Security. He tossed the plaintiff's patent infringement suit as soon as counsel rested.

Covington Persuades Fifth Circuit to Reject Challenge to Drilling Project Approvals
Publication Date: 2012-05-31
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After the 2010 BP oil spill, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups used a federal statute to challenge the Interior Department's approval of 16 drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico. A Fifth Circuit panel on Wednesday dismissed the challenges, persuaded in part by arguments made by lawyers at Covington & Burling who represented oil industry trade groups in the case.

February 24, 2003 |

Top 10 Texas Plaintiffs Verdicts in 2002

The National Law Journal, an affiliate of Texas Lawyer, ranked the top 10 Texas verdicts of 2002.
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January 22, 2007 |

Lawyers With Disabilities Say Obstacles, Stereotypes Persist

It's been nearly 16 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect. Lawyers with disabilities say it's still tough to get big-firm jobs, despite the ADA and despite advances in technology that help them handle legal work. "Most attorneys who are blind or visually impaired work for the government or work in solo practice," says Chris Prentice, a solo in Texas who is legally blind. Prentice says he would like to leave solo practice and work at a firm for financial reasons.
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April 30, 2007 |

VerdictSearch

County not liable for man's death after release from jail. Jury rejects claim that thief was behind strip club charges. Woman received $36,250 for injuries after hitting truck. Passenger injured in rear-ender received $13,100. Man thrown from moped recovers $2.7 million. Men injured in rear-ender recover $3,530. Man recovered $194k for accident at racetrack. Hotel housekeeping worker entitled to workers' comp. Octogenarian with dementia lacked mental capacity for assault.
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