• April 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace: Massive Hudson Yards Project Moves Forward

    Hudson Yards, the development currently under construction on Manhattan's West Side bordering Midtown and Chelsea, has captured the attention of several high-profile companies. Industry leade

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  • August 23, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Show me the money: GC pay soars with stock

    A QUICK LOOK at the salaries of general counsel across the Southeast might give the impression that nobody's getting any raises. Don't be fooled. Though base pay and bonuses are

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  • January 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    Client: Lawyer overcharged

    It's been nearly 11 years since federal agents shut down a massive cocaine smuggling ring operating throughout the Southeast and the Caribbean, sending seven co-conspirators to federal prison

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  • September 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Fuzzy Math

    Patents on The Pulse Case: Masimo Corporation v. Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc., and Mallinckrodt Inc. (Central District of California, March 2004) Award: $

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  • August 29, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Legal Steward for 240 Funds

    NAME AND TITLE: Murray L. Simpson, executive vice president and generalcounsel of Franklin Resources Inc. AGE: 65 THE COMPANY: Franklin Resources Inc., based in Sa

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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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