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January 31, 2007 |

Calif. High Court May OK Prior Restraint on Speech

Individuals who unjustly defame others might soon find themselves muzzled by the courts. A majority of the California Supreme Court indicated during oral arguments Monday that injunctions aimed at blocking speech found defamatory by a judge wouldn't violate constitutional free speech guarantees -- if narrowly drawn. Such a ruling would give trial court judges for the first time the authority to issue permanent injunctions against defamatory speech, especially when damages might not be a sufficient remedy.
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November 30, 2010 |

Fastest-Shrinking Firms Ranked by Percent Decrease in Pa. Attorneys

The following is a list of the fastest-shrinking law firms in Pennsylvania ranked by the percentage decrease in number of attorneys as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
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April 13, 2009 |

We are our own worst enemy

We compete with other countries to provide an attractive place to do business. Striking the right balance of advantages to and burdens on businesses of locating facilities in the United States verses other countries is important. As noted in an earlier essay Harvard professor Michael Porter has identified several ways in which the United States is undermining its competitive position in the world, and we need to address these issues.
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How About Some Clawback at JPMorgan?
Publication Date: 2013-09-21
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Sarbanes-Oxley gives the SEC the power to claw back bonuses and stock from a company's CEO and CFO if the company restates its financials as a result of wrongdoing. Why shouldn't it apply here?

November 30, 2010 |

Largest Firms by City (Pittsburgh)

The following is a list of the largest law firms in the city of Pittsburgh ranked by the number of full-time attorneys asreported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
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November 30, 2010 |

100 Largest Law Firms Alphabetically

The following is a list of the 100 largest law firms in Pennsylvania sorted alphabetically as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
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June 20, 2005 |

Calif. High Court Sets Punitives Guidelines

Business interests and plaintiffs attorneys both claimed victory in a pair of California Supreme Court decisions testing the limits of punitive damages. It was the first time the court has interpreted a 2003 landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that curtailed large awards. In most cases, the Court said in State Farm, punitives should be no more than nine times compensatory damages -- but the ruling left room for exceptions, and parties have been sparring over when to go beyond the "single-digit" range.
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October 27, 2004 |

Texas Democratic Lawyers Join Effort to Protect the Vote

Hoping to prevent electioneering and help enforce new electoral laws, a platoon of Dallas attorneys called "Lawyers for Kerry-Edwards" will join a national troop of volunteers in the run up to the 2004 presidential election. Thousands of attorneys nationwide plan to help ensure the voting and tallying are fair. The Kerry-Edwards campaign says it has recruited "top legal talent across the country," lawyers who will fly in private jets to hotspots of electoral trouble.
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November 30, 2010 |

Largest Firms by City (Philadelphia)

The following is a list of the largest law firms in the city of Philadelphia ranked by the number of full-time attorneys as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
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