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December 01, 2009 |

No More Baby Steps

After a terrific run as a big-firm partner, Pfizer's Amy Schulman knows how the game is played and has set out to change all the rules.
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Key Ruling in BofA Securities Class Action Gives Plaintiffs Access to Treasure Trove of Documents
Publication Date: 2009-11-18
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Shareholders' lawyers will get to see whatever the bank has turned over to Congress, the SEC, the New York attorney general, and other investigators--including, most likely, the communications between BofA and its lawyers that have already been turned over to the government.

December 19, 2008 |

Blagojevich's bid for state to pay for his counsel is dismissed as 'absurd'

In a swift response to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request that the state pay for lawyers to help him fight federal criminal corruption charges, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan rejected the suggestion as "absurd."
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Why Is This ARS Suit Different from All Other ARS Suits? Dow Corning's $165 Million Case Against Merrill Lynch Survives Motion to Dismiss
Publication Date: 2011-03-31
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Manhattan federal judge Loretta Preska, who oversees the consolidated ARS litigation against Merrill, has bounced every case that's come up for a dismissal ruling. What's different about Dow Corning's? Either Boies Schiller pled what other Merrill plaintiffs haven't been able to--or Judge Preska is softening her views.

April 22, 2011 |

The Quest to Better Utilize Native-Format Production

The tides of e-discovery favor production of electronically stored information in native form -- within the original application it was created. Because no outlay is needed to convert the data to a static image, many believe that native production costs less and should serve as e-discovery's default production format. But what hidden costs and case-management problems does the format present?
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January 20, 2012 |

Personal Notes on Lawyers

Baker & Hostetler has elected five New York associates to the partnership, Fish & Richardson has named four locals as principals and other firm news.
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July 25, 2007 |

Edwards Campaign Leads the Pack in Contributions From Lawyers

Lawyers and law firms dropped another $13 million into the coffers of the 2008 presidential campaigns during the second quarter of the year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Since the start of the year, the legal industry has contributed $27.5 million to the campaigns, 66 percent of which has gone to three Democratic candidates: former Sen. John Edwards, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama. Edwards, a trial lawyer, continues to lead in lawyer contributions.
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February 14, 2011 |

Arbitrators Order Ecuador to Suspend Enforcement of Any Judgment Against Chevron

Arbitrators presiding over the investment treaty arbitration filed by Chevron against Ecuador, under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, order Ecuador to 'take all measures at its disposal to suspend or cause to be suspended the enforcement or recognition within and without Ecuador of any judgment' against the oil giant. | SEE OUR EXCLUSIVE FIRST RELEASE: THE TAPES THE PLAINTIFFS DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE | FULL COVERAGE: CHEVRON IN ECUADOR
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July 13, 2010 |

Hope Drives Rise in Law School Applications

The grim job statistics in nearly every corner of the legal world are surely enough to make any aspiring lawyer think twice about diving into massive debt to attend law school. So why are so many people lining up to do just that?
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