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July 05, 2007 |

Roberts Court Takes A Pro-Business Stance

For years, if not decades, leading U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawyer Robin Conrad has told anyone who will listen that a conservative U.S. Supreme Court is not always a pro-business Supreme Court. But now, at the end of a course-changing, gut-wrenching term littered with heated 5-4 decisions, one bit of clarity is shining through: the Roberts Court, and especially its newest member, Samuel Alito Jr., are both very conservative and very pro-business, more so than any Supreme Court in decades.
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March 27, 2012 |

Bragging Rights

There's more than one path to success in ranking litigation departments.
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Deloitte Escapes Class Action over Longtop Audit
Publication Date: 2012-11-16
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Deloitte's lawyers at Sidley Austin persuaded a judge in Manhattan that their client was duped like everyone else by alleged fraud at Longtop Financial, the U.S.-listed Chinese software company that collapsed in 2011 under the weight of a massive accounting scandal.

Google Jury Wanted Steak from Oracle, But Got 'Parsley'
Publication Date: 2012-05-23
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After Google took home a defense verdict Wednesday in the patent phase of a blockbuster trial, the jury foreman said Oracle's lawyers at Morrison & Foerster and Boies Schiller had gained few supporters on the most crucial copyright issue in the case.

August 02, 1999 |

Wising Up and Dressing Down

With more than a third of Washington's 25 largest law firms implementing week-long "casual Friday" dress codes during the summer months for the first time ever, everyone is looking over his or her shoulder to see what the next lawyer is wearing.
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June 29, 1999 |

New Twist In Class Action Law Could Affect Coke Race Case

U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story must decide whether to throw out a proposed class action suit brought by minority workers accusing the Coca-Cola Company of racial discrimination. He will be one of the first jurists to test a legal theory that may severely limit employment discrimination class action cases. The theory bars plaintiffs seeking primarily money damages rather than injunctive relief from pursuing a widely filed type of class action.
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August 14, 2000 |

Lawyers Find Special Help on 'Net' List

When Michael Shapiro first launched a list server, it was "a joke." Not anymore. Shapiro's list server for the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys now has more than 350 members who exchange information on legal theory, courts, cases, judges, experts and evidence. Says one member: "through the list servers I go from a law firm of two to a law firm of six hundred."
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June 30, 2004 |

The Am Law 100

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August 02, 1999 |

Lawyers Expect Y2K Business, Despite New Law

Even as he signed the Y2K Act into law last month, President Clinton could not help but sound a note of caution: "We will be watching to see whether the bill's provisions are misused," he said in an accompanying statement. After months of debate, the enacted legislation attempts a delicate balancing act: Weed out the frivolous suits expected to flood the nation's courts come Jan. 1, 2000, while allowing legitimate suits to go forward. But lawyers are certain there will be plenty of Year 2000 work.
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