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  • June 10, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Former Partner's Lawsuit Against Kasowitz Benson Prompts Talk of One-Man Firing Machines

    The recent lawsuit against Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman by its former head of intellectual property brings into the spotlight a practice that some lawyers might find unimaginable: At se

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  • August 28, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Whistleblower at UBS gets rewarded with prison time

    If he had kept his mouth shut and his head low, Bradley Birkenfeld would be a free man today. He didn't, so now the former UBS AG banker wears an electronic bracelet on his ankle and, beginni

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  • January 12, 2000 | New Jersey Law Journal

    A Line in the Sand Against MDP

    Not content merely to rail against multidisciplinary practice, the New Jersey State Bar Association has voted to bring complaints -- criminal complaints, if necessary -- on behalf of consumers with

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  • October 9, 2006 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    BUILD A SOUNDING BOARD, AND IN-HOUSE LAWYERS WILL COMEWhen Jaimee King, senior counsel at Symantec Corp., first went in house in 2004, one of the first things she determined was

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  • December 14, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Auditing standards shouldn't be left to auditors

    If the people who audit the nation's public companies are forced to reveal themselves, then the terrorists will win. At least that's one of the arguments coming from the U.S. accounti

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  • December 7, 1999 | The American Lawyer

    Thinning the Ranks At Sidley

    For a global law firm, being competitive these days requires a lean, mean profit machine. And that means culling the herd to make way for younger, more active rainmakers. This fall, Chicago's Sidle

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  • March 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Projects

    In an attempt to help meet increasing needs, Legal Services NYC has instituted new partnerships with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Williams Coll

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  • January 6, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Sullivan and Simpson Thacher Involved in Masonite Acquisition The private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. announced Dec. 22 it would buy Canadian building p

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  • March 22, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

    GE Overhauls Outside Counsel Roster

    Just two years after some 200 law firms endured the ultimate test of strength and patience for a shot at one of the 140 coveted preferred provider positions at General Electric Co., the largest leg

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  • May 16, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    CLE: "Custody and Visitation," 12:30 p.m., Westchester County Family Court, 7th Floor Conference Room, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, White Plains. For information: (718) 923-6352.

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