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August 29, 2005 | National Law Journal

Bill has issues all will debate

The Patent Reform Act of 2005 aims to eliminate subjective, discovery-laden issues and introduces greater certainty in the issuance of patents and their enforcement. But the complexity and wide scope of the reforms have special interest groups scrambling to understand and communicate their potential consequences.
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June 27, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

The Friday Federal Law Clerk Hiring Frenzy

Friday, June 28, is the first date on which many judges will consider 3L students for coveted federal clerkships. The firestorm that Friday's schedule promises to ignite will eclipse the seasonal withering heat and humidity, but partners who remain calm and flexible will reap benefits.
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July 14, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Rate 'Pressure' Cited as Partner Leaves Dechert

What does a large-firm trusts and estates partner do if his client base begins to balk at increasingly high billing rates? If you are 19-year Dechert veteran Kevin Gilboy, you leave the firm and join two old friends at a venerable trusts and estates boutique.
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June 10, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Oh Canada! Skadden Scores on Cross-Border Deals Up North

The firm is advising The Travelers Companies on its $1.1 billion purchase of the Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company and private equity firm Doughty Hanson on its $1.45 billion sale of European movie theater operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investment firms. Both deals were announced Monday.
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May 26, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Taxpayers could be shorted on repayments

Banks negotiating to reclaim stock warrants they granted in return for Troubled Asset Relief Program money may shortchange taxpayers by almost $10 billion if Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's first sale sets the pace, data compiled by Bloomberg show. While 17 financial institutions have repaid TARP funds, only one has come to terms with the U.
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September 17, 2004 | Law.com

Fighting Regulation

The comment period ended Wednesday for the SEC's proposed rules to regulate hedge funds. Reflecting a dramatic change for an industry used to minimal scrutiny by regulators, the new rules would require investment advisers working in hedge funds to register with the SEC, allowing regulators to inspect hedge funds' internal operations and call for other changes. Industry growth and a series of scandals prompted the SEC to propose the regulations.
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February 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

U.S. House Dems to help Obama pick judges

Would-be federal district court judges and top federal prosecutor hopefuls in Georgia have been given official instructions: Send your resumes to former Congressman George W. "Buddy" Darden, and do it quickly. The office of U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. announced Thursday the names of 12 people, 11 of whom are lawyers, who will advise the state's House Democrats on who should fill four open district court judge positions, as well as U.
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July 30, 2004 | Daily Report Online

Doctors vs. Lawyers: Tug of War Over Capitol

Rachel Tobin [email protected] Savannah, doctors wagered a quarter of a million dollars to unseat a seven-term state representative and trial lawyer seen as their main roadblock to reforming Georgia's laws on civil medical malpractice suits.In Canton, trial lawyers poured tens of thousands of dollars into ejecting the Senate majority leader, who's pro-tort reform.
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March 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

Free speech in wartime

A recently released Justice Department memo, written by John Yoo and dated Oct. 23, 2001, argues that First Amendment speech and press rights may be "subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully." The "current campaign against terrorism," he concluded, "may require even broader exercises of federal power domestically." The memo is devoted primarily to the president's ability to use armed forces against terrorists within the United States, largely free of the constraints of the Fourth Amendment. It did not explore how military needs might override the First Amendment. What actions did the Bush administration contemplate?
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