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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    PONZI SCHEME CASE SETTLES PRE-ARGUMENTThe California Supreme Court on Wednesday decided not to review a case in which accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers stood accused of ai

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  • December 15, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    ATKINS DIET PROTECTED BY 1ST AMENDMENTNEW YORK � A Florida man who sued the company that promotes the Atkins Diet and the estate of Robert Atkins claiming the diet made his chol

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  • June 3, 2009 |

    What Went Wrong at Defunct IP Boutique Morgan & Finnegan?

    From the outside, Morgan & Finnegan's future looked bright. It was January 2004, and the venerable IP firm had just signed a 20-year lease to take over the twentieth and twenty-first flo

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  • August 30, 2010 | The Recorder

    Law Firms Trying a Different Path to China

    Morrison & Foerster is no stranger to China. Since 1983, it's opened offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Now, the firm is taking its approach to China business one step further:

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  • March 25, 2011 | New York Lawyer

    After Tsunami, BigLaw Is Confident Japan's Economy Won't Meltdown

    As fears of a nuclear catastrophe in Japan recede, international law firms in Asia are turning their focus from immediate health and safety issues to the long-term economic impact of the 9.0

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  • June 1, 2009 |

    What Went Wrong

    From the outside, Morgan & Finnegan’s future looked bright. It was January 2004, and the venerable IP firm had just signed a 20-year lease to take over the twentieth and twenty-first

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  • March 14, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Tokyo Lawyers Stranded at Offices in Aftermath of 8.9 Magnitude Quake

    Lawyers at major international and domestic firms were among those Tokyo residents left stranded at their offices Friday evening by a massive earthquake that knocked out elevators and transport in

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  • November 8, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Sullivan & Cromwell to match bonuses

    Sullivan & Cromwell on Monday became the latest U.S. firm to match the range announced last week by Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which said it would pay both year-end and one-time "special"

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  • April 22, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Milbank, Vedder, Davis Polk Pilot AIG's $2 Billion Sale of Aircraft Fleet Australian investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd. has announced it will acquire 53 jets from Ame

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  • January 26, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Weil Advises $750 Million Acquisition of Aircraft Safety Equipment Company Aircraft component maker TransDigm will acquire AmSafe Global Holdings, which supplies safety

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