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May 01, 2007 |

Finding a Blog for Any Practice Area

Consultants Marshall Orson and David Bernknopf delve into the legal blogosphere to find blawgs that might actually be useful. They discover that the sheer number of well-informed sites is staggering -- there's even one that focuses on the emerging field of pet law.
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October 06, 2009 |

Lawyer Who Signed Fraudulent Briefs in Pesticide Class Action May Be Spared Suspension

If an independent prosecutor has his way, leading plaintiffs lawyer Thomas Girardi would face an admonishment, but no suspension, for signing fraudulent appellate briefs in connection with his representation of Nicaraguan banana workers in a pesticide exposure case. Girardi's problems began when a Central American legal team mistakenly filed a complaint against Dole Food Corp. -- which doesn't exist -- instead of Dole Food Co. They then secured a $489 million judgment against the wrong corporate entity.
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April 30, 2007 |

Lessons of the Am Law 100

Revenues and profits at the nation's highest-grossing law firms grew by healthy margins in 2006. Same old story? Not quite.
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June 27, 2000 |

'Apprendi' Ruling Could Trigger a Wave of Defense Challenges

The U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a New Jersey hate crimes law Monday was largely overshadowed by the release of Dickerson v. United States affirming the Miranda warning. But legal experts say the Court's 5-4 ruling in Apprendi v. New Jersey actually could have a broader day-to-day impact on the criminal justice system than Dickerson.
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As Supreme Court Mulls Overtime for Pharma Sales Reps, Novartis Settles Class Action for $99 Million
Publication Date: 2012-01-25
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If the Supreme Court rules later this year that pharmaceutical sales representatives are exempt from overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the high court could knock out class action wage-and-hour claims pending against a half-dozen major drug companies. But Novartis and its lawyers at Cravath apparently weren't willing to gamble that the Justices would see things the drug companies' way.

June 11, 2002 |

Judicial Profile: Katherine Feinstein

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January 29, 2001 |

Movers & Shakers

Follow lawyers' career moves and law firms' transformations each week with "Movers & Shakers." This week, several firms announce their new partners. Minneapolis' Dorsey & Whitney elected two attorneys to partner in its New York office; Jeffrey S. Torosian was elected to partner at Chicago's Schwartz & Freeman; and Cleveland's Baker & Hostetler elected new partners in several of the firm's offices.
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July 12, 2004 |

Pulling Its Punches

The Supreme Court left many key issues unresolved and paused in some of its other notable trends - most prominently, federalism.
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Stakes Are High as Lawyers Prep for Kiobel Re-argument
Publication Date: 2012-09-26
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Nearly 50 amicus briefs have piled up arguing for and against corporate liability for overseas human rights violations, as Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan prepares to argue for Royal Dutch Shell in the first case of the new U.S. Supreme Court term.

April 24, 2000 |

Verdicts

Summaries of verdicts from around the country.
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