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March 19, 2002 |

New York Is Among Worst in Appointing Hispanics to Bench

Releasing a study that places New York among the worst states for appointing Hispanic judges, members of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund called on Gov. Pataki to push for parity on the bench. Among the study's other findings were that 37 states have no Hispanic judges on the federal bench, while 21 states have no Hispanics on state court benches.
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July 26, 2013 |

The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

Five high-level government employees leave the public sector to join four Am Law 200 firms; a Goldman Sachs attorney has been named cochair of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; and Sidley Austin adds a finance partner in Houston. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected]
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July 14, 2000 |

IP Roundup

What's happening in the intellectual property world? New lawsuits, settlements, and orders involving companies as diverse as high-end cosmetic store Sephora and pharmaceutical giant American Home Products Corp. Find out what these and other companies are doing in our IP Roundup.
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October 11, 2013 |

Real Estate Roundup: Latest Leases Cap Busy Year

The Am Law Daily caught up this week with CBRE's Robert Flippin—who advised Mayer Brown on its signing this week of a lease for 187,000 square feet of space that will serve as the firm's new New York base—about the broader law firm real estate market. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, meanwhile, was one of dozens of other Am Law 200 firms to address its office needs recently, signing a 20-year lease to stay in its downtown Manhattan headquarters.
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December 03, 2012 |

Deal of the Week: Houston Calling

At first blush, the transaction sounds routine: Houston lawyer Shelton Vaughan is hired to help longtime client Quanta Services Inc. of Houston negotiate a definitive agreement to sell its telecommunications subsidiaries to Florida's Dycom Industries Inc. But Vaughan, a partner in Duane Morris in Houston, says the acquisition turned out to be complicated, because the deal team had to carve out Quanta's telecom business from its other operations.
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September 17, 2012 |

8th Circuit Orders File-Sharer to Pay $220K

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has reinstated statutory damages of more than $220,000 against a woman who illegally file-shared two dozen songs, finding the damages to be constitutional.
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June 03, 2013 |

Judge Seeks Specifics on Supermarket Discount Program

Based on the "barren record" before him, Northern District Judge Lawrence Kahn said he cannot determine whether New York state is violating a supermarket chain's constitutional rights by barring its offer of gas price discounts in exchange for the purchase of prescription drugs.
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October 07, 2002 |

'Brown''s Legacy

Has Brown v. Board of Education been neutered by recent cases? Peter Irons thinks so.
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June 28, 1999 |

And the Winner Is....

It's in his hands now. U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson must review the transcripts of 76 days of testimony. The case went out not with a bang, but with a whimper, as the evidentiary phase of the government's landmark antitrust trial against Microsoft concluded June 24. The judge will issue findings of fact and then conclusions of law about questions ranging from whether Microsoft committed illegal tying or predatory practices to whether it constitutes a monopoly.
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February 06, 2006 |

N.J. firm competes with the big guys

Pitney Hardin is among New Jersey's largest firms, with 179 lawyers in several practice areas, including labor and litigation. Lawyers at the 104-year-old corporate firm traditionally have been New Jersey counsel for some big companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp.
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