• March 9, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Boston Firms Split on How to Respond to N.Y. Pay Hikes

    The race to raise first-year associate salaries has opened a chasm in Boston between firms matching New York's top rate of $160,000 and firms offering a $145,000 starting salary. Several fir

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  • September 18, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Former Reed Smith Partner Selected for 3rd Circuit

    Two of the vacancies on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could soon be filled now that President Bush has nominated Thomas Hardiman, a 41-year-old federal judge who has been on the bench in fe

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  • Koch v. Christie's International PLC, 11-1522-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-10-09
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack and Raggi, C.JJ., and Koeltl, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant William I. Koch: Edward M. Spiro, Barbara L. Trencher, Adam L. Pollock, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY, and Irell & Manella LLP, Newport Beach, CA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Christie's International PLC, Christie, Mason & Woods, Ltd., and Christie's Inc.: Jonathan J. Lerner, Maura Barry Grinalds, Robert A. Fumerton, Patrick G. Rideout, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 11-1522-cv

    Cite as: Koch v. Christie's International PLC, 11-1522-cv, NYLJ 1202573873398, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 4, 2012)Before: Sack and Raggi, C.JJ., and

  • February 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Five Firms Advise 'Merger of Equals' for Office Supply CompaniesOffice supply companies OfficeMax and Office Depot have reached an agreement to merge int

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  • June 26, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    U.S. Response in KPMG Case Could Point to Appeal

    In an unusual move, federal prosecutors acknowledged last week that dismissing charges against 12 of the 16 former KPMG employees facing criminal prosecution in a high-profile tax shelter case was

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  • November 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    U.S. Treasury/Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae The federal government is taking over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. On September 7 the government announced that the Federal Hou

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  • May 17, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    'Ample Allegations' Allow Suit to Proceed Over eBook Pricing

    A federal judge on May 15 refused to dismiss a consumers' class-action lawsuit action that claims Apple conspired with Simon & Schuster Inc., Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group USA,

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  • January 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    In The Trenches: Lawyer leaves in-house world for Parker Hudson

    Eric J. Taylor has joined Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs as a partner from ING Americas, where he was chief litigation counsel. "I missed being out in the trenches, even though it

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  • February 27, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Black Student Convention Sees Big Draw

    This weekend's annual convention of the Northeastern Black Law Students Association is expected to draw some 200 students and 250 lawyers and judges for a series of seminars and networking opp

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  • October 28, 2002 | The Recorder

    Seyfarth Sallies Forth

    It's been 18 years since Chicago's Seyfarth Shaw moved into San Francisco. For the 50-attorney office in downtown S.F., the anniversary marks a passage into adulthood. In June, a new manag

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