• November 17, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Citing 'Differences,' Fischetti Bows Out of Garson Case Ronald P. Fischetti bowed out yesterday as Gerald P. Garson's lawyer, saying in an interview that he had "irreconcilable

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  • December 1, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Sniado v. Bank Austria AG

    Decided Nov. 21, 2003Before McLaughlin, Cabranes and Sack, C.JJ.Plaintiff appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Schwart

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  • November 26, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono

    Justice Awards Set for MondayThe sixth annual Commitment to Justice Awards will be held Monday to recognize lawyers and legal assistants who volunteered time this year in the ca

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  • April 16, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    Bankruptcy: A Light Touch

    Before there was Enron, there was Pacific Gas and Electric. When California's largest utility, San Francisco�based Pacific Gas and Electric Co., filed for Chapter 11 protection in April

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  • February 18, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Washington Legal Department of the Year: AOL INC.

    New York-based AOL Inc. has been all about the deals in recent years, and its Dulles, Va.-area legal department has been the engine behind them. Led by Julie Jacobs, general counsel and execu

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  • December 16, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    A moment's notice for Lehman

    By the second week of September, investors had all but given up on Lehman Brothers Holings Inc. Creditors wanted the 158-year-old investment bank to put up additional collateral to cover its

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  • November 5, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Unlocking the Mystery

    You could call it the last black box. For more than three decades, The American Lawyer has ranked profits per partner at Am Law 200 firms. Parsing and comparing those equi

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  • January 27, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Recent Infringement Cases to Consider

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has been busy over the last few months ruling that: (1) a patentee cannot satisfy its burden to show infringement without support of exp

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  • March 6, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Deflecting Ad-versity: Vetting Can Avert Libel Claims Over Political Advertisements

    Last fall, television viewers in Travis County were treated to a Free Enterprise Fund-sponsored advertisement featuring a snarling, drooling, vicious attack dog. While the dog barks in the bac

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  • July 16, 2007 | The Recorder

    The Diversity Scorecard

    Each year, the Diversity Scorecard finds small but consistent increases in the proportion of minority lawyers at large firms. In 2001, only about one partner in 30 was a lawyer of color.

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