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October 07, 2003 | Law.com

Leak of CIA Officer's Identity Tests Executive Privilege Issues

For attorneys working in the Bush White House, the launch last week of a Justice Department investigation into who disclosed the identity of a CIA officer presents an unfamiliar and unwelcome set of problems. As the probe proceeds, the White House counsel and his staff will have to make decisions about what to hand over and what to shield -- sticky issues for an administration that has been unyielding on assertions of executive privilege.
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July 31, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Associates Survey 2008

To find out how Midlevel associates rate their firms as workplaces, our annual midlevel survey examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. They include relations with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level asso-ciates have in their work, training and guidance, policy on billables, management openness about firm strategies and partnership chances, the firm?s attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and the respondents? inclination to stay at their firm for at least two more years. Respondents graded their firms on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. On this chart, firms with ten or more responses are ranked by their averages on those questions. Averages include responses from all participating of-fices. For definitions of national and international firms, and for other details, see our methodology
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MoFo Sued for Overbilling, Malpractice--but Wins Big ITC Battle over HD TVs
Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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Last week was the best of times and the worst of times for Morrison & Foerster. A start-up company says the firm botched its patent infringement defense--but not before billing almost $5 million on the case. Meanwhile, MoFo won a big battle in the ITC for Funai, effectively blocking the import of rival manufacturers' high-definition televisions.

It's the Energizer Bunny of Litigation: Broadcom v. Qualcomm Keeps Going and Going...
Publication Date: 2008-09-02
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May 24, 2002 | New York Law Journal

California Law Firms Want Bite of the Big Apple

IN THE race to expand in the New York market, the largest California law firms all share certain advantages over firms from elsewhere. Their large and wealthy home market supports highly sophisticated and specialized practices and billing rates just shy of those in Manhattan. Their location on the West Coast gives them an international profile firms in the South and Midwest lack.New York City Is Crucial to Growth Strategies
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Big News in Mortgage-Backed Bond Litigation: Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh's Fraud Claims Survive Against JPMorgan, Countrywide, and Rating Agencies
Publication Date: 2010-12-06
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A lot of plaintiffs lawyers in the burgeoning litigation over mortgage-backed bonds have eschewed fraud claims, opting instead for contract allegations that don't require a showing of scienter. Robins Kaplan went for fraud--and on Friday its strategy was vindicated.

July 12, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Pulling Its Punches

The Supreme Court left many key issues unresolved and paused in some of its other notable trends - most prominently, federalism.
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May 31, 2000 | Law.com

The Graying of the Bar

As the baby boomers edge toward retirement age, benefits such as lifetime tenure that were once taken for granted are likely to become relics. In an effort to maintain -- or gain -- footing in a competitive environment, some firms are taking dramatic, highly visible actions that fall hardest on older partners. "They don't have a lot of choices. The ground rules have changed...," said Robert Hillman, a professor at the University of California-Davis School of Law.
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November 30, 2009 | National Law Journal

Step by step

The Diversity & Flexibility Connection, an initiative spearheaded by the Project for Attorney Retention, seeks to help legal departments and law firms support flexible working schedules and ensure that part-time attorneys — mostly women — have meaningful work and important roles within their firms. So far a dozen major corporations have joined the effort to boost the number of women and minorities in top law firm positions by adding part-time and flexible working schedules to the list of things they require of outside counsel.
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January 12, 2004 | Law.com

January 2004 Docket Watch

During the next two weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court reviews whether the Telecommunications Act of 1996 pre-empts a Missouri law barring municipalities from providing telecommunications service to the public. The Court will also consider whether judges are required by the Sixth Amendment to give extra admonitions to pro se defendants who are pleading guilty, such as the value of an attorney's independent opinion on the risks of forfeiting a defense.
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