The failing New York-based law firm was roiled by issues over partner compensation that led to the departure of more than a third of its partners over the last couple of months and the firing of 553 employees, according to a notice on the US Labor ...
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Attorneys in the first murder trial stemming from a 2010 stabbing spree in Flint are poised to offer a defense on Thursday May 17, 2010. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Ryan Garza) FLINT, Mich. — Elias Abuelazam dutifully tended the cash register at a ...
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More >> Former US Sen. Jim Abdnor gained fame nationally as the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from the Senate, but he was known in his home state as the farmer-turned-astute-politician who loved talking with...More >> An attorney ...
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PHOENIX, May 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that it has been named the top corporate law firm in the Phoenix metropolitan area in the 12th annual America's Best Corporate Law Firms study conducted by Corporate Board ...
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Last night, the medical cannabis advocate community defeated a second anti-medical marijuana candidate in a state Attorney General race. In Oregon, Dwight Holton, a former US attorney, lost in a landslide after medical cannabis became a campaign issue.
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It is unclear when two sides will begin negotiations on an agreement, which US Attorney Jenny Durkan has said must take the form of a court-enforced consent decree, with a monitor, to ensure needed changes take hold. McGinn has expressed his ...
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MINNEAPOLIS, May 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced it has been notified by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts that federal prosecutors ...
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When Oracle's attorney David Boies argued that his client be entitled to a slice of the Android profits, US District Judge William Alsup fired back. "You're one of the best lawyers in America. I don't know how you could make that argument," Alsup said, ...
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After nearly three decades with the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Special Counsel Patricia Riley will retire later this year. The District of Columbia Council recently honored her with a ceremonial resolution (PDF) that went into ...
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A retired state judge supported by marijuana advocates has defeated a former federal prosecutor in a Democratic primary race for attorney general that focused on Oregon's medical marijuana law. A retired state judge supported by marijuana advocates has ...
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... NC (Reuters) - Former US Senator John Edwards and the woman with whom he had an affair during his 2008 presidential bid could be called by the defense to testify on Wednesday in his federal campaign finance trial, Edwards' attorney said.
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The crucial role private attorneys can play in preventing white-collar crime and ensuring corporate integrity was emphasized yesterday in speeches by Southern ...
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Cleary Gottlieb's banking and financial institutions practice spans 12 offices in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America. The practice includes 15 partners and counsel in New York and Washington, the firm said. Cleary Gottlieb has about 1200 lawyers ...
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McGinn first announced the cost estimate of $41 million on Monday, prompting the US Attorney's Office in Seattle to describe the figure as "simply wrong." The US Attorney's Office declined to comment Tuesday. In December, a DOJ report found that one of ...
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