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Gas Buyers Reach $21.6 Settlement in 'Hot Fuel' MDL
Publication Date: 2012-06-19
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Everyone knows that fuel prices tend to go up in the summer. But are consumers in warmer states also getting less gas than they're (over)paying for? That's what a class of gas purchasers alleged in five-year-old consolidated litigation over "hot fuel" that settled on Friday.

July 05, 2007 | National Law Journal

As Firms Grow, Who Can't Afford to Stand Still?

A recent lack of merger activity involving Washington, D.C., law firms may be only a lull. Managing partners and recruiters theorize that firms are biding their time, doing their due diligence before starting a new round of the dating game. Says one partner, "I think we're in the pre-earthquake stage. Certain offices are starting to lose talent, and at some point there's going to be a seismic shift." Which firms are most likely to merge in the coming years? Industry insiders explain their forecasts.
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July 05, 2007 | Law.com

As Firms Grow, Who Can't Afford to Stand Still?

A recent lack of merger activity involving Washington, D.C., law firms may be only a lull. Managing partners and recruiters theorize that firms are biding their time, doing their due diligence before starting a new round of the dating game. Says one partner, "I think we're in the pre-earthquake stage. Certain offices are starting to lose talent, and at some point there's going to be a seismic shift." Which firms are most likely to merge in the coming years? Industry insiders explain their forecasts.
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May 03, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Pro Bono Digest

E arly this year, Evan A. Davis, President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, sent an e-mail to Association members announcing the formation of the City Bar Pro Bono Society. It read in part:
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February 23, 2005 | Law.com

Group Mentality: Lawyers Are Moving to New Firms En Masse

As the legal market undergoes a tectonic shift, with law firm mergers up 34 percent last year over 2003, one reverberation is an apparent surge in firms picking off clusters of attorneys from rival practices. But this cherry-picking strategy offers its own challenges, relating not only to firms that take in new groups but also to firms left behind. More cherry-picking, says one recruiter, is a result of disquiet in the market, where attorneys' loyalty to their firms is diminishing.
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April 11, 2000 | Law.com

Contract Killer

In 1993, President Clinton appointed Steve Kelman to "reinvent" the government procurement machine. During the next four years, Kelman helped turn a slew of controversial, free-market style reforms into law. While big companies are applauding a streamlined system, some small-businesses, outside counsel, and academics warn that conditions are ripe for waste, fraud, and abuse.
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July 14, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Court Aces Noted for Frequent Appearances Before Justices

The last time Kenneth Geller argued more than two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in a single term was 1985, when he was working in the Solicitor General's Office representing the government.
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December 22, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Accolades

For the first time in its 18-year history, the Mexican Bar Association has bestowed its National Jurisprudence Prize to a foreigner - Donald Francis Donovan. A litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, Mr. Donovan was honored in Mexico City on Dec. 7 for his pro bono work in international arbitration and human rights - and especially for his representation of Mexican nationals on death row in U.S. prisons.
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June 20, 2007 | Law.com

Catholic University GC Practices Law Religiously

Craig Parker has been general counsel for Catholic University of America since 1987. As a "lifer" with the university, Parker has overseen legal work changing from passive management of external legal affairs to a proactive preventive approach. Being GC of a religiously affiliated institution, he's faced some unique situations with issues like resident life, student health insurance and employee benefits, where church-related schools have different views.
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Rejecting $7 Billion Deal, Retailers Sue Visa and MasterCard
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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Conspicuously absent from Thursday's lawsuit is Constantine Cannon, which took the lead in objecting to a $7.25 billion deal that MasterCard, Visa, and a group of card-issuing banks struck last July to resolve claims that they fixed fees on credit and debit card transactions.

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