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November 28, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Amid the cry from corporate counsel for more minority attorneys to handle their outside legal work, an increasing number of law firms are hiring diversity managers to recruit and retain attorneys of color.

By Leigh Jones ALM MEDIA

6 minute read

October 17, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

If President Bush has his way and the Senate confirms Harriet Miers as a Supreme Court justice, she�ll move permanently to Washington, leaving behind � probably for good � not only her church, to which she is deeply devoted, but her extended family and scores of friends and colleagues.

By By T.R. Goldman and Lily Henning ALM MEDIA

14 minute read

February 20, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Law firms that want a piece of the burgeoning stem cell research industry, which could be flush with California's potential $3 billion investment over the next decade, will have to rethink their approach to the fledgling industry.

By Pamela A. Maclean ALM MEDIA

4 minute read

August 29, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

A lawyer who helped launch major Holocaust litigation in the mid-1990s, has been hit with sanctions that will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars for his handling of a lawsuit seeking recovery from an Austrian bank of the value of artwork looted by the Nazis.

By Daniel Wise, ALM MEDIA

4 minute read

February 13, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Corporate America was delighted to throw around pots of cash and equity during 2005, continuing a mergers and acquisitions spree that began the year before. The value of M&A deals increased by some 32 percent, pushing the value of announced deals involving U.S. targets past $1.1 trillion.

By Michael Moline ALM MEDIA

8 minute read

November 21, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Call it the year of the bonus. Cold cash muscles out the once-popular stock option. But there's a twist.

By Eriq Gardner ALM MEDIA

8 minute read

October 31, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Within minutes of the news of Harriet Miers' withdrawal as a Supreme Court nominee last Thursday, attention turned to whom President Bush would nominate in her place. And again, just as before Miers' surprise nomination, no single candidate appears to hold an edge in the process.

By T.R. Goldman ALM MEDIA

5 minute read

November 28, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Lincoln Lawyer is a page-turner. The writing is fast-paced. The plot twists in unexpected ways and the dialogue is fresh and punchy. But Michael Connelly is at his best when he's crafting characters.

By Patricia Paine ALM MEDIA

4 minute read

March 13, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

A survey of in-house and outside counsel by a coalition of business and legal organizations reports that a 'culture of waiver' of the attorney-client privilege now exists in corporate investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies.

By Marcia Coyle ALM MEDIA

5 minute read

December 19, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

There appears to be no war on Christmas at the Supreme Court. Employees were invited to the annual "Christmas Recess Party," set for last Friday. At the party in the Great Hall of the Court, attendees would see a majestic fir that is decorated and unabashedly called a Christmas tree.

By Tony Mauro ALM MEDIA

3 minute read