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May 20, 2009 | National Law Journal

Rutgers Law School forces adjunct professor to choose sides

Rutgers Law School applies the same conflict-of-interest rules to adjunct professors as full-time law professors, as an adjunct at Rutgers Law School-Newark discovered to her dismay. The school forced Sheryl Mintz Goski to choose between teaching her course and representing a company in a commercial dispute with Rutgers Business School. Goski chose the client, but believes Rutgers' rule is too broad. "As an adjunct, I don't feel I represent Rutgers when I teach, I feel I teach at Rutgers," she says.
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June 27, 2005 | National Law Journal

One errant voicemail triggers legal maelstrom

Four years ago, Matthew Gloss, the general counsel of Marvell Semiconductor Inc., and two of his colleagues phoned the legal chief of a rival company, Jasmine Networks Inc. The call went straight to voicemail, so Gloss left a message and hung up. At least, he thought he did.
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April 12, 2010 | National Law Journal

D.C. CALENDAR

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September 27, 2010 | National Law Journal

The D.C. 25

Washington's highest-grossing firms struggle to improve revenues as demand for legal work thins out nationwide.
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August 16, 2012 | National Law Journal

How a 'color-blind' Supreme Court ignores the realities of race

In the struggle to create a truly integrated society, the Supreme Court has not always met the bar it set for itself.
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February 13, 2012 | National Law Journal

Soft shell law

Profile of Melissa Sellers, general counsel for Phillips Foods Inc.
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August 02, 2004 | National Law Journal

Protecting novel recording technology

Profile: Matthew Zinn, vice president, general counsel and chief privacy officer, TiVo Inc.
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November 20, 2008 | National Law Journal

A Detroit law firm CEO talks about surviving the Big Three crisis, and what may happen without a bailout

In his 33 years of working at a major Detroit law firm, Michael Hartmann has seen the U.S. auto industry through some tough times. Not this tough, however. Hartmann, chief executive officer of Detroit's Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, says his 156-year-old law firm is dealing with a crisis never before witnessed by the Motor City. We asked him about this unprecedented crisis, its impact on his law firm and what an auto industry collapse could mean for the future.
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January 13, 2010 | National Law Journal

Circuit panel grills both sides in conduit campaign contributions case

A federal appeals panel hearing oral arguments in the government's criminal case against attorney Pierce O'Donnell drilled lawyers on both sides about "muddy" points they made about the intent and scope of a federal law governing campaign contributions.
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December 28, 2012 | Law.com

Boston firm wins pair of whistleblower cases on same day

Boston plaintiffs' litigation shop Ellis & Rapacki capped off the year with two different False Claims Act wins for whistleblower clients.
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