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http://www.law.com ― Jury research is a staple of trial preparation, yet most corporate counsel are not getting good value on their investment because they delay such res read more…

http://www.law.com ― While much is known about Eric Holder Jr.'s time in government, supporters and critics of his nomination to be AG have said relatively little about h read more…

http://www.politico.com ― Gregory B. Craig, a well-known Washington lawyer who quarterbacked President Bill Clinton’s impeachment defense, has been chosen White House counsel. read more…

http://www.law.com ― Three years ago, when Alcoa was looking for a law firm to handle its IP work exclusively and at a fixed fee, Greenberg Traurig beat out nearly three read more…

http://www.law.com ― Citigroup's board is apparently fighting over which Am Law 100 firm it should retain as counsel. With Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Sullivan & C read more…

http://www.law.com ― Dozens of former Clinton administration officials are experiencing renewed popularity as President-elect Barack Obama assembles the legal arm of his read more…

http://www.law.com ― The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a recent case of first
impression, considered whether a securities fraud complaint brought by
for read more…

http://www.law.com ― More information is needed to determine if a Manhattan law firm's fee of $40 million for five months' work is unconscionable, the New York Court of A read more…

http://www.law.com ― For 25 years, White & Case's far-flung offices have operated as individual fiefdoms, with little directive from above on how to grow business, choose read more…

http://turtletalk.wordpress.com ― From the Onion:
WASHINGTON—In a landmark decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled to uphold the Bill of Rights, the very tenets up read more…

http://www.law.com ― The recently issued SEC enforcement manual, which addresses a variety of subjects ranging from waiver of the attorney client privilege to the best pr read more…

http://www.law.com ― The success of law firms depends on a variety of factors, including differences in management, operations and the wide range of characteristics they read more…

http://www.law.com ― Legal groups and three city attorneys asked the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to invalidate Proposition 8, arguing that the voter-approved ba read more…

http://www.law.com ― Barack Obama has been president-elect for less than 48 hours, but Washington, D.C., lawyers are already in the throes of one of their favorite guessi read more…

http://www.law.com ― GROW OR FADE AWAY

To be competitive in the rapidly consolidating legal market, McAlpin said, his firm knew it had to expand beyond its existing ma read more…