He could work for Greater Boston Legal Services, a legal aid group serving people living in poverty.

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At Greater Boston Legal Services, the public interest firm where Dineen arrived in January, the effects of a sick economy are apparent.

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Boston Legal, while you still can.

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The two men concluded their conversation with Hadfield alluding to the end of every Boston Legal episode, where Denny Crane (played by William Shatner) would discuss life with his friends over a cigar and a glass of whiskey.

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Legal Harborside, in the South Boston waterfront district, is the flagship restaurant of the popular Legal Seafoods chain of restaurants and attracts hungry diners with its three floors of varying concepts.

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The other big news out of Boston is the month old Legal Harborside.

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"It's beyond me why Bingham wanted to put all this on a public stage in the first place, and then to lose in such a resounding and predictable fashion, it just looks even worse, " said Charles Kazarian, a legal-malpractice lawyer in Boston.

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For two firms, Boston Scientific and Guidant , this research battle evolved into a nasty legal war.

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Last month he showed co-president (and perceived Purcell loyalist) Stephen Crawford Stephen Crawford to the door, and he brought in four senior administrative, legal and communications deputies from his former gig at Credit Suisse First Boston.

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