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November 06, 2009 | Law.com

D.C. Court of Appeals Resurrects Cell Phone Radiation Cases

The D.C. Court of Appeals last week revived a series of lawsuits by individuals who say they were harmed by cell phone radiation, adding yet another wrinkle to a debate within U.S. courts over whether national regulations trump state laws when it comes to issues surrounding cell phone safety. The decision gave both sides of the case fodder to declare victory -- but some lawyers said the ruling could lead to the filing of even more suits against cell phone companies in Washington's trial court.
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April 03, 2007 | Law.com

MDL Panel: 'Traffic Cop' Seeing Its Power Grow

A federal panel whose members are handpicked by the chief justice of the United States to consolidate federal civil cases for discovery is playing an increasingly influential role in how and where large numbers of complex civil cases are litigated throughout the country. For some, a key question about the panel is: Who is minding the store? One concern is the puzzling court assignments when parties can't agree on a forum; one attorney says the panel sometimes decides to "ship 'em to Mars."
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September 28, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Retention Success? Percentage of Women, Minority Attorneys at BigTex Firms Holds Steady Despite Economy

Taken as a whole, the firms with the largest Texas offices shed some lawyers between July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009, but the percentages of minority and female lawyers at those firms did not slip. Emmanuel Obi (pictured), an associate with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, is on a committee looking at ways to increase diversity at Dallas firms.
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August 26, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

New AdditionsRichard J. King has joined SAUL EWING as a partner in the business department and a member of the health law practice group.
3 minute read
November 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Global work lured Daschle from Alston

DLA Piper scored a big hire Nov. 17 when it picked up former Sen. Tom Daschle. The one-time majority leader was the Obama administration's first choice for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services before his nomination was derailed by questions about back taxes. Daschle will be jumping from Alston Bird's Washington office-his professional home since he lost his 2004 re-election bid.
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July 14, 2005 | New York Law Journal

When Antitrust And IP Laws Collide

By its very nature, a patent grants its holder the right to exclude others from the market. But antitrust law seeks to curb the exploitation of such power. How should the tension between these well-established maxims of American law be reconciled? That is the question the U.S. Supreme Court will tackle in the upcoming fall term.
6 minute read
June 06, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Calif.'s Biggest Firms Receive Poor Marks for Minority Hiring

The grades are in on workforce diversity, and if this were school, the state's largest law firms would barely be passing.
3 minute read
September 11, 2003 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

New York firms recently helped close a $6 billion healthcare merger in the U.S. and a $2 billion telecom transaction in Japan. Check out the partners and associates who helped seal the deals.
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October 24, 2002 | Law.com

Holding Steady in Shaky Times

Despite a wary economy, the numbers of in-house lawyers at the nation's largest companies held their own, according to The National Law Journal's 15th annual survey of company law departments and their primary outside counsel. New York's Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom was the firm most often mentioned as outside counsel, with Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis a very close second.
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April 12, 2010 | National Law Journal

Advocacy groups split on Hastings law school policy

Law schools don't just turn out lawyers. In recent years, they have also produced litigation that finds its way onto the U.S. Supreme Court's docket. Dozens of amicus briefs have been filed in the latest case, which thrusts the University of California Hastings College of the Law into the spotlight.
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