• 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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  • November 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firms Promote Fewer Senior Associates to Partnership

    Fewer associates are winning promotion to partnership this year, a trend industry experts say is a result of the economic downturn. This month,

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  • September 26, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Task Force to Examine Retirement Policy for Judges The New York State Bar Association has appointed 21 lawyers, including several former judges, to a task force examining

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  • March 22, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Ex-State Senator Attempts To Withdraw Guilty Plea A lawyer for Efrain Gonzalez Jr., the ex-state senator who pleaded guilty last year to defrauding two non-profits out o

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  • September 17, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate Law Firms See Dark Days Ahead

    The nation's top law firms are facing an uncertain new landscape following the demise of two of Wall Street's biggest and most established investment banks. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brother

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  • September 8, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Intelsat, Ltd., a global communications provider headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, signed a definitive merger agreement on Aug. 29 with satellite provider PanAmSat Holding Corporat

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  • December 8, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Four Firms Handle Verizon Purchase of $3.6 Billion in Wireless Licenses Verizon Wireless will buy 122 wireless spectrum licenses from a trio of cable co

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