• June 10, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Leveling the Drilling Field

    Norma R. Iacovo still remembers what it was like to be standing on an oil rig off the coast of Texas. It was the late 1990s, and the rig she visited belonged to Vastar Resources, an indepen

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  • November 5, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Court Upholds Class Award Over Defective Brakes

    The Superior Court has upheld a $5.6 million verdict in a memorandum opinion against Kia Motors, but ruled the trial judge must explain why he awarded $4.1 million in attorney fees. The $5.

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  • December 24, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    Announcements Joshua B. Hirshey has been named assistant vice president and assistant general counsel for Harleysville Insurance . In this posi

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  • February 5, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Board Election Overhaul Looms as Shareholders Weigh In

    Following adoption of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002, attorneys counseling public boards of directors have had to contend with dramatic and rapidly evolving changes in corporate governance la

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  • July 1, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Arbitration Scorecard 2013: Treaty Disputes

    AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY: $114 billion DISPUTE: Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man) v. Russia ration; Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cyprus) v. Russia

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  • December 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Conservatively Optimistic

    No doubt about it, leaders of Am Law 200 firms are upbeat about the future. Eighty-nine percent of respondents to our annual firm leaders survey said they are optimistic about 2006, almo

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  • May 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    A Guide to Our Methodolgy

    HOW WE REPORT LAW FIRM FINANCIALS The Am Law 100 is reported by staff members at ALM’s publications throughout the United States, including The American Lawy

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  • May 25, 2005 | Alm

    Assessing Pitfalls of Mandatory Law Firm Retirement

    Even as Sidley Austin Brown & Wood and the government battle over whether 31 attorneys should get damages resulting from the firm's mandatory retirement program, many law firms are stickin

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  • January 13, 2006 | Alm

    Attorneys' Bonuses Increase With Profits

    Associates at several big law firms across the country welcomed the new year with hefty bonuses that were moderately higher than the year before, a reflection of the legal industry's recent pr

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  • June 27, 2011 | National Law Journal

    REGGIE WALTON

    For years, Judge Reggie Walton of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has seen the effects of drugs on the Washington community. A federal trial judge since 2001, Walton i

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