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October 10, 2005 | Law.com

Charge Against Expert May Spur Probe of Milberg Weiss

There may not be a literal platter involved, but federal prosecutors in the nation's capital have apparently produced a juicy head for Los Angeles colleagues who have spent the past five years struggling to indict former plaintiffs firm Milberg Weiss and its star partner, William Lerach. That head belongs to John Torkelsen, a notoriously effective expert witness for Milberg Weiss who's expected to plead guilty to reporting false information to a government agency.
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May 08, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Specialty Bar Associations

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April 01, 2005 | The American Lawyer

Dirty Companies For Sale

Halliburton inc. announced this year that it is seeking a buyer for its Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., engineering business. The name may ring a bell for a number of reasons. KBR can't stay off the front page for its Iraq contracts, but its biggest problem might be an investigation into Nigerian bribes in the late 1990s. The MW Kellogg unit of Dresser Industries, Inc., acquired by then-chief executive Dick Cheney's Halliburton in 1998, was part of a consortium suspected of funneling tens of millions of doll
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July 03, 2008 | Law.com

Firms' Request for NSA Records of Guantanamo Client Communications Dismissed

Lawyers who want to know whether their conversations with clients held at Guantanamo Bay have been recorded have been shut out by a federal judge. Southern District of New York Judge Denise Cote granted the government's summary judgment motion dismissing a Freedom of Information Act request by law firms, law professors and nonprofit attorneys for records of any National Security Agency intercepts of their communications with their clients.
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August 18, 2006 | Law.com

Levi Strauss: Casual on Dress Policy, Not on Trademark Infringement

One perk of working for the company that created jeans is that Hilary K. Krane gets to wear them -- every day, and even to board meetings. As GC and senior VP at Levi Strauss & Co., one of Krane's primary legal concerns is trademark infringement; the company holds more than 5,000 trademarks and pending applications in about 180 countries, and is currently pursuing about 500 infringement matters worldwide. Krane started in January, drawn in part by the company's progressive values concerning its workforce.
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October 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers Alliance, Pro Bono Institute Honor Award Recipients

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April 12, 2004 | Law.com

New Admission Manual's Mission: Keep Campuses Diverse

On the one-year anniversary of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, the California-based Equal Justice Society has released a final draft of "Preserving Diversity in Higher Education," its Web-accessible legal guide for college and law school administrators in the creation and review of race-conscious admissions policies.
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June 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Big Deals/Canadian

Evraz/TMK/Ipsco Tubulars, First Reserve/CHC Helicopter, Franco Nevada IPO/Newmont/Miramar, Agrium/UAP Holding
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April 19, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

Changing Gears

As lucrative as financial restructuring is for law firms these days, not many lawyers would think to joke about it to potential clients. Bingham Dana sees things differently.
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September 11, 2003 | Law.com

Not-So-Great Expectations

Even the greediest of associates has been humbled by the economic downturn. With so many lawyers looking for work, salary rarely comes up in job interviews -- a big change from the days when money was topic No. 1, Bay Area hiring partners say. "In the high times, the underlying stability of the firm was not a question that came up," says Anthony de Alcuaz, the managing partner of McDermott, Will & Emery's Palo Alto office. "It is a different time."
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