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  • April 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Schoolhouse Rock

    When David Schizer was a first-year associate at New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell, he remembers being asked to mark up a stock purchase agreement. "I said I was happy to do it," he recal

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  • November 28, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    The Billable Hour: Are Its Days Numbered?

    For about 50 years now the billable hour has been the dominant feature of the legal profession. And for just as long lawyers have been trying to kill it. A group of litigators who usually coul

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  • July 1, 2010 | Focus Europe

    Opening Statements: United Kingdom

    Only a short grace period remains for foreign companies with operations in Britain to get their houses in order before a tough new Bribery Act goes into effect that is even more far-reaching than i

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  • April 7, 2009 | National Law Journal

    A Sparring Match Over Flex-Time, Part-Time

    CHICAGO — Law firm leaders and corporate general counsel at a recent meeting took each other to task over what each side can do to better support flex-time and part-time policies that adv

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  • May 28, 2007 | Legal Times

    Full Disclosure

    Something Fishy?With former Bush administration official Julie MacDonald facing increasing scrutiny regarding her tenure at the Interior Department, lobbyists may b

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  • February 21, 2005 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELDAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has elected 16 partners, two in the firm's D.C. office.Michael Fitzpatrick, 39, formerly counse

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  • September 11, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATESMayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has appointed Brian Trust as the partner-in-charge of the New York office. Trust, co-head of the firm�s financ

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  • December 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Firms Braced as Welsh Assembly's First-Ever Adviser Review Nears Completion

    The Welsh Assembly is in the final stages of the first-ever review of its legal advisers, with the body set to unveil its debut law firm roster in the new year. The panel, which is being ove

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  • June 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Milberg Seeks to Drop Out of Suit Against Zuckerberg

    Less than three months after agreeing to represent Paul Ceglia on his claim to an ownership stake in Facebook, lawyers at Milberg LLP are asking a federal district court judge in Buffalo to a

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  • April 25, 2011 | National Law Journal

    CIVIL ACTIONS

    The following cases were recently filed in the Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the district courts' official online bulletins. U.S.

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