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November 04, 2008 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to review a First Amendment challenge to North Carolina's public financing system for appellate judicial campaigns — the first such system in the nation. The high court on Nov. 3 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in Duke v. Leake, a challenge brought by W. Russell Duke and the North Carolina Right to Life Committee for Independent Expenditures Committees. Duke and the anti-abortion organization sought to overturn a ruling by the 4th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals that held that incentives offered by the state's public financing system did not unconstitutionally coerce candidates to participate in the program.

By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

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January 30, 2008 | National Law Journal

C. Michael Moore, a senior partner in the litigation practice of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, has joined Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Dallas office as a partner.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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January 15, 2008 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in Miami has recused himself from a Freedom of Information case brought by the children of deceased magistrate judge Ted Klein who believe their father died as a result of danegrous mold in the courthouse. Many are speculating that the entire Southern District of Florida bench will wind up recusing themselves and a judge in another district will hear the case.

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

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January 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

Dewey & LeBoeuf's Italian practice has added nine new attorneys, including two partners. Sergio Sambri, who joins as partner in the Milan office, was formerly with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Francesco Cartolano was previously a partner with the Italian firm of Camozzi Bonissoni Varrenti & Associati.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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October 03, 2008 | National Law Journal

Candidates for two seats on the Louisiana Supreme Court have attracted nearly $2 million in fundraising for elections that take place on Saturday, Oct. 4, according to the Justice at Stake Campaign and the Brennan Center for Justice. The state has been inundated with television ads in recent weeks, some involving attacks on opponents and others highlighting family values, experience and business lobbyists.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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June 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

Criminal defense attorney Edward Genson, who led a team of four lawyers defending Grammy award-winning singer R. Kelly, took a major gamble at the end of the month-long trial of the celebrity singer in Chicago, opting to hear the jury's verdict and waive an option of a mistrial. The bet paid off when the jury found the Kelly not guilty on all 14 counts of producing child pornography with a girl who the Cook County State's Attorney's Office alleged may have been 13 years old at the time a tape of them engaging in sexual acts was made.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

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March 11, 2009 | National Law Journal

The executive director of the entertainment and media law and policy program at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, David R. Ginsburg, has joined Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon as of counsel. Ginsburg, a former television producer, will join the firm's media and entertainment practice in Los Angeles.

By By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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August 13, 2008 | National Law Journal

Bryan Cave has formed a distressed financial institution team on the assumption that the nation's credit crisis is far from over and, before long, a major bank will fail. The team, lead by partner Karen Garrett, works with banking customers, such as construction companies worried about receiving timely loan advances and investors eager to purchase the assets of failed institutions, as well as banks that need to sell assets, create new products and respond to regulatory oversight.

By Peter Page / Staff reporter

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January 04, 2007 | National Law Journal

A Seattle judge has barred the Dallas law firm Waters & Kraus from appearing in asbestos matters in her court pending a Washington State Bar Association investigation of possible attorney misconduct involving eavesdropping on a jury's deliberations.

By Peter Geier/Staff reporter

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February 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

Web seminars are not a new phenomenon, but they are newly popular among law firms that want to connect with clients but don't want to spend money on traveling. A growing number of firms are hosting so-called "webinars" — presentations hosted by attorneys on the Internet that clients can log on to and watch from their own computers.

By Karen Sloan / Staff reporter

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