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March 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Losing ugly: GOP strategy on health care may backfire

THE DEMOCRATS WON their health-care victory ugly, after a yearlong, fractious, uninspiring process filled with rancid deals and worse compromises, redeemed only by the moment when they actually delivered reform to the country. Republicans lost even uglier, not so much in opposition as in sullen, lockstep refusal to consider any reforms, even ones they were previously for, like cutting waste and fraud from Medicare.
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August 06, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Let the Competitive Bidding for Outside Counsel Begin

In 2008, GlaxoSmithKline's then-head of litigation Bob Harchut was appointed "SPOC of the GELRT." No, GSK wasn't sending its associate general counsel into outer space, but he was exploring a new frontier for legal departments: competitive bidding. Four years later, Harchut is still the "single point of contact" in the company's "global external legal relations team." And GSK is still leading the way for companies that seek to integrate their legal and procurement departments to obtain outside legal services.
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December 05, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

The 'Misery Tax'

In an effort to take voters' minds off the ill-fated pay raise, state lawmakers are considering several proposals to reduce property taxes as they return to Harrisburg from the Thanksgiving break.
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July 27, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Ch. 7 Trustee Sues Debtor's Lawyer, Alleging He Botched State Court Suit

A Somerville lawyer is fighting a malpractice suit claiming he failed to inform a client that an employment-bias case had been thrown out 10 years earlier and, after the client filed for bankruptcy, blocked a Chapter 7 trustee's efforts to find out the status of the case.
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March 01, 2007 | Legaltech News

Toting a Tablet

More flexibility — and "wow" factor — than a traditional laptop.
5 minute read
March 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

City Ramps Up Intervention for New PINS Diversion Effort

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March 07, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

For Flowserve GC, Alternative Billing's Day Has Come

For Flowserve Corp. of Irving, using outside counsel is "project-oriented rather than firm-oriented" and that his actual go-to attorneys are in-house. As for alternative billing, "its day has come," says General Counsel Ronald Shuff (pictured). "Virtually any name firm is willing to work on an alternative basis with a company like mine. It's not alternative anymore — it's mainstream. Billable hours are no longer sacrosanct."
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January 09, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Compensation for Torture

Injustices allegedly visited on Guantanamo Bay prisoners, if true, are so clearly outside existing law that qualified immunity does not shelter the defendants from liability for compensating them.
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June 22, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Solo Is Accused of Stealing Settlement Funds, Forging Check

Stephen Jackson, a Manhattan solo attorney who has handled several high-profile cases, has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from client settlement funds and forging a check to obtain more than $150,000 from a bank.
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November 21, 2009 | National Law Journal

Collateral Damage

Two very different cases are casting new light on a legal issue that has been simmering for years: when, whether and how defendants should be informed about the collateral consequences of pleading or being found guilty.
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