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February 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease has opened an office in Houston with the addition of David Oliver, a personal injury litigation partner from Porter & Hedges.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

2 minute read

May 08, 2006 | National Law Journal

In a rare move, a private law firm announced last week that it is funding a judicial clerkship through a law school to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.

By Lindsay Fortado/Staff reporter

4 minute read

August 15, 2008 | National Law Journal

Organizers of the annual 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference didn't have to worry about squabbles over which of the circuit's seven states the meeting would be held in this year. They opted to hold it in Chicago, which isn't a part of the circuit.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

2 minute read

April 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

Lawyers expect to help a broad array of financial companies grapple with disclosure issues stemming from the Financial Accounting Standards Board's April 2 decision to loosen guidelines on so-called fair value or mark-to-market accounting, by giving companies more latitude in valuing distressed assets.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

3 minute read

June 30, 2008 | National Law Journal

Budget cuts are hitting the justice system hard in Minnesota. The state's public defenders will soon stop representing parents in child welfare cases, withdraw from some drug courts and postpone other cases. State Bar president Mike Ford anticipates that reduced staffing levels for public defender offices throughout the state will lead to delays in the handling of all criminal cases, and could adversely affect family and civil cases as well.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

3 minute read

February 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

A group of eight Chicago attorneys have moved from Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell to DLA Piper, mainly joining the firm's litigation practice group.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

1 minute read

March 04, 2008 | National Law Journal

Former federal prosecutor Craig Carpenito has joined the New York office of Alston & Bird as counsel. Carpentino was previously an assistant U.S. attorney in the securities and health care fraud unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the district of New Jersey.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

1 minute read

March 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

McKee Nelson has expanded its corporate/finance and tax practices with the addition of four new partners in its New York and Washington offices.

By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

2 minute read

October 03, 2005 | National Law Journal

The decision by the two law schools in New Orleans to call back their students to the hurricane-ravaged city for next semester is raising strong doubts about their ability to start over in just three months.

By Leigh JonesStaff reporter

3 minute read

March 13, 2008 | National Law Journal

Nearly half the Nigerian plaintiffs in the decade-long case against Chevron Corp. have been dismissed from the suit by their own lawyers. The suit sought to hold Chevron responsible for military attacks that killed and wounded protesters at a company oil facility in 1998 and 1999.

By Pamela A. MacLean / Staff reporter

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