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  • September 11, 2007 | The Recorder

    Real Estate Feels Credit Pinch

    The documents were signed on the more than $100 million deal for a large East Coast office building complex. The courier was hurrying them to the escrow agent. And then the lender got cold fee

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  • July 11, 2007 | The Recorder

    Are Big Firms Warming Up to Alternative Fee Deals?

    Looking down the barrel of a threatening patent infringement action from Sanyo, Chinese cell phone battery maker BYD wanted the IP heavyweights at Howrey -- but not their heavy rates. The A

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  • June 19, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    New Jury and Trial Ordered in Copyright Case Against MP3

    In April, jurors in a copyright infringement case against MP3.com astonished federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York when they called his c

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  • November 8, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields Italy Co-Head in Jones Day Move

    Bruno Castellini, the joint managing partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Italian arm, will be the latest senior departure from the Magic Circle firm as he gets set to join the local office

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  • January 17, 2012 | The Recorder

    Jury mostly backs employees who broke away from bike company

    In August, a jury returned a $310 million verdict in litigation over the Bratz doll. A month later, an L.A. hedge fund manager won $60 million in his still-unfinished feud with the hedge fund

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  • February 11, 2000 | Legal Times

    Managing the Madness

    Don't you feel sorry for managing partners at the District's top firms? Two months ago, they thought they had quieted associate demands when they raised starting pay above $100,000 - a figure that

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  • April 27, 2000 | The Recorder

    The Fight Over Enforcement

    Few cases illustrate more clearly the ongoing debate over whether the Securities and Exchange Commission leans too heavily on enforcement actions than one currently winding through the 9th U.S. Cir

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  • October 15, 2004 | National Law Journal

    The Urge to Merge

    With a more-is-better philosophy, national practices increasingly want to lock arms with foreign law firms in mergers to create a global presence.If only it were that simple.Wh

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  • May 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Rules Government Violated Speech Rights in AIDS Policy A federal judge has found that the U.S. government is violating the First Amendment rights of key partners in its in

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  • January 21, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Wanted: Prosecutor to Spend '30 Days' in Prison

    Hollywood wants you! If, that is, you can answer yes to the following: � Are you a bright, articulate male prosecutor or former prosecutor responsible for sending bad guys to prison?

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