• June 8, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Shearman, Burning Bright

    A lateral move is like a divorce: Once you do it, you're more likely to do it again. London antitrust star Christopher Bright is the latest example.Bright moved from Linklaters t

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  • February 27, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

    In Profile: Eve Burton, CNN

    "I feel like Dorothy from Kansas," says Eve Burton.That may seem like a curious statement coming from a native New Yorker who's just moved to Atlanta; even odder considering that she's

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  • February 22, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Bar Exam Program Faces Funding Crisis

    Free supplemental preparation for the New York state bar examination could soon become a thing of the past for minority candidates who have depended on a special program offered through a small non

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  • November 6, 2012 | Legaltech News

    Lexis Practice Advisor Counsels GCs

    LexisNexis Legal and Professional, a legal research, software, and service provider, introduced on November 1 a Lexis Practice Advisor module for corporate counsel transactions. The new Corpo

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  • June 23, 2003 | The Recorder

    Diversity Adversity

    At least one California law firm's effort to diversify its ranks has been hampered by the economic downturn.J. Terence O'Malley, chairman and chief executive officer of Gray Cary Ware

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  • January 7, 2002 | Legal Times

    Divide and Conquer

    About a year ago, a young woman from a domestic violence shelter in Alexandria walked into the Fairfax office of Legal Services of Northern Virginia. An illegal immigrant who spoke no English, the

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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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