• 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

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    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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  • November 30, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Clarifies Standard for Protective Orders

    A financial news company will have access to previously sealed deposition testimony in a case that challenges the New York Stock Exchange's alleged tolerance of "front running" by floor brokers on the

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  • February 20, 2007 |

    Adelphia Exits Chapter 11, but Appeal Is Pending

    Adelphia Communications Corp. announced Feb. 13 that it has emerged from bankruptcy protection after more than four years, but the cable company's trip through the courts isn't over quite yet.

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  • July 1, 2010 | Legaltech News

    ILTA Heads to Nevada

    With "strategic unity" as its battle cry — referring to the need for law firms and law departments to unite their technology with the practice of law — the a targe

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