• October 4, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Score: Legal Fees, TV Deals, and Stadium Projects

    A recent U.S. Department of Labor filing reveals that the National Basketball Players Association spent more than $3.5 million on outside lawyers and consultants during last year's collective

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  • July 2, 2002 | Daily Business Review

    Back to Earth

    Michael Samway had been at White & Case in Miami for almost four years doing corporate and securities work when the Internet bug bit him. He was tempted because "every kid in jeans could

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  • March 30, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Skadden Arps, Wachtell Lipton, IrellAdvise on $2.2 Billion Casino DealThe Aztar Corporation, which operates hotels and casinos in such gambling destinations as Atlant

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  • August 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Unplanned Capital Calls Often a Sign of Trouble, Industry Analysts Say

    Despite being an industry historically undercapitalized, a recent decision by one of the country’s largest law firms to increase its capital account has been met with questions about the

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  • February 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    What Next?

    New York's Dewey Ballantine is faced with a Ronald Reagan-esque question: Is the firm better off now than it was six months ago? The short answer is "No." After a half-year of merger talks wit

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  • June 30, 2008 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    Dykema Gossett gets 53 from Schwartz Cooper Dykema Gossett has scooped up 53 attorneys from Chicago's Schwartz Cooper, including all seven members of its executive

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  • March 13, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Claims Against Sotheby`s Revived

    IN A DECISION that at least one lawyer said could affect the $512 million dollar class action settlement in the Christie's and Sotheby's price fixing case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Se

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  • July 28, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Merger Talks Cool For Orrick, Cooley

    Cooley Godward and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe have abandoned merger talks, according to sources close to both firms. One of those sources, who was familiar with Cooley Godward's

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  • September 23, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Stinson Morrison, Leonard Street Strike Midwest Merger

    Kansas City, Mo.–based Stinson Morrison Hecker and Minneapolis-based Leonard, Street and Deinard announced Monday they plan to

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  • October 1, 2001 | The Recorder

    Midsize on the Rise

    Two years ago, traditional midsize firms were looking about as hip as a lime green leisure suit.But the lawyers who stuck it out at midsize firms may be having the last laugh. Firms wi

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