• November 18, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Tangled up in Bills

    Two years ago, U.S. senator John Ensign's future was as bright as the Vegas strip. Reelected to a second term in 2006, the silver-haired Nevada Republican was the fourth-highest-rank

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  • July 13, 2007 |

    IP Litigation: Poised for Takeoff?

    Patent litigation held steady in 2006, but was it the calm before the storm? The top firms in our seventh annual patent litigation survey showed only a slight bump up in work last year. In 2006 to

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  • March 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Longtime U.S. Department of Justice lawyer SAM SHELDON has returned to private practice with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Joining the firm as a partner in the Washi

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  • April 1, 2007 |

    Buyout Brainstorm

    Lori Lesser is a fast talker. Really fast. An intellectual property litigation partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's New York office, she could conceivably bill twice as many hours a year if

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  • August 5, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Iron Man of Imports

    In the early hours of a Saturday morning, you might find Paul Luckern manning the guard desk at the U.S. International Trade Commission, buzzing in the teams of lawyers arriving to appear before hi

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  • October 15, 2002 | The Recorder

    Howrey Simon's Hope

    All of a sudden, Howrey Simon Arnold & White is on the map in the San Francisco Bay Area. The firm made a big splash last month when it hired top patent litigator Henry Bunsow from

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  • April 19, 2007 |

    The New Breed of IP Lawyer: A Combination of Corporate Law Smarts and IP Expertise

    Lori Lesser is a fast talker. Really fast. An intellectual property litigation partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's New York office, she could conceivably bill twice as many hours a year

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  • August 19, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Firms Get Leaner and Cheaper Amid Boston's Slow Rebound

    Boston law firms are reemerging from the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent Great Recession that swamped practices across the region. Firms are reporting a return to stability, wi

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  • February 5, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Law Firm Retirement Plans Get Fresh Attention

    A year after The American Lawyer exposed the daunting—and, in many cases, underfunded—pension oblig

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  • August 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Running Late

    All Street's rally on patent litigation began in 1997, when Simpson Thacher & Bartlett won a beauty contest to defend Intel Corporation in patent cases brought by Digital Equipment Corpora

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