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January 15, 2009 | National Law Journal

The South emerged as the hot merger region in 2008

The South was a desirable destination for law firms looking to merge and expand in 2008, according to new report. Of the mergers announced last year, 44% involved at least one law firm based in the South.
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December 15, 2006 | National Law Journal

Runner-up | Carter G. Phillips

When eBay Inc.'s deputy general counsel went searching for a skilled U.S. Supreme Court advocate who could persuade the justices to adopt its view of a major patent infringement challenge last term, one name consistently appeared on every recommendations list: Carter G. Phillips of Sidley Austin.
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June 04, 2012 | National Law Journal

Precedent for contraception coverage

Many of the organizations challenging HHS rules failed in suits against similar state rules.
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April 05, 2010 | National Law Journal

Firm building banking pre-emption practice

Appellate practices are already highly specialized, but in a string of cases involving big banks sued in state courts, Arnold & Porter appears to be developing a niche within a niche.
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July 31, 2007 | National Law Journal

Roberts recovering in hospital after seizure, fall

Chief Justice John Roberts suffered a seizure at his summer home in Maine on Monday, causing a fall that resulted in minor scrapes, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said. Roberts, 52, was taken by ambulance to the medical center, where he underwent a "thorough neurological evaluation, which revealed no cause for concern," Arberg said in a statement.
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July 05, 2006 | National Law Journal

Roberts' first term ends on a fractured note

A term that began with hope and at least limited evidence that a new era of consensus had dissolved in its final weeks into a blizzard of quarrelsome writing that clarified little and robbed some decisions of their precedential force. In some of the Court�s most important rulings, justices tossed consensus aside and penned lengthy opinions, partial concurrences, and dissents that left readers crying �Uncle� or pleading, �Can�t they all get along?�
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July 23, 2012 | National Law Journal

IN BRIEF

A weekly roundup of Web-only stories from NLJ.com and other ALM publications.
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February 25, 2009 | National Law Journal

The fine art of overbilling

While the billable hour is still alive and kicking, legal bloggers are opining on some of the more nefarious means of separating clients from their hard-earned cash. And we're not talking about bill padding, but good old-fashioned, fraudulent overbilling. For instance, Bitter Lawyer features the anonymous Philadelphia Lawyer's list of eight routine overbilling scams. Even in these tough economic times, don't use these tips unless you really don't like your job — and your bar membership.
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August 30, 2010 | National Law Journal

State support courted in video game case

A campaign is under way to win the hearts and minds of state attorneys general in the run-up to a major Supreme Court case testing the constitutionality of limits on the sale of violent video games.
8 minute read
December 13, 2010 | National Law Journal

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