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June 12, 2000 |

U.S. Supreme Court Says Race Can't Factor Into Sentence

Because jurors were asked to consider his race as a factor in future dangerousness, the sentence of Texas death-row inmate Victor Hugo Saldaqo was vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court. In a highly unusual move, Texas Attorney General John Cornyn supported Saldaqo's appeal. Cornyn's office has identified at least eight other cases in which a death sentence could be partly based on similar testimony.
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Lessons from Kindergarten: Microtune Ordered to Share Results of Internal Andrews Kurth Backdating Investigation with Execs Facing SEC Charges
Publication Date: 2009-06-05
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Microtune gave regulators and auditors the report on Andrews Kurth's internal investigation of its options backdating practices. So executives for a pair of former executives charged by the SEC said they should get to see it as well. And despite Microtune's claims of privilege, a Texas judge agreed.

Florida Governor's Special Counsel for BP Spill: "I'm personally angered, personally hurt, personally affected, and upset."
Publication Date: 2010-06-12
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Tampa plaintiffs lawyer C. Steven Yerrid, who represented Florida in its $11 billion settlement with the tobacco industry, is working pro bono to advise Gov. Charlie Crist on legal issues related to the spill. Other trial lawyers are lining up to offer their assistance, too, he said. "The other side is already lawyered up with the best talent that unlimited money can buy."

October 10, 2000 |

GC Salary Survey Profiles

Short takes on 20 general counsels ranked in the Corporate Counsel "GC Salary Survey."
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March 26, 2007 |

Number of Lateral Hires at Large Firms in Texas Increased in 2006

Lateral hiring at large law firms in Texas increased by 6.2 percent in 2006, compared with 2005, according to a survey by Texas Lawyer. Reporting firms employed a total of 5,172 attorneys in Texas on Jan. 1, 2006, with 2,422 of them partners. The attrition rate, a measurement of the number of attorneys leaving a firm, was 13.1 percent -- almost the same as the 12.9 percent attrition rate reported for 2005. "Firms have been going crazy trying to expand," says recruiter Robert Rowland.
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December 22, 2003 |

The Impact Players of 2003

Michael Ramsey, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sharon Pierce, Joe Jamail, Donald Godwin and Mike Gruber, State Bar of Texas chief disciplinary counsel Dawn Miller, Jeff Blackburn and Mitchell Katine
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Madoff Associates Hire Counsel; Arkin to Challenge Jaffe Subpoena in Massachusetts
Publication Date: 2009-01-21
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Executives connected with Cohmad Securities, a brokerage co-owned by Bernie Madoff, have lawyered up. And one of them is refusing to testify about his relationship with Madoff.

April 01, 2010 |

The Churn

Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
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January 27, 2004 |

Rombach v. Chang

Circuit Clarifies Pleading Standard for Fraud Claims Alleging False Information or Omissions
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July 15, 2002 |

Senate Puts Corporate Bar In Its Sights

As the Senate scatter-shot some 98 proposals for new legislative pains and punishments at corporate America last week, corporate lawyers found themselves targets as well.
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