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  • David Boies Urges ABA Members

    David Boies Urges ABA Members

    Practice Focuses 08/09/2010

    David Boies challenged America’s lawyers to “bring the rule of law to its full fruition here in this country … to fulfill the goals and lofty rhetoric of our founding fathers,” as the keynote speaker at the Opening Assembly o...

  • ABA TO HOST CYBER SECURITY DISCUSSION

    ABA TO HOST CYBER SECURITY DISCUSSION

    Legal Business 08/03/2010

    Computers and networks have brought an entire world into our homes and law offices. As it turns out, the world is full of thieves, spies and hostile armies.  What are the risks of cyber “insecurity,” and what can we do about them? &n...

  • Immigration to rich countries fell during crisis

    Immigration to rich countries fell during crisis

    Political and Legal 07/12/2010

    Immigration to rich countries dropped during the global economic crisis, reversing five years of annual increases as the demand for labor fell, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday. A report showed that 4.4 million pe...

  • American Bar Association Finds Kagan “Well-Qualified”

    American Bar Association Finds Kagan “Well-Qualified”

    Elite Lawyers 06/28/2010

    The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary has rated U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Elena Kagan as “well-qualified,” the highest mark the committee offers. Since 1953, the ABA has had a role in ...

  • Gibson’s Lawyer Slams Grigorieva’s Claims

    Gibson’s Lawyer Slams Grigorieva’s Claims

    Court Watch 06/28/2010

    Mel Gibson’s lawyer slammed Oksana Grigorieva’s claims that she had been treated cruelly by Mel and that he hadn’t been paying child support.  His lawyer actually termed her claims as “sensational allegations” becau...

  • JON ATZEN JOINS SHEPPARD MULLIN LOS ANGELES

    JON ATZEN JOINS SHEPPARD MULLIN LOS ANGELES

    Law Firm News 06/10/2010

    Jon Atzen has joined the Los Angeles/Downtown office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's Corporate practice group and member of the Emerging Companies practice.  Atzen most recently was a partner at DLA Pipe...

  • CA court rejects Jackson doctor child support deal

    CA court rejects Jackson doctor child support deal

    Family Law 05/09/2010

    Michael Jackson's former doctor lost a bid in a California court to resolve a child support issue that threatens his Nevada medical license. A Santa Clara County Superior Court commissioner rejected a bid Thursday by attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray t...

  • Six companies recall blinds, shades after deaths

    Six companies recall blinds, shades after deaths

    Consumer Rights 03/23/2010

    Six companies are recalling millions of window blinds and shades, following the deaths of three children who got caught in cords that help the coverings move up and down. The recalls, announced Wednesday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, inv...

  • Curtis law firm moves D.C. office

    Curtis law firm moves D.C. office

    Legal Business 03/01/2010

    The D.C. office of law firm Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP has relocated its headquarters to larger space downtown. The firm said that its new location, on the top floor of 1717 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, more than doubles the size of its of...

  • Jeffersonville law firm grows with new partner, more space

    Jeffersonville law firm grows with new partner, more space

    Law Firm News 02/16/2010

    Applegate & Fifer, a business and real estate law firm based in Jeffersonville, was renamed Applegate Fifer Pulliam LLC last month. The name change was prompted by the addition of a third partner, Keith Pulliam, who joined real estate attorney Al...

  • Wolf Haldenstein Files Class Action Suit

    Wolf Haldenstein Files Class Action Suit

    Class Action 02/03/2009

    Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against defendants Beacon Associates Management Corp. ("Beacon Associates"), Joel Danziger, Esq. ("Danziger...

  • Supreme Court brings gavel down on O'Connor workout class

    Supreme Court brings gavel down on O'Connor workout class

    U.S. Supreme Court 12/31/1969

    Years after she left the Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor remained enthusiastic about the early morning exercise class she started at the highest court in the land — the basketball court that sits one floor above the courtroom where s...

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