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May 01, 2007 | Law.com

Day Pitney's Alliance With Minority-Owned Firm Targets Diversity Push

Day Pitney went public last week with plans it hopes will make it more attractive to corporations clamoring for larger numbers of minority attorneys on their outside counsel teams. The question is how general counsel will look upon the firm's new "strategic alliance" with Gray Haile, a minority-owned corporate law boutique based in Washington, D.C. "We hope that the arrangement will be attractive to corporate America and its diversity initiatives ... ," Day Pitney co-managing partner James Sicilian said.
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June 07, 1999 | Law.com

A New Wrinkle in Age-Bias Suit

Kenneth Pilipshen, now a 57-year-old middle manager in IBM's tax division, claims he is a victim of age discrimination even though he earns almost the same six-figure base salary that he was paid before and even though he was recently transferred from White Plains, N.Y., to Paris. But there is a possibility that he might be right.
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April 07, 2003 | Law.com

BB&T First Virginia

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September 26, 2007 | Law.com

Law Firms Massing to Help War Vets

Wilmer Cutler attorney John Harwood, who was a Marine Corps platoon leader in the Vietnam War, and Nicholas Henry, a third-year law student and an Iraq veteran, don't know each other, but they have a common mission: providing legal services to wounded veterans. They're not alone. Law firms, corporate legal departments and law schools are setting out to help thousands of disabled soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan receive fair and timely benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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August 24, 2007 | National Law Journal

How Much Will 'Best Law Firms for Women' List Influence Attorneys?

Female law students entering the recruiting season have another weapon for their interviewing arsenal: a list of the 50 U.S. firms deemed most woman-friendly. The survey by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers covers benefits and compensation; parental leave and policies; child care; workforce profile; flexibility; and retention and advancement. Some women in the profession, however, question how much of an impact the list might have on a newly minted attorney's employment decisions.
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January 21, 2003 | National Law Journal

Letters to the Editor

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April 24, 2001 | Law.com

Big Tobacco Can't Use 'Pass-On' Defense in RICO Suit

Tobacco companies accused of lying about the dangers of smoking by Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New York cannot claim as a defense that increased health costs have been passed on to consumers, a federal judge ruled. The judge told lawyers that a "pass-on" defense -- minimizing a plaintiff's damages by showing that a third party absorbed the increased cost -- is not available in a fraud action brought under RICO.
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May 24, 2007 | Law.com

McElroy Deutsch Buys Its Own Minority Firm

One of New Jersey's largest firms, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, has created a minority-owned subsidiary in an effort to attract business from Fortune 500 corporations eager to put diversity in their lists of outside counsel. Managing partner Edward Deutsch says his 230-lawyer firm is the first to acquire an ownership stake in a minority firm. The National Minority Supplier Development Council cautions that the goal should be to build true minority firms, not to enrich white majority firms.
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September 01, 2003 | Law.com

DeLoach et al. v. Philip Morris et al.

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July 19, 2007 | Daily Report Online

ServiceJuris goes to Vine City

MORE THAN 800 MEMBERS of Atlanta's legal community last month exchanged briefcases, timesheets and computers for paintbrushes, hammers and shovels to take part in this year's ServiceJuris program.The 8th annual event, coordinated by Hands on Atlanta and primarily sponsored by Sutherland Asbill Brennan, focused on the historic Vine City neighborhood not far from the Georgia Dome.
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