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February 11, 2005 |

Trying for a 9th Circuit Split

A crucial skirmish took place last fall in the long war over whether to carve up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Conservative Republicans in the House were finally able to push through a split proposal on Oct. 5 by tying it to a Senate measure to create 58 new judgeships across the country. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein blocked the bill. Now House Republicans, emboldened by their autumn victory, are preparing to try again to break up the nation's largest federal circuit court.
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October 10, 2008 |

Associates Class of 2008

Our ninth annual magazine devoted to new associates at New Jersey law firms.
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February 06, 2007 |

9th Circuit Steps Up En Banc Reviews

The 9th Circuit appears bent on reining in potential conflicts between its precedents and those in other circuits before they catch the eye of the U.S. Supreme Court. The circuit issued 25 orders to rehear appeals by 15-judge en banc panels in 2006, the highest number in decades. "There seems to be a greater willingness on the part of judges to view the en banc process as a continuing part of our responsibility in shaping circuit law," said Judge Alex Kozinski, slated to be chief judge of the 9th Circuit.
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August 01, 2011 |

In-House Lessons That Lead to Success at the Firm

Bradley S. Tupi was an in-house attorney at a chemical company in the mid-1980s. He was responsible for a nationwide docket of products liability and commercial litigation. He says that, which still a young lawyer himself, he was fortunate to learn a number of lessons from outside counsel that have contributed greatly to whatever success he has gained since then, working in the law firm context.
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February 08, 2010 |

Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77

HARRISBURG, Pa. AP - Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77.The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va.
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January 08, 2013 |

Pennsylvania Law Firm Leaders Taking a Tepid View of 2013

A new year does not necessarily mean a new beginning for law firm leaders who are anticipating 2013 looking a lot like the ups and many downs of 2012.
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June 25, 2003 |

Heightened Scrutiny

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June 30, 1999 |

Distributors Challenging Tobacco Deal

A small number of attorneys around the country are mounting a legal assault on the nation's $206 billion tobacco settlement, claiming it violates antitrust laws. The attorneys, who have brought one suit so far in federal court in Pennsylvania and are threatening to bring two more in California, are filing the suits on behalf of cigarette distributors.
6 minute read
January 06, 2003 |

9th Circuit Gives Sex.com to California Supremes

Reluctant to extend tort law into the high-tech arena, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday asked the California Supreme Court to decide the last remaining questions in the battle over the lucrative sex.com domain name. Over a vigorous dissent, the majority on a three-judge panel decided to ask California's high court whether intangible property is subject to the tort of conversion.
4 minute read
November 09, 1999 |

Edward L. Kaufman, WWF Entertainment Inc.

As general counsel for WWF Entertainment Inc., Edward L. Kaufman handles the legal affairs of a media and entertainment company which includes wrestlers with names like "The Rock" and "Mankind." A wrestling fan since he was a teenager, Kaufman describes it as entertainment and says the image of wrestling as violent and a negative influence is "misplaced."
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