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  • May 8, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Am Law 100 firms feel growing pains

    By Alison Frankel, The American Lawyer Since 1986, whe American Lawyer first published a list of the 100 highest-grossing firms in the United States, the total number of lawyers i

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  • September 27, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Orrick wants to fire MGA again over a second billing dispute

    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has moved to withdraw from representing MGA Entertainment Inc., citing $3.85 million in unpaid legal fees and other compens

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  • June 9, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    Weil's New Chapter

    In August of 2002, Elvis left the building. At least that's how it must have felt to lawyers at New York's Weil, Gotshal & Manges. After 33 years at the firm, Harvey Miller, the lege

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  • April 23, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Shearman to Close Two Offices in Germany

    Shearman & Sterling announced Tuesday it plans to shutter two of its three offices in Germany by year-end amid what the firm described as a softening market for high-end legal services in

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  • June 5, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Outside Counsel

    Shmuel Vasser is counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. The views expressed herein are those of the author, and not those of the firm.In two cases addressing an issue of

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  • April 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Gargantuans At the Gate

    Last December, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz advised the two buyers in a deal to take Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., private. If the $28 billion cash-and-debt deal goes through as planned,

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  • June 17, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    New Positions. . . Elizabeth A. Franko has joined Winstead in Dallas as an associate.. . . D. Steven Henry has been named senior vice president and chief legal o

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  • December 9, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Denies Defendant's Motion for Her Recusal

    Rejecting claims of conflicts of interest that prompted an FBI investigation of another jurist, a Manhattan judge has decline to recuse herself from a foreclosure case because she owns stock i

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  • November 12, 2007 | Legal Times

    For Firms, It's a Matter Of Trusts

    This spring, before the credit market imploded, Tishman Speyer Properties announced a $22 billion deal with Lehman Brothers to buy Archstone-Smith Trust, which owns apartment buildings a

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  • July 31, 2006 | National Law Journal

    The next backdating target may be firms

    As lawsuits and government investigations against ies with suspect stock-options backdating practices pile up, some plaintiffs' lawyers are eyeing corporate law firms that advised

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