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  • December 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Who Counsels the Largest Private Companies

    Corporate Counsel's sibling publication, The American Lawyer, recently looked at who counsels the businesses on Forbes's Largest Private Companies list. The American La

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  • January 12, 2007 |

    Patent Ruling Roils Biotech World

    In a patent case that could change the way drug companies enter into licensing agreements, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that biotech firm MedImmune Inc. may sue its licensing partner Genentech

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  • March 13, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Scandal Taints Job Prospects For Departing Chief Executive

    So what will Eliot Spitzer do next, assuming he escapes criminal prosecution and disciplinary sanction following his alleged involvement with a high-end prostitution ring? If he follow

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  • May 16, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Deutsche Bank AG sold 60 Wall Street, its 47-story, 1.6 million square-foot North American headquarters, to Paramount Group Inc., the real estate arm of the Germany-based mail-order retail com

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  • April 6, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Class Action Against Wal-Mart Picks Up Steam

    Now that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a government probe into the hiring of illegal aliens, both plaintiffs lawyers and the company are using the settlement as

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  • April 5, 2005 | Alm Media

    Wal-Mart Class Suit Picks Up Steam

    Now that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a government probe into the hiring of illegal aliens, both plaintiffs' lawyers and the company are using the settlement as

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  • January 8, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Six Firms Represent Buyers In $13.9 Billion Bank Acquisition A consortium of private equity investors has agreed to acquire failed banking giant IndyMac Fe

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  • September 8, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Lawyers Stop Bowing Before Billable Hour

    Clients distrust them. Associates abhor them. Some lawyers, allegedly, abuse them and find their bar licenses stripped as a result. But billable hours remain the foremost currency by which law firm

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  • May 22, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Sidley Could Face $100M Liability in Opt-Outs

    Sidley Austin is expected to pay $30 million to settle a class action next month filed by more than 200 investors who lost money on illegal tax shelters that the law firm approved. But the n

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  • November 30, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Lawyer Count Drops in Some Top New York City Firms

    A combination of rising attrition and reduced hiring has led to sharp drops in the number of attorneys at many of New York City's leading law firms. Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the

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