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May 02, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Spring Bonuses Pop Up at V&E, Akin Gump

Everything's coming up green for associates and counsel at Vinson & Elkins and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Both BigTex firms, following a market move by many large New York City firms, will pay spring bonuses in May to associates and counsel who received 2010 year-end bonuses. Joe Dilg, V&E's managing partner, says V&E is committed to keeping associate and counsel compensation within the market range.
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October 21, 2009 | Law.com

Former In-House Banking Lawyer Found Guilty of $12 Million Fraud

The former deputy head of legal at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has been found guilty of a multimillion-dollar fraud, a U.K. court ruled Tuesday. Former in-house lawyer Kate Johns faces jail for her crimes, with a sentence to be handed down in December. London's Southwark Crown Court ruled that Johns was guilty of having repeatedly conned colleagues into signing off large sums of money for investment. In total, the bank lost 7.4 million pounds ($12.3 million) as a result of the scam.
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April 28, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Budget Cuts to Hamper PTO's Efforts to Reduce Application Backlog

Recent federal budget cuts to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will take a toll on the agency's efforts to cut its massive patent application backlog.
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June 03, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Bar Association Run Sees Record Turnout

A record 1,592 registered for and 1,262 runners and walkers finished the 2010 Philadelphia Bar Association 5K Charity Run, which benefits the Support Center for Child Advocates. At the time of this article, it is expected that more than $100,000 was raised for the center.
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March 15, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Candidates Line Up for First Judicial District Court Seats

Twenty-six candidates are vying for seven vacant seats on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the May 17 primary election.
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September 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

Influential critics have forced Michael Powell's deregulatory show to take a hiatus. In a two-to-one decision on June 24, judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit threw out the controversial media ownership rules that the Federal Communications Commission issued in 2003. The judges agreed with civic groups who argued that the rules created by Powell, the FCC's chairman, impermissibly relaxed protections against the forming of a media oligopoly. The court ordered the FCC to recraft its formu
8 minute read
March 15, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Alexander v. Cahill

Free: Circuit Rejects Most of New York's Attorney Advertising Rules
57 minute read
December 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

In Wake of '09's Chaos, Midsized Firms Find a Sense of Normalcy

Although 2009 was a somewhat chaotic year for the small and midsized legal community as the recession stifled some practice areas while propping up others, 2010 seemed a bit more calm if only because little changed.
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September 28, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers on the Fast Track Profiles

Michael Berry
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April 26, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

BigTex Combined Gross Revenue Drops in '09

Combined gross revenue of the 25 Texas-based firms included in Texas Lawyer's Annual Report on Firm Finance posted a rare decline in 2009 of 3.7 percent compared to 2008, and net income was flat. Thirteen of the firms boosted their net income in 2009, including Gardere Wynne Sewell. Stephen D. Good (pictured) of Gardere says his firm saw an increase due to some extraordinary contingent-fee income.
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