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September 15, 2004 |

Defending Detainees

One day he's on a brief with conservative scholar Richard Epstein, the next he's challenging the Guantanamo tribunals. Neal Katyal defies easy categorization. Just seven years after a Supreme Court clerkship, the young Georgetown University law professor has already figured in many important cases. Says a former deputy attorney general who supervised Katyal at the Department of Justice: "He is already a force, and he will be recognized as a national figure in the law."
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December 15, 2005 |

The Bigger the Law Firm, the Bigger the Closet?

Law firms with the highest percentage of openly gay and lesbian attorneys are more apt to be smaller firms, with fewer than 300 attorneys, according to a new survey. Theories vary as to why, but it might be that smaller firms are just more up-front about the numbers of gays and lesbians in their workforce. A Seyfarth Shaw associate on the board of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association says that, at a large firm, there is "an incentive to not be 'out' at work."
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N.Y. High Court Stymies Marcos Victims' Bid for Merrill Lynch Funds
Publication Date: 2012-06-26
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Survivors of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos' "reign of terror" represented by Kohn, Swift & Graf can't reach $42 million in assets that the tyrant shifted to a New York investment account--at least not yet, New York's Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

December 07, 2004 |

DLA and Piper (and Gray) Make Merger Official

London's DLA and the partners of Piper Rudnick voted to merge the firms Saturday, creating what on Jan. 1 will be the world's third-largest law firm measured by number of attorneys and fifth-largest measured by revenues. The merged firm, which touts strengths in litigation, corporate finance, real estate and global government affairs, will operate in the United States, Europe and Asia. DLA is one of only a few U.K. firms to try combining with a major U.S. firm.
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Federal Law Preempts State Law Claims Against Foreign Airlines, Second Circuit Rules
Publication Date: 2012-10-12
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An appellate court ruled on Thursday that the Federal Aviation Act preempts the state regulation of all airlines. The decision came in a long-running litigation in which major carriers have been accused of conspiring to keep cargo shipping rates artificially high.

November 15, 1999 |

Net Rights for the Disabled?

A suit against America Online could have widespread ramifications in the online industry and for a variety of other service-based businesses, lawyers say. The suit puts squarely before a federal court the question of whether an Internet-based service is a public accommodation and therefore, under the ADA, is required to provide access to people with disabilities. "It's a 500-pound gorilla that party-goers can't ignore," said Robert A. Naeve, a labor and employment partner at Morrison & Foerster.
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April 19, 2010 |

The Efficiency equation

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October 26, 2009 |

To Build Practice, Ex-Bush SG Embraces Liberal Clients

In George W. Bush's solicitor general's office, Paul Clement built a reputation as one of the most skilled appellate advocates of his generation as he argued the trickiest of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts. Now a partner at King & Spalding, Clement has taken on tough-to-win Supreme Court cases that are far from standard fare for a Bush-era legal icon. But Clement said his conservative political views have not changed: "I haven't had a conversion on the road to Damascus or anywhere else."
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Carlyle Groups Attempts To Ban Shareholder Class Actions, According to IPO Documents
Publication Date: 2012-01-18
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It's not clear how the Supreme Court's landmark Concepcion arbitration ruling might apply to shareholder litigation. The Carlyle Group and its lawyers at Simpson Thacher are ready to test whether a public company can ban shareholder class actions.

December 10, 2009 |

Heller Leaders Saw Failure Looming, Documents Show

Heller Ehrman's leaders discussed the firm's "mortality" while assuring partners it was sound, and recruited more than five merger candidates by early 2008, according to confidential creditors' exhibits. The documents provide details never before available that give clues to the inner workings of a failing law firm and expose embarrassing ironies. The exhibits include notes from policy and executive committee meetings, e-mails about finances, loan documents and balance sheets.
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