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  • July 27, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Firms on Frozen Foods Mergers

    Update, 7/28/10, 11:00 a.m.: The names of lawyers from SJ Berwin, representing Lion Capital, have been added in the fifth paragraph be

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  • April 23, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Ruling Declares Governor's Budget Dominance

    ALBANY � The balance of power in Albany tipped further toward the executive yesterday when an appellate panel held that Governor George E. Pataki's budgetary role is so broad that the state Le

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  • January 26, 2004 | The Recorder

    Bench Players

    A gaggle of analysts and competitors grabbed ringside seats in Judge Elizabeth Laporte's federal courtroom in San Francisco not long ago as two semiconductor companies began sparring over the

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  • December 26, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Sharply Faulting Counsel, Panel Orders a New Trial

    In a scathing opinion, a unanimous state appeals panel has ordered a new trial for a prisoner whose defense was "doomed" by his lawyer's mistakes. Justice Luis A. Gonzalez (

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  • May 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Martindale to Change Focus as Some Firms Opt Out

    In its first incarnation in 1868, the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory promised to furnish readers with the address of at least one reliable law firm in each city in the United States.Today'

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  • August 4, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Are Staff Lawyers Stiffed?

    The 2003 GC Compensation Survey by American Lawyer Media's Corporate Counsel magazine found that compensation for the 100 best-paid general counsel grew by 9 percent last year. (Corporate Coun

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  • March 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Latest layoff wave sees 300 attorneys, 500 staff cut

    The law firm layoffs haven't let up. Four major firms announced job cuts on Monday, totaling more than 300 attorneys and 522 support staff. White & Case plans to cut a tot

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  • February 12, 2001 | The Recorder

    Timing Is Everything

    Are the good times really over? Nobody knows for sure, but one thing is certain: Good times won't be quite as easy to come by in the next few years as they have been in the past

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  • February 25, 2005 | The Recorder

    Now what?

    The late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun once said, "A wedding is an event; a marriage is an achievement." Much the same could be said about the attainment of ownership in your professio

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  • January 5, 2007 | The Recorder

    Orrick and Dewey Cancel Merger Amid Growing Differences

    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Dewey Ballantine have aborted their merger amid mounting differences and a steady stream of Dewey partners leaving the firm. "We jointly decided that g

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