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• Just Say No to Hostile Takeovers in Massachusetts
  (Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, December 2010)
• Lawyers Approaching Retirement Age Face Career and Lifestyle Decisions
  (Litigation News, November 2010)
• Large Law Firms Hiring More General Counsel
  (Litigation News, November 2010)
• D.C. Bar Adopts Rule of Professional Conduct for Nonlegal Services
  (Litigation News, September 2010)
• Fee Applications and Block Billing Don't Mix
  (Litigation News, September 2010)
• Taped Deposition Not "Reality TV"
  (Litigation News, September 2010)
• Will the Company Cover an Ex-Officer's Legal Costs? The New World of Sarbanes-Oxley.
  (Business Law Today, September/October 2003)
• Criminals Forfeit Retirement Benefits to Victims
  (Litigation News, July 2010)
• Eleventh Circuit Criticizes Arbitration Award Appeals
  (Litigation News, July 2010)
• California Simplifies Jury Instructions
  (Litigation News, July 2010)
• New Jersey Upholds Privacy Rights in Internet Accounts
  (Litigation News, May 2010)
• Rules on Witness Conferences in Depositions Vary
  (Litigation News, May 2010)
• Audit Response Deemed Work Product Under California Law
  (Litigation News, May 2010)
• Corporations Balk at Outside Counsels' Automatic Rate Increases
  (Litigation News, March 2010)
• Trial Court Win Reversed for Spoliation
  (Litigation News, March 2010)
• Partner Sanctioned for Associate's Errors
  (Litigation News, March 2010)
• Discovery in Arbitration? Well, It Depends ...
  (Business Law Today, March/April 2001)
• New Jersey Invalidates Class Action Arbitration Waiver
  (Litigation News, January 2010)
• California Invalidates Contractual Jury Trial Waivers
  (Litigation News, January 2010)
• New York City Bar Issues Opinion on Dual Representation
  (Litigation News, January 2010)
• New Rules for Retiring Judges and Firms That Hire Them
  (Litigation News, Winter 2009)
• Delaware High Court Issues Game-Changer on Fiduciary Duty
  (Litigation News, May 2009)
• Court Hits Pause in Case Involving Internet Video of Deposition
  (Litigation News, Spring 2009)
• Court Orders Daubert Hearing as Part of Class Certification Analysis
  (Litigation News, September 2008)
• Derivative Claims: Not Just for Shareholders Anymore
  (Litigation News, July 2008)
• Judges Moved to Poetry and Quoting Billy Madison
  (Litigation News, May 2008)
• Re-Assessing the Trial Court's Opportunity to Assess Credibility
  (13 Me. Bar J. 316, November 1998)
• Patent Priority Disputes A Proposed Re-Definition of First-to-Invent
  (Alabama Law Review, 1998)
• Presenting an Attorney's Fee Application in the United States District Court for the District of Maine
  (11 Me. Bar J. 244, July 1996)
• Hints on Writing Law Court Briefs from Some People Who Read Them
  (9 Me. Bar J. 318, September 1994)
  (co-author with Karen D. Kemble, Esq.)