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Cover Story
Reforming The Rules of Civil Procedure: The ACTL Final Report
The Editor interviews Paul C. Saunders, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Special Sections
Controlling Legal Costs
New York Bench And Bar: Working Together To Improve The Administration Of Justice
The Editor interviews the Hon. Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York.
eDiscovery Cloud: Processing, ECA, Analysis And Review Through Production
The Editor interviews Tom Thimot, CEO, CaseCentral.
IT Procurement Practices That Produce Outsourcing Savings
The Editor interviews Paul G. Madison, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.
Hot Issues Alerts
Diversity
DuPont And Street Law:Partnering To Expand Opportunity And Build Diversity Into The Pipeline
The Editor interviews Ernest Tuckett, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
Women's Initiative: Potter Anderson's Affinity Group Takes Action
The Editor interviews Barbara Uberti Manerchia and Kathleen Furey McDonough.
Diversity: A Core Value At Lowenstein Sandler PC
The Editor interviews Nicole Bearce Albano, Member of Lowenstein Sandler PC regarding Lowenstein Sandler's Diversity Policies.
Boston and New England
A Bar Association With An Illustrious History
The Editor interviews John J. (Jack) Regan, President of the Boston Bar Association and a partner in the firm, Wilmer Hale LLP.
The Right Mix Of Practice Areas And Skill Sets Enables Proskauer's Boston Office To Weather The Storm
The Editor interviews Steven M. Ellis, Partner in the Corporate Department, Head of the Boston office, and Co-head of the Distressed Debt, Junior Capital, and Finance Groups at Proskauer Rose LLP.
Weil Gotshal's Boston Office:Close Communication And Nimble Solutions Mean Effective Partnerships With Clients
The Editor interviews Marilyn French, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
Articles and Interviews
Hatch-Waxman: The Interplay Between Innovation And Lowering Pharmaceutical Costs
The Editor interviews Donald Rhoads, Litigation Partner in the Intellectual Property Group, and Jonathan Caplan, Litigation Partner in the area of Patent Litigation, Counseling and Prosecution at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.
A New Concept: Part-time Partners
The Editor interviews Cathleen McLaughlin, Partner in the New York City office of Allen & Overy LLP.
Bringing Innovation To The Philadelphia Bar Association
The Editor Interviews Scott F. Cooper, Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, and a partner with Blank Rome LLP.
Nanotechnology: A New Force For Human Betterment - Part I
The Editor interviews John R. Bashaw , Partner in the New Haven office, William S. Rogers Jr., Partner in the Boston office and Joseph Clark, Counsel in the Florham Park, New Jersey office of Day Pitney LLP.
Unmasking Anonymous Posters To Your Website
Kathleen A. Kirby Wiley Rein LLP
GRATs & GRUTs - Now Before It's Too Late
Ramez A. Younan Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP
Technology Roundtable: Making Use Of Technology To Save Legal Costs
The Editor interviews Debra Weaver, Vice President, Marketing & Sales, TrialNet, Incorporated and David P. Gaines, Vice President of Security & Compliance, Micro Strategies Inc.
Beyond Relief:The BCLC Strives To Bring Recovery To Haiti
Editor Julia R. Dillon interviews Stephen Jordan, Executive Director of the Business Civic Leadership Center at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
CLE Events

Wednesday, March 17

Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2010 Book Publishing; Union & Guild Issues; Film;
Sponsor:
PLI Among the speakers: Kenneth M. Kaufman, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; Gail Ross, Lichtman, Trister and Ross, The Ross Literary Agency; John Schline, sr vp, Penguin Group (USA) Time: 9 am-5 pm Place: PLI New York Ctr, 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY Fee: $895 CLE credits: 7 hrs RSVP: www.pli.edu

Hot Topics in Structured Finance;
Sponsor:
NYC BAR ASSN Speaker: Ira A. Reid, Baker & McKenzie LLP Time: 6-9 pm Place: New York City Bar Assn, 42 West 44 Street, New York, NY Fee: member $225 nonmember $335 CLE credits: 3 hrs RSVP: www.nycbar.org

Patent Ownership and Licenses: A Map to Landmines Laid by the Federal Court;
Sponsor:
BOSTON BAR ASSN Speakers: Vickie L. Henry; Nathan C. Henderson, Foley Hoag LLP Time: 12:30-3:30 pm Place: Boston Bar Assn, 16 Beacon St, Boston, MA Fee: fee CLE credits: 3 hrs RSVP: www.bostonbar.org

NJSBA Dinner Meeting of the Franchise Law Committee;
Sponsor:
NJSBA Speaker: Jeremy Silberman, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. Time: 6-8 pm Place: New Jersey Law Center, One Constitution Sq, New Brunswick, NJ Fee: free to members CLE credits: TBD RSVP: www.njsba.com


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