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December 22, 2004 | National Law Journal

Republican Court in Name Only?

What will happen when the Supreme Court starts up again in 2005? Will it join the GOP juggernaut that has tightened its hold on the other branches, or remain defiantly contrarian, as in the enemy combatant cases? Will justices follow a conservative path of state-oriented federalism, or embrace moderate or liberal social doctrines? Court watchers are divided on just how Republican the Court really is. And then there's the wild card of Chief Justice William Rehnquist's health and potential replacement.
9 minute read
December 27, 2005 | Law.com

Pink Flamingoes

In the speeches and other materials he filed with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Samuel Alito Jr. reveals a wittier and more congenial nominee.
10 minute read
January 11, 2011 | The American Lawyer

New Venture to Focus on Partner Placements

Kimball Partner Group launches today, a combination of a member of the legal recruiting world's old guard, Frank Kimball, with some of the profession's young Turks, the principals of Lateral Link.
5 minute read
February 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

Major high court reforms proposed

A group of 33 law professors, former state supreme court justices and practitioners are urging the attorney general and the heads of the Senate and House judiciary committees to consider four changes in the operation of the U.S. Supreme Court, including regular appointment of justices and the involvement of appellate judges in the selection of cases to be decided on the merits.
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June 29, 2011 | National Law Journal

FantasySCOTUS: How often was the Solicitor General on the winning side?

The solicitor general does not like to be on the losing side of Supreme Court cases. One way in which FantasySCOTUS members predict the outcome of a case is by checking to see which side the United States supported. In this column, we consider how often the United States was on the winning side — both as a party and as an amicus — and how this compared with FantasySCOTUS accuracy.
5 minute read
May 28, 2008 | Law.com

Safeway GC Has a Lot on His Plate

Safeway Inc. is North America's second-largest supermarket chain, and one of the United States' biggest retailers. Headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., Safeway has approximately 200,000 employees. It reported 2007 sales of $42 billion, ranking No. 55 on the Fortune 500. General Counsel Bob Gordon's raison d'etre is to "achieve the company's goals with appropriate legal and compliance risk." No two days at the office are the same.
5 minute read
September 20, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Big-Firm Associates' Drudgery Belies Rosy Recruitment Spin

Part of today's recruiting pitch from big law firms competing for top graduates to fill their associate ranks is the promise of meaningful and important work once lawyers-to-be sign on. But those who have labored in the associate trenches say that law firms often don't deliver on those recruiting promises.
5 minute read
August 27, 2010 | New York Law Journal

News In Brief

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September 24, 2007 | National Law Journal

A small law firm with a big appetite for litigation

Mark Robinson's cases read like the inventory of a medical clinic: Baycol, fen-phen, Rezulin, Vioxx, Propulsid, Bextra, Celebrex and Zyprexa. In almost every case, Robinson, founder of Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson in Newport Beach, Calif., has served as lead or liaison counsel for plaintiff's lawyers in California.
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