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April 11, 2013 |

Deep Divisions Over Symbolic Boundary

One can only hope that with the eventual resolution of suits over eruvim — ritual enclosures in public areas for observant Jews — calm voices reassert the values of tolerance and diversity.
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February 08, 2006 |

2nd Circuit Rejects Morgan Stanley Investor's Late Suit

The 2nd Circuit has ruled that a plaintiff waited too long to file a complaint that a conflict of interest by Morgan Stanley analysts damaged his stock investment. The federal appeals court upheld the suit's dismissal on the grounds that the investor was on "inquiry" notice of the alleged conflict more than a year before he filed suit, based on such "storm warnings" as an article in Fortune magazine.
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January 30, 2006 |

BANKRUPTCY | Court limits state sovereign immunity, appellate review

The justices ruled, 5-4, that states don't enjoy sovereign immunity from suits by bankruptcy trustees seeking the return of preferential transfers.
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October 10, 2008 |

Former Gen Re Lawyer Could Face Life in Prison

Robert Graham, a former senior lawyer at General Re Corp., faces life in prison for doing what his defense attorney calls a "few hours work" on a fraudulent deal. Prosecutors want to sentence Graham to a "substantial" term -- up to 230 years behind bars -- because more than 250 American International Group investors lost at least $544 million from the fake deal with Gen Re. The defendants have countered with an expert who maintains that there was zero loss and no victims.
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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.
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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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