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June 02, 2008 | Law.com

Buchanan Firm Decides to Shut Silicon Valley Office

Pittsburgh-based Am Law 100 firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney came into Silicon Valley three years ago, and now it's getting out. The firm will close its small Redwood Shores, Calif., office on June 30. Firm CEO Thomas VanKirk said the office's lack of profitability made the firm question its future, and the recent loss of a few attorneys sealed its fate. "That office has been losing money -- not a fortune, but not insubstantial amounts," said VanKirk.
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September 01, 2010 | Law.com

Alleging Foot Tapping Coaching Tactic, Plaintiffs Want Attorney Off Case

Two plaintiffs in an insurance coverage suit pending in a Florida federal court allege Houston litigator Kenneth G. Engerrand coached a witness when he touched her foot with his during a deposition, and they've submitted photo evidence with a disqualification motion. The motion alleges that a paralegal heard a "clicking sound" and "noted that Mr. Engerrand was tapping the foot" of a witness "at different points after questions were asked." In a response, Engerrand's client called the motion "meritless."
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August 12, 2008 | The American Lawyer

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January 31, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Longtime IRS Lawyer Joins Nixon Peabody

Susan P. Reaman, a 30-year veteran of the Internal Revenue Service, has joined Nixon Peabody's syndication practice as counsel in the Washington office. Reaman authored �1.42-2, which involves the waiver of the requirement that an existing building eligible for the low-income housing credit was last placed in service more than 10 years prior to acquisition by the taxpayer. A recipient of numerous awards during her tenure at the IRS, she has also testified before Congress on low-income housing tax credits.
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July 19, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Failed real estate deals driving malpractice claims

Professional liability suits have become the next big thing in the litigation fallout from the commercial real estate bust.Real estate law has always been one of the top practice areas for malpractice claims against lawyers, second only to personal injury, according to an American Bar Association study of professional liability claims against lawyers.
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September 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

"Something Worthwhile"

When Bet Tzedek Legal Services asked Manatt, Phelps & Phillips for help creating a national network of volunteers to aid Holocaust survivors with reparation applications, the group expected to get a junior associate, not one of the firm's most accomplished lawyers: counsel Stanley Levy, a 2011 Lifetime Achiever.
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May 23, 2006 | Law.com

Best Practices for Legal Blogging

More and more lawyers are turning to blogging, and with good reason: Many in the legal profession report that their practices have gotten a major boost from new clients who had become familiar with their work through their blogs. Consultant Joshua Fruchter offers tips on what to post, how often and how to get your blog at the top of search results.
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January 23, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Fukushima: The Legal Aftershocks

Japanese business culture is famously litigation-averse. But the effects of last year's meltdown in Fukushima may provoke an exception.
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September 26, 2012 | Law.com

Circuit Finds No Ground to Presume Vindictiveness in Sentence

Overturning a grant of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the circuit said Steven Somerville was not entitled to the presumption simply because then-Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice John Leventhal gave him what appeared to be a longer sentence after the initial sentence was overturned.
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December 03, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

MegaFirm Says It Will Pay a Premium for Marquee Laterals

Hogan Lovells is set to offer marquee lateral hires above-lockstep pay deals as part of ambitious plans to dramatically expand its City M&A practice.
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