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  • October 3, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    'Open Minded' Judge and Prosecutor Lead to Man's Exoneration

    A thoughtful judge, a prosecutor willing to consider the possibility that his office got it wrong, a dogged attorney, and a lot of luck, got Michael Clancy out of prison, with a $2 million ch

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  • February 2, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Lapse in Tax Law May Have Estate Lawyers Hustling for Nothing

    On Jan. 5, after it sunk in that Congress hadn't reinstated the federal estate tax that lapsed on Dec. 31, Chicago lawyer Thomas Handler sent an e-mail to about 2,000 clients for whom his firm prov

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  • July 24, 2002 | The Recorder

    Bankruptcy Lawyers Rev Up for WorldCom

    One day after WorldCom Inc. filed the biggest bankruptcy in the country's history, law firms from coast to coast were already feeling the ripples.According to court documents, Cl

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  • Soifer v. Chicago Title Company

    Publication Date: 2010-08-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-08-10
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kneafsey, Tostado & Associates, Sean M. Kneafsey and Shaun Swiger for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, Joel N. Klevens and Diane K. Myint for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. B217956

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 10208BEN SOIFER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY et al., Defendants and R

  • May 3, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Smaller Firms Are Finding Ways to Get Started in China

    While some of Philadelphia's largest firms are still looking for ways to navigate the onerous path to entering the Chinese legal market, two smaller firms have quietly found their place in the boom

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  • August 18, 2009 | National Law Journal

    'Zero risk' GCs stem recession litigation tide

    What happened to the wave of litigation that was supposed to swamp corporate America in 2009 A year ago, as the economy began its freefall, corporate law departments were preparing for

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  • March 16, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Big Bonuses at Buchanan Could Add up to $55,000

    For associates at Buchanan Ingersoll, it's all in the bonus. The Pittsburgh-based firm has yet to raise its $90,000 starting salary in response to the national starting salary raises across

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  • April 2, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Cleaning Up the Mess

    Increasingly, big corporations anticipate bankruptcies so that they emerge from Chapter 11 with relative ease. But there are exceptions, and the South Carolina waste hauler Safety Kleen Corp.,

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  • June 2, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    Tina Simon, Home Interiors & Gifts Inc.

    Bettina Solomon Simon is finding a comfortable home as general counsel at Home Interiors & Gifts Inc., a legendary Dallas-based party-plan, home-decorating company founded by a woman to pr

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  • January 26, 2004 | The Recorder

    Stop the Clock

    In an effort to pare down its legal bills, Silicon Valley computer giant Cisco Systems Inc. is seeking to replace hourly billing rates from outside counsel with more creative -- and cheaper --

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