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April 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

Washington's Covington & Burling has announced that Pfizer Inc.'s assistant general counsel, Judith Tytel, has joined the firm's FDA, pharmaceutical, and government investigations groups as special counsel in New York.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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December 29, 2008 | National Law Journal

The Patent and Trademark Office, facing a record number of unresolved patent filings, should train examiners in the law, reform the patent fee structure and outsource some work, according to a compendium of recommendations by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The 31-page report outlines a "blueprint for reform" for President-elect Barack Obama.

By Pamela A. MacLean / Staff reporter

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April 29, 2009 | National Law Journal

Misdemeanor courts are a waste of time and money. So claims the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, which on Tuesday issued a first-of-its-kind national report on the status of misdemeanor courts across the country. The report, which involved 18 months' worth of research at courts in seven states, found that taxpayers are footing the bill for more than 10 million misdemeanor prosecutions per year, paying an average of $60 a day, per inmate, to incarcerate misdemeanor defendants.

By Tresa Baldas / Staff reporter

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December 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

Florida International University is jumping on the bandwagon and looking to sell naming rights to its law school for $20 million. Coming on the heels of news that Ave Maria Law School is offering for $20 million naming rights to the new facility it is building in southwest Florida is news that Miami-based FIU � Florida's newest law school � is also trying to sell naming rights, but for the entire school.

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

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November 16, 2007 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Mark R. Filip has been tapped by Attorney General Michael Mukasey to serve as the No. 2 official in the Justice Department. Filip, who is currently a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois, will take the post of deputy attorney general if he is appointed by the U.S. Senate.

By Lynne Marek / Staff Reporter

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July 08, 2008 | National Law Journal

Seyfarth Shaw has added Jon D. Meer as a partner to its labor and employment law practice in Los Angeles. Meer was formerly chairman of the labor and employment law practice for the Los Angeles office of DLA Piper.

By Leigh Jones / Staff reporter

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June 11, 2007 | National Law Journal

The recent indictment of U.S. Representative William Jefferson represents the first time charges have been brought against a U.S. government official under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and a stepped-up enforcement effort against individuals under the act.

By Marcia Coyle/Staff reporter

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July 15, 2008 | National Law Journal

Paul Selzer, the last remaining defendant in the federal government's kickback case against Milberg, has pleaded guilty to filing false documents with the Internal Revenue Service. The plea agreement ends an investigation spanning nearly a decade in which federal prosecutors alleged that Milberg and seven of its partners generated $251 million in attorney fees by paying kickbacks to lead plaintiffs.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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September 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. is once again pushing corporate America to use minority- and women-owned law firms, this time teaming with Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to publish for the first time a list of such firms that the companies have used in the past. The companies this month sent out a directory of the firms to about 100 in-house lawyers, including all members of the Chief Litigation Counsel Association, said Andrew Schaeffer, who is DuPont's managing counsel of operations and partnering in Wilmington, Del.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

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April 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

Philadelphia's Cozen O'Connor has announced Iden Grant Martyn and several colleagues from The Martyn Law Firm will be joining the firm. Martyn joins the firm in Washington as a member of the white collar and complex criminal defense practice.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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