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  • July 3, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    DNA Registry Can Be Applied Retroactively

    In a key challenge to New York's 1999 expansion of the DNA criminalregistry, the state's Court of Appeals held Tuesday that the law can be appliedretroactively since its objective centers on f

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  • July 5, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Rescue Worker

    NAME AND TITLE: Thomas F. Berner, executive vice president and general counsel AGE: 52 FINANCING THE SMALL GUY: First Capital -- formally known as FCC L.L.C. -- m

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  • September 13, 2007 | Accounting And Financial Planning For Law Firm

    Controlling the Spiraling Costs of Online Legal Research

    There was a time when electronic services were supposed to replace books and lower costs. They've done neither. Instead, fees continue to rise each year -- well beyond the rate of inflation, say la

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  • April 22, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Thrift Rulings Confuse Banking Lawyers

    Two conflicting U.S. Court of Federal Claims decisions assessing damages owed by the government to the savings and loan industry have left attorneys representing New York-based thrifts in similar l

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  • November 27, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    'Best Person for the Position'Governor Eliot Spitzer announced at a news conference yesterday that he has renominated Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick to the Court of Appeals. Th

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  • April 27, 2007 | The Recorder

    Private Equity Comes to the Table

    High rollers have always been drawn to Las Vegas. Which could help explain why private equity funds have been placing such big bets there lately. Just this month, Apollo Management and Texas

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  • June 6, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Stricter Oversight of Legal Fees Proposed for Large Chapter 11s

    The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program is proposing controversial new guidelines to rein in what some see as out-of-control attorneys’ fees in large corporate restructuri

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  • March 9, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Want to Poach Associates? Good Luck

    Amid an improved economy and an apparent upturn in lateral hiring, some law firms are trying to shield their associates from the wiles of recruiters offering richer rewards. Some firm

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  • January 23, 2006 | National Law Journal

    As Times Get Better, So Do the Bonuses

    Associates at several big law firms across the country welcomed the new year with hefty bonuses that were moderately higher than the year before, a reflection of the legal industry's recent prosper

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  • September 21, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Trolling for Copyrights

    When Danish woodcutter Thomas Dan carved out the fuzzy-haired troll doll in 1959 because he was too poor to buy his daughter a birthday gift, he probably never imagined his creation would wind

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