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Litigation
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Mergers and acquisitions
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Private treble damage and injunction actions
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Unfair competition/trade practices
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Construction
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Alternate dispute resolution
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Arbitration
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Commercial development
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Contracts and contract disputes
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Energy performance contracting
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Errors & omissions claims
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Financing
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Insurance coverage
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Liability defense
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Litigation
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Mechanics' liens
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Mediation
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Negotiations
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Surety issues
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Workers compensation
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Corporate/business
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Angel investments
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Asset acquisitions and divestitures
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Asset-based and cash flow lending transactions
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Capitalization transactions
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Convertible and hybrid securities
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Corporate governance
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D & O responsibilities
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Debt and equity financings
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Distribution arrangements
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Divestitures
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E-commerce
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ESOPS and reverse ESOPS
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Entity formation/governance
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Equity line of credit financings
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Exit strategies
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Family businesses
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Franchise
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General corporate counsel
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Going-private transactions
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Government contracts
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Hart-Scott-Rodino analysis and notification
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IPO's/private offerings
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Import/export
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Insurance issues
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Investor relations
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Joint ventures and strategic alliances
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Leveraged buyouts
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Licensing, distribution and general contract matters
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Liquidations
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Mergers and acquisitions
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Mezzanine financing
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Preferred and common stock placements
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Private equity/venture capital
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Recapitalizations
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Registration exemptions
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Rescission offers
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Securities
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Seed capital transactions
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Shareholder agreements
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Software licensing
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Spinoffs of subsidiaries and divisions
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Start-up and emerging growth companies
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Stock agreements
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Stock option plans and restricted stock agreements
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Stockholder/partner/LLC disputes
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Strategic planning
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Succession issues
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Syndications
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Taxable and tax-free exchanges, mergers and consolidations
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Technology/life sciences
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Venture capital
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Environmental
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Acquisitions and financings
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Air pollution
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Brownfields
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CERCLA/RCRA
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California Commission and Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) permits and enforcement
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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
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Cessation of regulated operations
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Clean Air Act
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Clean up and remediation
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Compliance auditing
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Conservation easements
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Development entitlements
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Drainage issues
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Due diligence
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Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance and enforcement
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Grayfields
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Ground and surface water
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Hazardous waste
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Insurance coverage
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Lender liability
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Litigation
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Mold
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National Environmental Protection Act
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Oil Pollution Act
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Permitting & compliance
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Pesticides
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Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) in hazardous clean-up
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Public funding of private remediation
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Regulatory
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Release reporting and notification
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Superfund
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Toxic Substances Control Act
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US Army corps of engineers
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Underground storage tanks
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Universal wastes
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Vapor intrusion
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Water pollution
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Waterfront development
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Wetlands
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Accumulation, preservation and distribution of wealth
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Administration of probate estates, trusts and foundations
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Estate and wealth preservation planning and administration
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Estate, gift, generation skipping tax
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Federal income tax/Estate/Gift tax in business
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Life insurance planning
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Private foundations
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Succession planning - family owned/closely held businesses
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Claims to interests in deferred or delayed compensation
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Claims to interests in trusts, pension and profit-sharing accounts
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Dissolution of and planning for same-sex relationships
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Health insurance and medical coverage
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Litigation
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Prenuptial agreements
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Trust and various investments
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Franchise
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Franchise systems
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Licensing, distribution and supply chain
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Litigation
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Regulatory
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Standards, health, and safety enforcement
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UFOC, franchise and territorial agreements
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Underreporting enforcement programs
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Living wills/right to die
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Labor, employment & employee benefits
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Affirmative Action and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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Arbitration
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COBRA & HIPAA Compliance
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Civil rights
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Class actions
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Compliance advice
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Constitutional claims
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Contracts
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DOL compliance
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Defamation
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Disability Discrimination & Accommodation (ADA)
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Discipline and discharge
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Discrimination claims (Title VII, ADEA, Section 1981)
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Downsizing and layoffs
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Drug and alcohol testing
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Employee stock ownership plans
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Employment contracts & independent contractors
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Executive compensation
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FLSA issues
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Family and Medical Leave (FLMA)
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Handbooks and policies
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Hiring procedures
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Hirings, separations, layoffs and terminations
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IRS compliance
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Internal investigations
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Litigation
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Mediation
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Military leave (USERRA)
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Non-competition, confidentiality, and trade secrets
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Pension and benefits
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Privacy
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Recordkeeping
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Reduction in force compliance and defense
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Retaliation and whistleblower claims
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Sexual harassment
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Training programs
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Unemployment compensation hearings
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Unemployment tax and benefits
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Wage and hour
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Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification Act
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Workers compensation
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Workplace violence
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Wrongful termination
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Litigation
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Alternative dispute resolution
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Class actions
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Construction defects
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Contracts
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Defamation
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Employment covenants
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Fraud
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Insurance bad faith
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Mediation
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Product liability
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Securities arbitration and compliance
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Shareholder derivative actions
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Will contests
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Bankruptcy
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Business and corporate disputes
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Class actions
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Condemnation
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Conspiracy
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Constitutional
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Corporate governance and investigations
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Dealer and distributor
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Deceptive trade practices
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Defamation
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Defense of M&A and JV agreements
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Eminent domain
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Fiduciary duty
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Financial fraud
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First amendment
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Franchise
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Fraud
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Hazardous waste site proceedings
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Healthcare
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Insurance bad faith
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International arbitration
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Internet
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Investigative and enforcement proceedings
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Land use
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Libel, slander and violation of privacy
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Minority stockholders
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Non-compete litigation
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Pro bono
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Probate & trust litigation
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Product liability
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RICO
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Restraining orders
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Securities
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Shareholder derivative actions
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Technology
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Title disputes/insurance
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Civil rights litigation
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Contract disputes
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Contract disputes
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Negligence
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Products liability
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Mold litigation
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Water law litigation
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Will contests
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Maritime law
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Accidents and collisions
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Admiralty and maritime
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Financing and liens
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MARAD
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Abatements
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Condemnation
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Condominiums, cooperatives and PUDs
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Design/Build joint ventures
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Developer representation
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Disposition
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Eminent domain
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Energy issues
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Entitlements
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County
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Federal
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Municipal
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State
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Equity investments
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Exempt financings
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Finance
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Financing
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Commercial
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Industrial
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Utilities financing
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Financing acquisition
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Historic rehabilitation projects
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Hotels
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Increment financings
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Industrial
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Infrastructure development
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Joint ventures
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Land use
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Landlord and tenant representation
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Leasing
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Commercial
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Residential
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Lending
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Construction
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Real estate
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Liens
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Construction
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Landlord/tenant lien property disputes
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Mechanics
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Management
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Manufactured housing (Mobile Home) parks
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Multiproperty financings
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Multistate financings
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Office buildings
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Oil and gas permitting and exploration
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Permitting
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Planned unit developments
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Property valuation
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REIT's
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Sale/Lease-back transactions
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Student housing
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Syndications
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Synthetic lease financings
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Tax
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Appeals
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Deferred exchanges
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Planning
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Title
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Clearance
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Insurance
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Troubled properties
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Water rights
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Workouts, foreclosures, bankruptcies
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Zoning
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Charitable giving strategies
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