• November 12, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    More Law Firms Announce Bonus Intentions

    Three additional law firms have announced their intention to give associates a "special" one-time bonus in addition to the traditional year-end bonus. Shearman & Sterling and Fried, Fran

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  • November 5, 2007 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    C s wary of plan for policing federal bench The national committee in charge of fashioning new rules for disciplining wayward federal judges decided to withhold the c

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  • September 25, 2007 | The Recorder

    Firm Pays More. And Less.

    LOS ANGELES � There are really just two kinds of law firms these days: Those that pay their associates at "market," and those that don't get anywhere near it. Duv

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  • March 25, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Baker Botts, Cravath Steer Marathon and Ashland Deal Marathon Oil Corporation has agreed to acquire Ashland Inc.'s 38 percent minority interest in Marathon

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  • November 4, 2005 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    JUDGE UNSEALS ORDER CORCHING CAR EXPERTA Placer County judge has unsealed a 3-year-old court order that may make it easier for plaintiffs to attack the credibility of Irvine-bas

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  • July 23, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    Robert Lemle

    Robert Lemle isn't a member of the Dolan family, the controlling shareholders of Cablevision Systems Corp. But when it comes to his compensation and responsibilities, the top in-house la

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  • April 17, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Putting a J.D. to use outside the law

    It's no wonder, given the hits the legal profession has taken, that lawyers (and law students) are considering alternative careers. But what can you do with a law degree if you don't w

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  • August 10, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Merck Subs Williams & Connolly for Cravath in Vioxx Securities Case at Supreme Court

    The first time Evan Chesler of Cravath, Swaine & Moore argued that the statute of limitations barred shareholders' Vioxx-related securities fraud claims against Merck, he won: A New Jersey federal

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  • June 29, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Update: Possible Bidding War Clouds Southern Union Picture

    Two weeks after Dallas-based Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) agreed to pay $4.2 billion

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  • March 26, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Daycare

    Women lawyers of child-bearing age now account for 43 percent of associate ranks at the nation's large law firms, according to a survey by the National Association for Law Placement in Washing

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