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June 11, 2003 |

Speakers
4 minute read
July 21, 2005 |

A Mixed Reaction to Pick

Local lawyers and bar leaders had a mixed reaction to President Bush's nomination of John G. Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court. Because he is not a lightning-rod candidate like Robert Bork or Clarence Thomas, many lawyers have a wait-and-see approach to the pending nomination hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
4 minute read
February 15, 2010 |

CIVIL ACTIONS

The following cases were recently filed in the Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the courts' official online bulletins.
2 minute read
August 22, 2000 |

Bell Atlantic Loses $77 Million Tax Credit Appeal

Bell Atlantic lost a $77 million battle with Uncle Sam, now that a federal appeals court ruled that the Baby Bell was not entitled to a refund under a capital investment tax credit in the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Bell Atlantic claimed it was entitled to an income tax credit for hundreds of millions of dollars of property. But the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the government.
6 minute read
July 26, 2004 |

People In The News

People In The News
3 minute read
February 23, 2001 |

The View From the Bench

If the Department of Justice had its way, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit would not be hearing the Microsoft case. But last year, the Supreme Court denied a request to take the case directly, and an en banc circuit panel composed of seven judges will preside during a two-day argument.
5 minute read
December 23, 2005 |

2005: A Competitive Time for Area Firms

Last year�s look back at events in the Philadelphia legal community went something like this: Not too much happened in 2004. This year was a whole different story.
9 minute read
July 28, 2005 |

Firm Accused of Copying Multistate Bar Examination Test Questions

In a suit that could have national implications for how law students prepare for the bar exam, the National Conference of Bar Examiners has accused a California company of illegally copying questions from the Multistate Bar Examination for use in bar exam preparation courses. In the suit, NCBE claims that employees of Multistate Legal Studies Inc. have attended bar exams in several states for the sole purpose of copying questions to be used in its prep courses.
5 minute read
November 19, 2007 |

National Rankings

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November 11, 2004 |

Gallup Mistake Invalidates Copyright

After four years of litigation, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a copyright infringement suit brought by Gallup Inc. -- the consulting firm best known for the Gallup Poll -- after finding that it never properly registered a copyright for its "employee satisfaction survey." Gallup claimed in its suit that Kenexa Corp. had misappropriated the Gallup Q-12 employee survey and hired away more than a dozen Gallup employees who were knowledgeable about the survey.
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