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September 12, 2005 | National Law Journal

A philosophical spat between two federal judges in Nebraska points out the unresolved burden-of-proof questions in sentencing defendants after the Supreme Court's landmark Booker decision last session.

By Pamela A. MacLeanStaff Reporter

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January 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

The U.S. District Court in Massachusetts launched a two-year pilot program this month to randomly assign a limited number of civil cases to one of the district's five magistrate judges. The district is experimenting with the program because criminal cases frequently take priority over civil cases to meet requirements of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

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November 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

The American Bar Association has created the Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, which will work to eliminate bias and discrimination against persons of different sexual orientations and gender identities in the legal profession.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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May 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

Paralegals' total pay jumped to nearly $60,000 this year and their hourly billing rates increased to $160, according to a new nationwide survey. Their total compensation package increased by 9% from last year while paralegal managers' total pay grew by 7%, to about $109,000.

By Vesna Jaksic/Staff reporter

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August 16, 2004 | National Law Journal

Chicago-based Gardner Carton & Douglas has been hit with a $17.2 million jury verdict for failing to protect the interests of a shareholder allegedly pushed out of a high-tech company that hired the law firm to handle corporate matters.

By Leigh JonesStaff reporter

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August 07, 2008 | National Law Journal

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund plans to deploy attorneys to 10 states in a new program to reveal and address voting barriers in the fall elections. The program, inspired by the Freedom School Model from the civil rights movement, will educate communities before Election Day about such voting barriers as voting ID requirements, voter purges, faulty voter rolls, poorly trained elections officials, felon disenfranchisement laws and other potential obstacles.

By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

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August 27, 2008 | National Law Journal

Ending months of speculation, White & Case announced that Florida Supreme Court Justice Raoul Cantero III will join the firm's Miami office, heading a new appellate practice there. Cantero has been wooed by law firms around Miami since he resigned from the court in April. Florida's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, Cantero was appointed to the high court by former Governor Jeb Bush in 2002.

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

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April 03, 2006 | National Law Journal

A California lawyer who sued the makers of the BAR/BRI law review course for alleged antitrust violations has filed a motion for class certification on behalf of 300,000 law students.

By Amanda Bronstad/Staff reporter

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July 09, 2008 | National Law Journal

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has announced that the former Lord Chancellor of Great Britain has joined the firm's London office. Lord Charles Falconer, who joins as senior counsel, served in various capacities at the highest level in the 10-year administration of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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April 12, 2007 | National Law Journal

Common Good, a New York-based nonpartisan legal reform coalition, has teamed up with Princeton, N.J.'s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which focuses on health issues, to launch an alternative medical injury litigation program in six states.

By Vesna Jaksic/Staff reporter

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