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  • November 1, 2006 | The Minority Law Journal

    Diversity of Opinion

    There's no one-size-fits-all solution for making law firms more inclusive. Different ethnic groups have different concerns and perceptions. That's the lesson from our second Minority Ex

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  • October 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

    NY Firm Seeks $55 Million Fee for Largest Housing Meltdown Settlement . . . Yet

    The lead plaintiffs' firm that obtained a $624 million shareholder settlement against Countrywide Financial Corp. and KPMG LLP — the largest recovery to date in a secur

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  • March 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Projects

    In an attempt to help meet increasing needs, Legal Services NYC has instituted new partnerships with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Williams Coll

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  • April 7, 2003 | Legal Times

    Former Judges Form Consulting Group

    Your client asks you if it can do something that veers close to the line ethically. You don't want to offend the client, you don't want to lose the business, but you also don't want to g

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  • September 29, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Witness to the Lehman Devastation

    Denis Cronin, a bankruptcy partner in the New York office of Vinson & Elkins, has been a lawyer for more than 30 years. But in all that time, he says, he has never witnessed "

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  • June 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Focus Europe: The Arbitration Scorecard

    Hulley Enterprises, Ltd. (Cyprus), Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man), and Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cyprus) v. The Russian FederationAd hoc (UNCITRAL; administered by the Perma

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  • July 10, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATESParham H. Williams, dean of Chapman University School of Law, announced his upcoming retirement from the position. He will continue as

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  • December 20, 2007 | The Recorder

    Heller Re-Elects Larrabee to Top Job

    In spite of a down year, Heller Ehrman has given a vote of confidence to Chairman Matthew Larrabee, re-electing him for three more years.Ballots for the uncontested election went out e

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  • September 26, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Akin Gump to Open Beijing Office

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is planning to open an office in Beijing within the next 60 to 90 days, according to the firm's chairman, R. Bruce McLean. The office would be the first in

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  • November 24, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    How a U.S. Firm Figured Out Japan

    At the northeast corner of the Imperial Palace gardens in Tokyo's Marunouchi district, the main business district of the world's second-largest economy, stands the AIG Building. For 16 y

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