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  • September 6, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Stock Option Backdate Probe Hits N.J. Firms

    A federal investigation into improperly backdated executive stock options has swept up four New Jersey companies and has spurred a grand jury subpoena and a civil suit against one of them. T

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  • October 9, 2006 | The Recorder

    Inside the Hollywood Shuffle

    LOS ANGELES � A law student posted the question on an online message board last month: "Anything going wrong with Alschuler these days?"The well-regarded shop had dropped out of his sc

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  • January 23, 2001 | Legal Times

    D.C.'s 2000 Honor Roll

    AKIN GUMPD.C.'s Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld announced its promotions last month, tapping three attorneys to join the partnership ranks.Paul Belvin, until rec

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  • October 5, 1999 | The Recorder

    A Building Controversy

    While home builders were engaged in a ballot battle this week over housing in the East Bay, lawmakers have begun to turn their attention to tort reform remedies for what they say ails the state's

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  • October 21, 2004 | The Recorder

    Talking Points

    Law firms are paying a heck of a lot of money to get the answer to a perennial question: how to improve their relationships with clients.Morrison & Foerster, Pillsbury Winthrop, Gr

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  • February 21, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Revenue Growth Might Not Be for Everyone

    Editor's note: This is the second installment in a series looking at law firm revenue tren

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  • September 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Under Pressure

    Midlevel associates put their noses to the grindstone last year, and they didn’t like it one bit. While demand for legal services rose in the last year, staffing at the country’s bigges

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  • January 6, 2006 | Legal Times

    Five Questions Law Firms Face in 2006

    Mergers. Firm dissolutions. Associate salary hikes. Last year was anything but docile in the legal market. With ever-increasing competition among firms, 2006 looks to be equally challenging. With t

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  • November 4, 2011 | Bloomberg

    Obeying the law is just too hard for Citigroup

    Five times since 2003 the Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Citigroup Inc.'s main broker-dealer subsidiary of securities fraud. On each occasion the company's SEC settlements hav

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  • April 10, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Retaliation Claim by Employee Alleging Narcolepsy Proceeds Against Second Employer, Ritz-Carlton

    A former hotel doorman who claims to suffer from narcolepsy and who was fired by one hotel for sleeping on the job can sue a second employer for retaliatory discharge, a federal judge has ruled

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