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May 28, 2013 | The Recorder

Cascades Takes Another Run at RPX

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who dismissed Cascades antitrust suit in January, seemed more open to an amended complaint at a Tuesday hearing.
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July 23, 2012 | The Recorder

When Sanctioning Lawyer, Circuit Says, Consider Ability to Pay

Ninth Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt said imposing sanctions too costly for an attorney to actually pay may be a "futile gesture."
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September 27, 2013 | The Recorder

Slew of Small-Bore Privacy Bills Will Keep Compliance Lawyers Busy

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October 22, 2004 | Law.com

The Judge and the Justice

Nine years ago, John Ferren returned to the historical pursuits he'd set aside when he went to Harvard Law School. Settling on the story of Justice Wiley Rutledge, who served on the Supreme Court a mere six and a half years, Ferren set off on a historical dig that has resulted in the publication of his first book. The book is gaining attention in part because the Supreme Court's recent decisions on the status of enemy combatants have echoed Rutledge's civil liberties views of more than 50 years earlier.
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June 26, 2013 | The Recorder

Justices Strike Down DOMA in Landmark Ruling

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June 14, 2013 | The Recorder

Your Skills: Appellate Brief Writing: Before, During and After

There's work to be done before an attorney sits down to draft and after the last keystroke has been entered, explains Gary Watt of Archer Norris.
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February 07, 2012 | The Recorder

Tri-Valley CAREs v. U.S. Department of Energy

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April 27, 2004 | The Recorder

Optimism About a Federal Solution to Asbestos Litigation Fades

Despite months of negotiations involving labor, trial lawyers, insurers, businesses and senators, a federal solution to costly asbestos litigation clogging the nation's courts still seems elusive. There was optimism last year among the various parties, but that optimism has been tempered by an election-year political environment in the Senate that, some say, is not conducive to any legislation being approved, and, others say, by feelings that some parties are not negotiating in good faith.
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