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April 23, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

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November 29, 2006 | Daily Report Online

The cost of luxury

WHEN IT COMES TO paying for a high-end home, high-income buyers need and get special treatment.Interest rates often don't matter because many luxury homes are paid for outright. A Coldwell Banker survey in 2003 found that 31 percent of buyers of $1 million-plus homes paid cash. Of those who did take out a mortgage, 17 percent made a down payment of more than half the price of the new house.
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September 28, 2009 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

Bass, Berry & Sims' Leigh Walton has accepted an invitation to become a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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February 24, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Christopher Dunn, associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, writes: Important as President Obama's signing of legislation negating a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that seriously undermined sex-discrimination protections in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was, it was just the first "fix" of many being considered to address Supreme Court decisions that have seriously damaged the Civil Rights Act. Of particular significance is possible legislative restoration of essential protections against race discrimination that the Court eviscerated in 2001.
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March 27, 2002 | Law.com

Going Public

Founded in 1862 as the privately held John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., the Boston-based company converted itself into the publicly traded John Hancock Financial Services Inc. two years ago. And the task of restructuring the legal unit to handle its new corporate responsibilities fell largely to General Counsel Wayne A. Budd.
7 minute read
February 07, 2002 | Law.com

White Wash

While Boston's largest law firms have made substantial efforts to improve their record of minority hiring, the Massachusetts judiciary seems to have done little to address the issue among its clerks. Despite the low number of minority clerks, judicial law clerk diversity is a stealth issue in the state. Advocacy groups aren't eager to track the problem; law schools aren't eager to report it; and the courts reflect a lack of interest.
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June 07, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

The Report Card: Grading Roland Johnson's Term as State Bar President

It has been a busy year for Roland Johnson, who will end his term as State Bar of Texas president June 11. That's when he hands off the gavel to Terry Tottenham, a partner in Fulbright & Jaworski in Austin. Texas Lawyer reviewed Johnson's term to determine what he has accomplished.
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October 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Report: Law Firms Losing Edge in Office Space Race

In the latest edition of its annual analysis of law firm real estate trends, real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle finds landlords routinely getting the upper hand in lease negotiations for the first time in seven years. At the same time, firms have been able to maintain an advantage in some major markets, including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C.
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August 07, 2012 | National Law Journal

Federal Circuit: Drug testing falls under safe harbor even after FDA approval

In a split ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned a preliminary injunction against generic drug maker Amphastar Pharmaceuticals in a patent infringement suit brought by Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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June 30, 2008 | National Law Journal

States getting in on qui tam suits

Attorneys who bring cases under the federal False Claims Act see a new era in whistleblower litigation as many of the biggest states have adopted so-called qui tam laws and are pouring resources into litigating Medicaid fraud claims. Encouraged by federal legislation, Michigan, New Jersey and New York have passed whistleblower laws since 2005, while Florida and Texas have amended their laws to conform with the federal False Claims Act. In all, 23 states and the District of Columbia are pooling resources to investigate and litigate Medicaid fraud suits.
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