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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal

In response to the opioid abuse epidemic, U.S. Justice Department officials launched a crackdown on "pill mills" that illicitly distribute large quantities of prescription painkillers.

By ALM Staff

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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal

Which law firms did Trump draw to fill leadership gigs at the White House, the U.S. Justice Department and other regulatory agencies?

By ALM Staff

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October 23, 2017 | The Recorder

Law.com IP reporter Scott Graham breaks down some hot topics at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with Eliot Williams, an IP partner at Baker Botts.

By ALM Staff

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October 04, 2017 | National Law Journal

Marcia Coyle, the National Law Journal's chief Washington correspondent, offers insight about the U.S. Supreme Court's argument Tuesday in the partisan redistricting case Gill v. Whitford.

By ALM Staff

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September 06, 2017 | Daily Business Review

We asked lawyers who'd been through Hurricane Andrew 25 years ago what lessons they learned about the impact to their practices and how changes in technology could blunt Hurricane Irma's impact.

By ALM STAFF

4 minute read

July 21, 2017 | National Law Journal

President Donald Trump is reportedly mulling the scope of his power to pardon everyone around him—and possibly himself—in the Russia investigation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller III leads. (His lawyers said that talk wasn't happening.) All of this means questions remain about pardon power. Here's a snapshot of some of the commentary from around the web.

By ALM Staff

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June 26, 2017 | National Law Journal

The NLJ 500 is The National Law Journal's survey of the 500 largest law firms in the United States covering the previous calendar year. Data is collected from firms at the same time as the Am Law financial numbers. ALM sent surveys this year to more than 900 law firms to determine the 500 largest U.S.-centric firms by headcount. Firms smaller than No. 350 are divided into two tiers instead of earning individual ranks.

By ALM Staff

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June 26, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Welcome to the 2017 NLJ 500, an annual survey that debuted nearly 40 years ago with 200 firms. In this year's report, the number of lawyers working at the nation's 500 largest U.S.-centric law firms in 2016 grew by about 2 percent from the previous year, to 163,700. The average lawyer count per firm bumped up slightly, to 327.

By ALM Staff

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June 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

South Texas College of Law Houston has received a $1.27 million gift aimed at launching a criminal defense certification program, which is meant to train defense lawyers to more effectively represent indigent defendants in the city's courts.

By ALM staff

6 minute read

May 09, 2017 | National Law Journal

Marcia Coyle, the National Law Journal's senior Washington correspondent and a veteran Supreme Court reporter, on Monday spoke with PBS NewsHour's William Brangham about the oral arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

By ALM Staff

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