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May 29, 2008 | National Law Journal

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has tapped Nancy Hardin Rogers, dean of Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, to be interim Ohio attorney general. Rogers, who was named dean of the law school in August 2001, will serve until voters on Nov. 4 choose a successor to Marc Dann, who resigned May 14.

By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

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June 05, 2007 | National Law Journal

Sidley Austin has announced the presidential appointment of partner Daniel M. Price as deputy national security advisor for international economic affairs. Price will coordinate the administration's policy on international trade and investment, foreign assistance to other countries and the international aspects of energy security and climate change.

By Vesna Jaksic/Staff reporter

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April 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

Michigan law firm Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone plans to open a Cambridge, Mass., office this month with two in-house lawyers from local biotech companies. The Detroit-based Miller Canfield wants to establish roots in Cambridge's diverse and dynamic life sciences market, said firm CEO Michael W. Hartmann.

By Sheri Qualters/Staff reporter

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April 11, 2007 | National Law Journal

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has expanded its internal investigations practice in Washington by hiring two partners from Miller & Chevalier.

By Leigh Jones/Staff reporter

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May 09, 2007 | National Law Journal

Illinois is the latest state to see a wave of federal court lawsuits against retailers and restaurants who plaintiffs say violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act by including too much credit card information on receipts.

By Lynne Marek/Staff reporter

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October 04, 2007 | National Law Journal

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has added two lawyers to its growing patent litigation group in Silicon Valley. Firasat Ali and Jennifer D. Olson, previously in the Palo Alto, Calif., office of McDermott, Will & Emery, join Sonnenschein's office in Menlo Park, Calif.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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April 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr hired Fidelity Management & Research Co.'s deputy general counsel Stuart Fross as a partner in the firm's investment management practice.

By Sheri Qualters/Staff reporter

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May 04, 2007 | National Law Journal

New York's Dewey Ballantine has added a lateral partner to its Frankfurt office, strengthening its mergers & acquisitions practice with the addition of Thomas Schmuck.

By Vesna Jaksic/Staff reporter

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October 16, 2007 | National Law Journal

Sonnenschein attorney Joe Andrew, who was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1999 to 2001, has co-authored a book about the "bluest" companies in America and how they've outperformed the market, not to mention the "red" companies.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

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September 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael F. Buchanan has joined the New York office of Jenner & Block as a partner in the firm's intellectual property and white-collar criminal defense and counseling practices. Buchanan spent the past nine years as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey, and for the last two years, served as chief of that office's Securities and Health Care Fraud Unit.

By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

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