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July 07, 2006 |

Winston Hires Energetic Trio

After attracting at least two dozen firms, a trio of energy lawyers from White & Case's now defunct San Francisco office landed at Winston & Strawn. Looks like the lights are back on for energy practices.
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April 14, 2003 |

Verdicts

On Feb. 21, a Bastrop jury set damages at $2 million for the family of Charles Bryant Scurlock II of Round Rock, who collapsed and died after a two-mile physical fitness run, as alleged in the plaintiffs' petition. A $10 million settlement averted a trial set to begin on March 31 in a wrongful-death suit filed on behalf of a 9-year-old Houston girl who died in a car accident with a METRO bus in May 2001.
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September 13, 1999 |

L.A. Firms' Dirty Little Secret: Hourly Rates

The big firms are getting used to announcing gross revenues that have become, well, gross. They're begrudgingly willing to talk about partner draws that are moving to the million-dollar neighborhood. What the big law firms are still downright shy about are the building blocks of all that filthy lucre: billing rates. Los Angeles insiders don't want to go on the record about charging $500 for partners. Why? "When you start raising rates, you change the way lawyers view each other," says one recruiter.
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March 23, 2007 |

Biovail Fires Kasowitz, Benson

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December 01, 2011 |

It's a Wild World Out There

Mobile apps are empowering and fun, and a little scary when it comes to security.
6 minute read
September 01, 2003 |

The Best Assessments

Ecent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the importance of diversity and the ways that it can be achieved with affirmative action programs have moved applicant testing back to the center of the human resources radar screen. But this renewed interest in testing creates a dilemma for many employers. On the one hand, they want to achieve a diverse workforce. On the other, they are concerned that the use of tests may invite legal challenges since minority applicants often fail such tests at higher rates. Many employ
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April 01, 2012 |

WordPerfect's Upgrade: Does It Matter?

Once dominant, the word processing software retains a tiny, and in some cases loyal, following.
4 minute read
July 11, 2006 |

Energy Partners in High Demand

After White & Case announced in February it would be closing its San Francisco office, at least two-dozen law firms solicited energy partners Jerry Bloom, Joseph Karp and Lisa Cottle.
4 minute read
June 13, 2012 |

Bank of America dropped by Sallie Mae in favor of Barclays

Bank of America divested a $1.3 billion credit-card portfolio after SLM Corp. chose Barclays for its college-savings program.
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July 07, 2005 |

Be Adroit With UNIDROIT

In response to the need for a unifying set of legal principles under which private companies may conduct business with confidence, the member countries of UNIDROIT, The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, currently offer a set of uniform principles that may govern private commercial transactions. UNIDROIT operates as an independent intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to modernize, balance and coordinate international commercial law among the member nations.
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