• January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

    At capitalism�s crossroads

    NAME AND TITLE: Rachel F. Robbins, executive vice president and general counsel AGE: 56 VENERABLE INSTITUTION: The NYSE Group Inc. is the latest corp

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  • April 24, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Directors: Taking a Turn at the Right Stuff

    At day's end, Kevin Curnin may stand in the main conference room of his downtown Manhattan law firm and enjoy a skyscraper view of the fabled Brooklyn Bridge, knowing that once again he has ba

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  • May 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Patent and Trademark Law

    In our last column, entitled "Standards Involvement Trumps Patent Enforcement" (March 26

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  • February 10, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    ENRON INVESTIGATOR FOCUSES ON N.Y. FIRMSThree law firms at the center of the Enron Corp. bankruptcy have now become targets of a formal discovery effort launched by a court-appointe

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  • December 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn

    If being a judge is akin to being an umpire—to borrow an analogy from Chief ­Justice John Roberts—then several judges have decided to become ballplayers, hanging up thei

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  • March 19, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Mourning Bear Stearns' Passing

    NEW YORK � The bargain-basement sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase brought out some of the biggest names in the legal profession.Sullivan & Cromwell; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meag

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  • January 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Patent and Trademark Law

    The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange LLC to decide whether the Court should revisit almost 100 years of precedent concerning the appropriateness o

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  • October 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    One Side of Midnight

    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe partners are slumming it these days. Practice group retreats? Not this year. Flights to meetings? Try videoconferencing. If you need to fly, go by your

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  • February 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    NYSE Work If You Can Get It: 7 Firms on Exchange Merger

    NYSE Euronext, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, and Germany's Deutsche Borse formally announced their a class="linelink" target="new" href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/new-y

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  • August 15, 2006 | Alm

    Salomon Smith Barney Class Case Dismissed

    The mutual fund industry, which has been under intense scrutiny in recent years, has received some good news from a federal judge who dismissed a class action lawsuit filed against Salomon Smi

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