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  • May 17, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Here Come the Payoff Police

    As they rack up wins in their ramped-up enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission have a simple message: You ain't seen

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  • January 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Leaner Pay, Bonuses May Be 2008 Reality

    As law firms wrapped up operations for 2007, the associate compensation picture looked eerily similar to the boom before the bust seven years ago. The ratio of bonuses to base salarie

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  • August 12, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Capmark Bankruptcy Gets Ugly

    In a twist on a theme we've seen in a couple of prior bankruptcies, the creditors committee in the Capmark Financial Group case is taking aim at heavyweight lenders who loaned Capma

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  • November 5, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2010

    It’s too soon to say whether the recovery cycle has kicked in for New Jersey law firms, but after two years of decline, associate hires are back on the upswing. Featured in this, o

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  • August 20, 2010 | Law.com

    Stop Making Sense: Hire! Fire! Hire Again!

    Some people find silver linings in life's misfortunes. Me--I tend to find dark linings even when the news seems bright and cheery. Recently, there's been a flow of upbeat stories about how

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  • February 13, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Foley & Lardner: Stephen P. Fox joins the intellectual property department and the electronics practice group as partner in the firm's Palo Alto, Calif., off

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  • April 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

    New legal battles over going private

    As securities class actions wane, the mergers and acquisitions boom is fueling another type of shareholder class action: court fights that challenge the terms of a merger that would transform a

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  • March 4, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Howrey to Vote on Dissolution Next Week

    Amid a stream of departures, partners at Howrey are set to vote next week on whether to dissolve the law firm, according to three sources familiar with the situation. If partners vote to win

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  • April 26, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Relief denied

    STAFF REPORTER Washington-The story of the Guantanamo Bay detainees seized in the U.S.-Afghan war is a story of how nothing happens, says an American lawyer. Nothing happens, say

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  • November 12, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Big firms slashed headcount at international offices, NLJ 250 shows

    Attorneys in the international offices of the nation's top law firms weren't spared a pummeling by a recession that hit global proportions in 2009. A big piece of the 4%

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