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  • December 13, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    2004 NYLJ 100

    They are still New York's largest private law offices, but in the last year, many have become substantially smaller. Within the NYLJ's top 10, half of these largest law offices in New York Sta

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  • December 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Simon Property / Westfield America / Taubman Centers

    With an assist from the Michigan legislature, Taubman Centers, Inc., fended off a $1.7 billion hostile offer from Simon Property Group, Inc., and Westfield America Trust. The two bidders calle

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  • February 13, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Willkie and Covington Defending Former IndyMac Executives Against SEC Charges

    On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had filed charges against three former officers of IndyMac Bancorp, which collapsed in the summer of 2008. Accordi

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  • March 17, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    AIG Under Fire From Cuomo, Obama Over Bonuses The New York State Attorney General issued subpoenas yesterday afternoon directing insurance giant American In

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  • February 28, 2005 | Alm Media

    MCI-Verizon Plans to Slash Legal Team

    At some point in the coming months, the proverbial blood may be hitting the floor. Verizon Communications Inc.'s $6.7 billion proposed acquisition of MCI Inc. would result in job losse

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  • August 15, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Former WilmerHale Star Resigns From Bar in Disgrace

    A former rising star in the intellectual property practice of WilmerHale has resigned from the bar after admitting to a litany of misconduct, including falsifying expense reports, forging clien

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  • October 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Albany Muslims Convicted After Terror Sting Two Muslim men arrested in a terror-related sting were convicted yesterday of federal money laundering charges. Yassin Aref, imam at

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  • November 2, 2001 |

    A Respectable Calling

    Back in the early '60s, few graduates of Ivy League law schools turned to bankruptcy law as a career. The practice was considered undesirable and many law firms questioned the very use of Chap

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  • July 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Milberg Named Co-Counsel in Options Case

    NEW YORK � A New York judge has given a boost to Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman by appointing the embattled law firm co-lead counsel in a consolidated suit over stock options backdating.

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  • January 23, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Madoff Investment Trustee Asks for More Time on Assets Irving H. Picard, the trustee over the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, has as

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