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8 hrs ago | Balloon Juice

The Plural of "Noonan" Is Not "Data"

So Peggy Noonan went to the Fainting Couch Superstore over the IRS this week and got a few new pieces .

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Related Topix: Tax, The Data Company, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Liberal Political News

Sat May 18, 2013

Herald Star Online

The time is - dynamic,' says Orrick CEO

Ralph Baxter is not sure if his future includes service in the U.S. Senate, but he believes the future of 154 new Bethany College graduates can be bright.

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Related Topix: Orrick Herrington and Sutcliffe, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito

Petroleum News

Oil Patch Bits: Experienced oil and gas lawyer joins Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives LLP, a leading U.S. business law firm, said May 6 that it is pleased to announce that Tina Grovier has joined its Anchorage office as a partner in the firm's Environment, Land Use and Natural Resources group.

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Related Topix: Stoel Rives

US News & World Report

Nixon Wanted Too Much Control, Obama Appears to Have Too Little

James Robenalt is a partner at Thompson Hine and has joined with John W. Dean, Nixon's White House Counsel, to create a national continuing education program entitled "The Watergate CLE." For three years I have worked with John Dean, Nixon's White House counsel, on an ethics program for lawyers .

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Related Topix: Thompson Hine, Tax

Business Journal

Patriot paid Bryan Cave $98,000 so far for bankruptcy work

St. Louis-based Bryan Cave, the area's second-largest law firm ranked by its 253 local licensed attorneys, is Patriot's restructuring and corporate counsel.

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Related Topix: Bryan Cave, Energy, Patriot Coal

ClipSyndicate

Video: Are Political Intelligence Practice Too Risky?

Robert Walker, attorney at Wiley Rein LLP, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the legal and ethical implications of law firms selling political intelligence.

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Related Topix: Greenberg Traurig, Video, Business News

Law.com

Quinn Emanuel to Open in Hong Kong

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has announced plans to open an office in Hong Kong with a partner recruited from Korean law firm Kim & Chang.

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Related Topix: McDermott Will and Emery

Fri May 17, 2013

Corporate Counsel

Managing Relationships With Legal Project Management

Effective legal project management is on the minds of law departments, outside counsel, and the business units that partner with both sets of lawyers.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Latham & Watkins, Latham and Watkins, Marsh and Mclennan Companies, Insurance, Proskauer Rose

SFGate

Tougaloo College plans civil rights commemorations

Tougaloo College is starting an 18-month commemoration of the civil rights movement, 50 years after the effort helped reshape the American political and social landscape.

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Related Topix: Tougaloo College, Southern Poverty Law Center, Arlington, VA

The Providence Journal

Roger Williams Law grads now 'hold the keys to the gates of justice'

"You hold the keys to the gates of justice," said Dees, founder and chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Related Topix: Southern Poverty Law Center, Social Software

Thu May 16, 2013

Freshnews

Fried Frank Sponsors Digital Shoreditch 2013

LONDON and NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- London and New York City have experienced a massive tech boom in the last few years and are now serious competitors with Silicon Valley.

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Related Topix: Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson

SF Appeal

SF Lawyer Follows Father's Footsteps Into Federal Judgeship

A San Francisco lawyer and former U.S. Justice Department official was confirmed to a judgeship on the U.S. District Court in San Francisco by the U.S. Senate today.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Orrick Herrington and Sutcliffe, August, CA

PanArmenian Network

Armenian government to issue Eurobonds

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian government approved a decision on the signing of an agreement with an international organization on the provision of legal advisory services.

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Related Topix: Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Natural Disasters, Hailstorm

Law.com

Fenwick Sets Course for China

Fenwick & West has hired a corporate partner to lay the groundwork for an office in China -- the firm's first overseas.

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Related Topix: Fenwick and West, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Asian-American, Chinese-American, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, Startups, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Wed May 15, 2013

Eyefortransport

Mostly Good News Drives U.S. Economic Engine

Need further evidence that the economy continues to improve? The four-week moving average weekly jobless claims number has dropped to 336,750, its since November 2007.

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Related Topix: The Data Company, Healthcare Law, Law

JD Supra

Is Crowdfunding Dead On Arrival? A Legal Perspective...

"[Crowdfunding] lays the riskiest investments at the doorstep of those investors that can least afford the risk.

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Related Topix: Pepper Hamilton

Miami Today

Low inventory forces hotel investors north

By Meisha Perrin Greater Miami is running so low on hotel inventory that attorney Daniel Marinberg of Greenberg Traurig says it isn't meeting demand.

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Related Topix: Greenberg Traurig, us Travel, Travel, Miami-Beach, FL

Voice of America

Germany Can't Stop Eurozone From Sinking Into Longest Recession

Falling output across the bloc meant the 17-nation economy is in its longest recession since records began in 1995.

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Related Topix: The Data Company

Reuters

Carlyle-backed General Lighting plans Saudi share sale-sources

General Lighting Co, a Saudi Arabian company part-owned by Carlyle Group, plans to sell its shares on the Saudi stock market, paving the way for the private equity firm to exit its stake, two sources said.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Latham & Watkins, Latham and Watkins

Daily Report

Wage-and-Hour Suits Up For Fifth Straight Year

For the fifth year in a row, U.S. employers have seen an increase in the number of wage-and-hour lawsuits filed against them in federal court, according to calculations by the Federal Judicial Center.

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Related Topix: Seyfarth Shaw, Law, Employment / Labor Law

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