• September 18, 2006 | Legal Times

    Eleanor Pelta

    As the daughter of Polish Holocaust survivors who came to America in 1952, Eleanor Pelta has an intimate sense of what it means to be an immigrant. That understanding has been a

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  • November 10, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    New Web Site The Justinian Society recently announced the launch of its new Web site, www.justinian.org, designed to inform

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  • October 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Am Law Tech Survey 2008: Standing Guard

    Back in the early years of law firm tech--say, a decade ago--there were two main tasks for the IT staff: Get lawyers to use the stuff; and make sure nothing blew up too badly when they did. Talk

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  • December 12, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    2006 Bonuses Hold at Milbank, Cravath, Cadwalader Bonus season for New York associates opened Friday night when Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced it would pay bonuse

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  • February 6, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Lawyer: Auto industry loans only a temporary fix

    DETROIT AP - Government loans given to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are only a stopgap measure, an attorney whose firm has been hired by the Treasury Department to advise it on how t

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  • October 20, 2008 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    Ill. law school to admit some without LSATs The concept of admitting select students into law school without requiring the Law School Admission Test i

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  • September 16, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate Law Firms See Dark Days Ahead

    The nation's top law firms are facing an uncertain new landscape following the demise of two of Wall Street's biggest and most established investment banks. The bankruptcy o

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  • September 15, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Dismisses Malpractice Claim Against Herrick Feinstein A state judge has thrown out a legal malpractice suit against Herrick, Feinstein. The law firm had been sued b

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  • September 19, 2011 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    LATERALS CHADBOURNE & PARKE (New York): Brian Pollack joins the firm's intellectual property practice as counsel to the New York

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  • February 2, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Big Pharma Merger May Lead to Lawyer Cuts

    Pfizer Inc. has made no secret of its intentions to slash thousands of jobs once a planned merger with pharmaceutical competitor Wyeth goes through, but it may be too early to tell

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