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February 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Judges and crime victims' rights advocates are calling for new federal legislation that would give judges more discretion in crafting restitution awards.

By Tresa Baldas / Staff reporter

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December 09, 2008 | National Law Journal

A judge in San Diego has granted a summary judgment motion to SkyWest Airlines Inc. in the first federal ruling to address whether California's strict wage and hour laws are pre-empted by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. In the ruling, the judge relied in part on a decision issued last year by the state's 2nd Appellate District for SkyWest against a class of California flight attendants alleging similar wage violations. In that ruling, the panel found that the Airline Deregulation Act pre-empted California's unfair business claims.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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November 13, 2008 | National Law Journal

Merger-related regulatory probes spiked in fiscal year 2007, according to a new report jointly issued by the DOJ and FTC, but antitrust lawyers say their work since the credit freeze involves helping merging companies navigate an increasingly global array of merger-monitoring agencies.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

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April 05, 2007 | National Law Journal

Interim U.S. Attorney Scott N. Schools said he plans to "pursue vigorously" the stock options backdating investigations in the Northern California District but declined to indicate whether to expect more criminal indictments.

By Pamela A. MacLean/Staff reporter

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April 23, 2008 | National Law Journal

Antitrust attorney H. Stephen Harris Jr. has joined Jones Day's partnership from Alston & Bird. Harris, who will practice in the firm's antitrust & competition law practice, will help the firm's global competition law practice coordinate with the firm's Asia competition law practices.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

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May 23, 2008 | National Law Journal

Corporate, mortgage and securities investigations by the FBI rose last year, while the number of health care fraud cases remained flat, according to a just-released financial crimes report. The agency's just-issued financial crimes report details corporate fraud investigations underway that allegedly account for more than $1 billion in losses to public investors.

By Pamela A. MacLean / Staff reporter

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July 31, 2008 | National Law Journal

Alston & Bird has acquired Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish, a Los Angeles law firm with about 80 lawyers, and opened a separate Silicon Valley office, to establish its first presence on the West Coast. With the acquisition, which becomes effective Sept. 1, Alston will have around 900 lawyers.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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December 04, 2008 | National Law Journal

Reed Smith staffers are the latest to find themselves on the law firm chopping block. The firm laid off about 115 support staffers from its U.S. offices on Wednesday, and it is in the process of eliminating seven more staff positions and 11 associates in its London office.

By Karen Sloan / Staff reporter

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October 22, 2008 | National Law Journal

Even as large Chicago law firms are pushing some lawyers out the door, they say they're growing by hiring new attorneys. Just before news broke last week that Sonnenschein planned to cut 25 lawyers, the firm announced the prior week that it was opening a Zurich office with two new partners and the prior month that it was expanding its patent litigation team with two new lawyers in Palo Alto, California. While Jenner & Block cut 10 partners in recent weeks, managing partner Susan Levy is adamant that her firm is "still growing."

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

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March 27, 2008 | National Law Journal

Bracewell & Giuliani has added Carol Elder Bruce as a partner to its Washington office. Bruce, who joins from Venable, will focus her practice on white-collar criminal defense and special investigations.

By Leigh Jones / Staff reporter

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