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  • February 18, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Inside Lyondell Bankruptcy's Texas-Sized Legal Bills

    Houston-based Lyondell Chemical is hoping that its yearlong Chapter 11 case is nearly over after reaching a $450 million settlement with creditors early this week. The Am Law Daily did some docket-

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  • October 18, 2004 | Legal Times

    Hiring in a Holding Pattern

    Washington area law firms may have more work coming in these days, but it appears they are using fewer lawyers to do it. The Legal Times 150 survey of the area's largest law offi

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  • April 6, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Linklaters Helps DISH Win Auction for Blockbuster

    A bankruptcy auction for movie rental chain Blockbuster ended in the early morning Wednesday with a winning bid of $320 million by satellite broadcaster DISH Network. a target="_blank" href

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  • April 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

    New firm mantra: cut, redeploy

    Dechert chairman Barton Winokur remembers the 1970s. "That was the longest decade in history. It lasted for 14 years," he said. Or so it seemed. It was a time of

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  • December 15, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Uneasy over eggs

    WASHINGTON — Behold the table egg. A popular staple of breakfast and baking, eggs are at the center of a major and lengthy property rights battle in a federal appellate court that c

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  • August 15, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    In Re: Kepka

    Click here for the full text of this decisionFACTS: When Marguerite Kepka's husband was admitted t

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  • June 5, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Law firms see more layoffs, departures of staff and associates

    As one law firm leader put it, 2008 is a good time to look at current staffing issues, and that has resulted in a few local firms shedding either staff or associates. Only one firm, B

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  • January 19, 2004 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELDAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has elected four lawyers to partnership in its D.C. office.Barry Brandon, 42, is a memb

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  • March 21, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Goodwin Procter (Boston): Alyssa Grikscheit joins the corporate and private equity practices as partner in the firm's New York office. She was previou

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  • March 31, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Only 100 Families Choose Lawsuits Over 9/11 Fund A final inventory shows that the families of 100 people killed in the 2001 terror attacks have chosen to pursue lawsuits rather

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