• December 17, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Chadbourne & Parke, Davis Polk Announce BonusesDavis Polk & Wardwell and Chadbourne & Parke are both paying associate bonuses starting at $17,500 for first-years and

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  • April 7, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    NYMEX v. ICE and ICE v. NYMEX

    Everything has its price, and the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX) has been helping people settle on one since 1872 (though back then it was known as the Butter and Cheese Exchange).

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  • March 10, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    WorldCom II

    The last two weeks have seen a flurry of activity as the parties in the securities class action litigation stemming from the collapse of WorldCom gear up for a trial next week. Just y

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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Manatt Is Second L.A. Firm to Boost Starting Pay to $145K

    A year after first-year pay raises swept the Los Angeles market -- and then the nation -- L.A.'s Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is boosting starting salaries to $145,000. "We are recruiting a

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  • March 11, 2013 | International

    Falling Yen Imperils Japan's M&A Boom

    Last year saw a record volume of outbound mergers and acquisition deals by Japanese companies. The strong yen meant that overseas assets were cheap, and Japan Inc. went on a shopping spree, w

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  • February 5, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Does the Future Belong To Cadwalader?

    It's bowling night at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and even the firm's biggest names are staring down pins at Greenwich Village's Bowlmor Lanes. Mergers and acquisitions partner

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  • March 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Most Bar Groups Ever Size Up Seven Candidates to Fill Vacancy

    ALBANY - With more bar groups than ever before weighing in on Court of Appeals candidates, one judge has emerged as the consensus favorite of the upstate, downstate and specialty bar associ

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  • January 31, 2007 | The Recorder

    Calif. Firms Not Matching N.Y. Associates' Pay

    More California-based firms are opting for a segmented associate salary scale, hiking pay to a $160,000 base in their New York offices but implementing a $145,000 scale in California. The sa

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  • November 15, 1999 | Texas Lawyer

    UT Pumps Up Public Interest Profile

    Many a prospective law student has penned a heartfelt essay about going to law school in order to uphold the principles of justice for all. But somewhere along the way, as law school debt mounts,

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  • December 15, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Sheila Birnbaum Honors Judge Kaye

    Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye has been an extraordinary jurist, having authored hundreds of opinions evincing a profound understanding and respect for the law and for the people it serves.

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