• June 21, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    'Advice of Counsel' Evidence Limited in Tourre Fraud Case

    In a victory for the Securities and Exchange Commission, a federal judge in Manhattan will limit the evidence that Fabrice Tourre can present to jurors about the numerous lawyers who reviewe

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  • November 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Reverse Commute

    DAVID BERNICK, former general counsel of Philip Morris International Inc., joined Boies, Schiller & Flexner as a partner in New York. Duane Morris announced that

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  • October 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    New Clerk Tapped for Third Department Michael J. Novack will retire as clerk of the Appellate Division, Third Department, on Nov. 23, and Deputy Clerk Robert D. Mayberge

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  • February 22, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Clifford Chance Advising Shell on $1.6 Billion African Energy Deal

    Moving to expand its reach into East Africa, Royal DutchRoyal Dutch Shell has offered to buy oil exploration company Cove Energy for $1.6 billion, the companies announced Wednesday. Th

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  • January 3, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    Debt Collectors

    It started with a seismic event. The Kobe earthquake of January 1995 sent the Japanese stock market tumbling just when Nick Leeson, a 28-year-old trader at Barings plc, bet that it would climb

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  • October 16, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Mayer Brown has found a new home for its New York City office at the iconic R ller Center complex. The global services law firm has a long-term lease with The R

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  • July 15, 2009 | International Edition

    Baker & McKenzie Slashes U.K. Partner Promotion Round

    Baker & McKenzie has promoted only one lawyer to its London partnership, compared with six in last year's pr

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  • January 1, 2011 | Focus Europe

    The French Empires

    Gide Loyrette Nouel is the pinot noir of law firms. The most exquisite of wine grapes, pinot grows in small quantities in many regions around the world, but sometimes fails to flourish, and always

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  • April 8, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    On the Job: Moves

    To the Coal Face "Down in the (Megawatt) Valley" for the new top lawyer at the energy company. In North Yorkshire, England, along/span

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  • May 25, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Thelen Bankruptcy Estate Seeks Settlement Approval The estate of the defunct law firm Thelen is seeking a bankruptcy judge's approval of a href="http://www.nylj.com/ny

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