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July 09, 2009 | National Law Journal

Firefighter plaintiff to testify at Sotomayor hearing

Celebrities from the law, politics, and baseball are among those scheduled to testify next week during Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing. Among those estifying at the request of Republicans will be Frank Ricci, the lead plaintiff in the racial discrimination suit brought by New Haven, Conn., firefighters in which the U.S. Supreme Court last month overturned a 2nd Circuit panel that included Sotomayor.
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March 24, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Public Interest Projects

Lawyers from the Paris, London and New York offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges used their derivatives expertise to assist the United Nations World Food Programme and the World Bank with a unique pilot famine relief program in Ethiopia. Also, as the result of efforts by an unlikely alliance of lawyers, small business owners in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans have begun to rally under the banner of "Second Wind," a nonprofit advocacy group.
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September 22, 2000 | Law.com

Bush and Gore Seeking More Law and Order

Crime may be down in the United States, but that hasn't hindered the presidential candidates from adding crime-tough planks to their party platforms. From stricter penalties for juveniles to expansion of capital punishment -- despite recent outcry over wrongful convictions -- Vice President Al Gore and Texas Sen. George W. Bush are taking a hard line. But the tactic, some say, is outdated.
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May 04, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

$5 Mil. Verdict for Security Guard Crushed by Blown-Over Parking Booth

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $5 million to a former security guard at the South Philadelphia sports complex who claimed he suffered permanent abdominal injuries in September 2003 when a parking lot booth he was sitting next to fell on top of him after being blown over by a gust of wind.
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October 25, 2000 | Law.com

Law School Clinics Switch to Impact Litigation

New Jersey's law schools have been shifting their clinics away from poor-law practice and toward "impact litigation" -- class-action suits and other complex cases that seek far-reaching results. While officials say these cases serve as better teaching models for students, critics say they also tend to advance agendas -- typically, liberal ones.
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February 08, 2010 | Daily Business Review

In Foreclosureville, USA, so much change

Stockton hardly looks like the most miserable city in the country.
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August 24, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Galaxy S is a reasonable alternative to iPhone, Droid

In technology, there's a lot to be said for being everywhere. Just ask Google Inc., which has managed to grab 13 percent of the smartphone market in a year and spawn a flood of increasingly polished devices by giving away its Android operating system. Now South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. is trying the ubiquity game too.
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December 29, 2003 | Law.com

Piper Rudnick nabs Steinhart as S.F. outpost

Piper Rudnick has finally cracked San Francisco�s legal market with a deal to swallow 32-lawyer, 100-year-old Steinhart & Falconer. Steinhart partners voted in mid-December to accept a merger proposal. Beginning Jan. 1, the combined firm will operate as Piper Rudnick, with the Steinhart name lost to history.
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November 06, 2006 | National Law Journal

Corrections: November 6, 2006

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July 25, 2008 | Legaltech News

Can the CFAA Protect Your Firm's Data?

A private right of action under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes it another tool for companies to address data theft as well as provide a basis to bring those suits in federal court, but it won't displace state law torts like unfair competition and breach of confidentiality.
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