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October 09, 2007 | Law.com

Alston & Bird a World Apart From DLA Piper

In the past month, five partners have left Alston & Bird for DLA Piper. What makes the moves more than the average lateral soap opera is the fact that the law firms are in such different places. While Alston has about 750 lawyers in six offices, DLA Piper dwells near the top of the law firm financial charts, with 3,400 lawyers working in 64 offices around the globe. DLA Piper has set out to be, as joint CEO Francis Burch Jr., puts it, "the leading global business law firm," come hell or high water.
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October 11, 2000 | Law.com

Making Sense of Military Technology

Lexington, Mass.-based Raytheon is the third-largest U.S. defense contractor and builds missiles, military electronics and components of the proposed national missile defense system. As in-house counsel, Thomas D. Hyde must understand the technology behind all of Raytheon's products because "anything that an engineer comes up with that's new and unique has the possibility of being patented."
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December 06, 2005 | Law.com

China Tries New Tactics in Patent Fight

As China strives to shed its counterfeiter image and enhance its global economic standing, litigation against the country is growing. Because losing a suit could block entry to the U.S. market, Chinese companies are hiring prominent American law firms to represent them in U.S. courts. "What we're seeing now is that the Chinese are becoming much more educated about the IP system and what they can and cannot do," says Cecilia Gonzalez, Howrey's intellectual property practice co-chair.
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October 09, 2009 | Law.com

Cadwalader Slashes Billing Rates for Treasury Work

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft steeply discounted its billing rates for work on behalf of the Treasury Department related to the Troubled Assets Relief Program. Documents obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request spell out the specifics of the big cuts in hourly rates typically charged by Cadwalader partners and associates. The co-chair of Cadwalader's financial restructuring group says he does not believe the firm intended to consent to the release of its rates.
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December 20, 2007 | Law.com

Corporate Attorneys Split on Whether Partner's Refco Indictment Is a Warning for Others

Has the indictment of Mayer Brown partner Joseph P. Collins sent "a chill down the spine" of transactional lawyers everywhere, as Collins' defense lawyer said it should? Reactions are mixed. While one corporate partner speculated that Collins "may just be a bad apple," another said the case would be watched closely in the darkening economic climate, adding, "When the economy takes a hit, there is a tendency to look for scapegoats to be taken out and shot."
4 minute read
June 30, 2004 | Law.com

The Am Law 100: Compensation All Partners

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September 24, 2010 | Law.com

Democrats Push Forward on Judicial Nominees

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance the nomination of law professor Goodwin Liu to the 9th Circuit, signaling they're not ready to give up on one of President Barack Obama's most controversial nominees. Liu's nomination now heads back to the full Senate, where a protracted fight awaits. Republicans have not ruled out a filibuster -- a tactic that could become much more effective if Republicans gain a significant number of seats with the November elections.
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April 05, 2000 | Law.com

Witnesses for the Prosecution

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October 16, 2000 | Law.com

Who Protects IP America

Who are the law firms that have helped the IP revolution along? IP Worldwidesought to answer that question by asking the members of the Fortune 250 what firms they rely on for IP work. IP Worldwideasked which law firms they used most often for patent prosecutions and IP counseling and licensing, and which law firms they used most often for IP litigation.
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June 14, 2000 | Law.com

Doing Without D.C.

The Commonwealth of Virginia once gave what is now Arlington County to the federal government to create the District of Columbia. Then Virginia took it back. Ever since, Northern Virginia has been a little confused. This is certainly true among lawyers. To fellow Virginians, the northerners are too much like the people on the "other side of the river." To D.C. practitioners, attorneys across the Potomac remain outsiders.
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