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March 28, 2006 | Law.com

The High Court's Highest-Stakes Case

Today, the Supreme Court takes up a challenge raising vital questions about executive power in the war on terror. Accused enemy combatant Salim Ahmed Hamdan contends that President Bush lacked authority to establish military commissions to try Guantanamo Bay detainees for alleged war crimes. When the president signed into law the Detainee Treatment Act last year, the stakes in Hamdan's case soared, and now the Court must determine whether it even has jurisdiction to decide the issue.
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November 09, 2000 | Law.com

New Congress to Favor Business Interests

The apparent Republican sweep of the congressional election bodes well for business interests, but may not lead to an easing of antitrust scrutiny. Business leaders expect Congress -- even with a razor-thin Republican majority -- to embrace issues important to Wall Street, including tax cuts, deregulation, free trade and education reform. But the record for mergers and acquisitions is far more murky.
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November 03, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Candidates Who Passed the July 2011 N.Y. Bar Exam

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November 05, 2004 | Law.com

The Firm Reports: From A to F

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January 28, 2003 | Law.com

SEC Signals Lawyers Still in Crosshairs

Although the SEC carved out the "noisy withdrawal" provision from its attorney governance rules last week, the commission has signaled it will ultimately impose some form of the requirement. Some corporate firms are already hustling to set up internal compliance programs. Says Foley & Lardner's Richard Weiss, firms must "affirmatively look for compliance, not just wait for people to come to you with questions."
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June 02, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Adding CGO to Executive Alphabet Soup

A new type of corporate executive is on the rise, spurred by a mix of new laws, litigation fears and marketing strategies. The executive is the chief governance officer, or CGO, typically a legally trained executive who oversees a company's coprporate governance issues and acts as a liaison with the board and the investing community.
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September 10, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Big D and Diversity

According to a new Dallas Diversity Task Force report, the number of minority lawyers at the 20 largest Dallas firms has risen from 8.4 percent in 2006 to 11.94 percent in 2012.
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December 20, 2000 | Law.com

The Texas Firm That Stepped it Up

Faced with mounting market pressure from East Coast and West Coast firms, large Texas firms gave their associates mind-boggling raises in 2000. It was a free-for-all of riches that may not have occurred without Howard T. Ayers, managing partner of Houstons Andrews & Kurth, which raised first-year salaries to $104,000 form $86,000. But sometimes it takes a little gumption to take the first step.
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September 03, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Drilling Down Into Texas Electronic Discovery

Texas courts have outlined a step-by-step process for requesting extraordinary electronic discovery and responding to such requests.
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January 04, 2007 | Law.com

Morgan Lewis Opens Houston Office

Five lawyers from litigation boutique Edwards, Burns & Krider, including Brady Edwards and Sandra Thourot Krider, joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to launch the 1,353-attorney firm's 22nd office Tuesday. Francis Milone, chairman of Morgan Lewis, says the firm has for some time been eyeing Houston, where he hopes to expand such practice areas as litigation, energy, labor and intellectual property. Edwards Burns partner Randolph Burns is going solo in Port Aransas, Texas, where he moved about three years ago.
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