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  • August 31, 2007 | Alm

    Expert Witnesses' Hourly Rates Soar

    Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that a select group of New York lawyers had pushed hourly billing rates past the $1,000 mark. Some of the experts tapped in high-stak

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  • November 14, 2007 | The Recorder

    Pillsbury Accused of New Conflict

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman was tossed from client SonicBlue's bankruptcy case for not disclosing a conflict of interest. Now lawyers for a creditor claim the firm failed to disclose yet a

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  • May 27, 2010 | The Recorder

    Calif. High Court Tips Hand on Suits Over Gratuities

    Although seeming to agree that gratuities are the "sole property" of tip-earning employees, five state Supreme Court justices didn't appear ready Tuesday to give those workers a private r

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  • Basilotta v. Warshavsky, 6508 115524/09

    Publication Date: 2012-01-12
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    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Acosta, Renwick, Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants: Patterson, Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York (Frederick B. Warder III of counsel).
    for defendant: For Respondent: Law Office of F. Edie Mermelstein, Huntington Beach, CA (F. Edie Mermelstein, of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel). *1
    Case Number: 6508 115524/09

    Cite as: Basilotta v. Warshavsky, 6508 115524/09, NYLJ 1202538059721, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided January 10, 2012)Before: Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Acos

  • May 5, 2011 | The Recorder

    'AT&T Mobility' May Have Big Impact on Employment

    On April 27, the United States Supreme Court handed down AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/LawDecisionCA.jsp?id=1202491948579&slreturn=1&hbxlogi

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  • November 25, 2009 | The Recorder

    Cracking the Code on Staffing

    A ffymetrix develops and manufactures complex genetic tools that help scientists and researchers come up with medical breakthroug

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  • September 27, 2004 | National Law Journal

    In Brief

    IBM looking to settle mammoth pension suit International business Machines Corp. said last week it is in talks to settle a mammoth lawsuit alleging a pension plan a

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  • October 28, 2009 | Law.com

    Association of Corporate Counsel to GCs: Eliminate Software Costs

    In a market where in-house legal teams must control cost, many are seeking to eliminate it completely, at least with respect to their technology budgets. Despite its placement on the last day of th

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  • October 16, 2006 | The Recorder

    Financial Thrillers

    Hedge funds have gone Hollywood.Chasing high returns, money managers are plunking down hundreds of millions of dollars to finance films like "Superman Returns" and "Nanny McPhee."

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  • June 3, 2011 | Quinnipiac Times

    Report: Promotion of Women to Partnership Stalled in 2011

    At a time when associates are a target="_blank" href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202476384004&Firms_Welcome_New_Partners_in__But_Take_Cautious_Approach_to_Class_Size&

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