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  • January 10, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Prominent Law Firms Move to Limit Liability

    In a sign of increased caution in the post-Enron world, two of New York's most prominent law firms have elected to become limited liability partnerships.Sullivan & Cromwell and Pau

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  • September 1, 2007 |

    Reimagining The Library

    When Robert Vanni took the general counsel's job at the New York Public Library 20 years ago, the world was still discovering the wonders of the fax machine. The Internet and such innovations as e-

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  • April 26, 2006 | The Recorder

    Pellicano lawyer lobs grenade

    Steven Gruel has long contended that the feds were out to get his client, the celebrity private eye Anthony Pe o, well before they executed a 2003 search warrant that resulted in Pe

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  • November 18, 2005 | The Recorder

    Prosecutor Downsizes, Switches Sides

    Miles Ehrlich could be cashing in now.Like several assistant U.S. attorneys who've preceded him out the door of the Northern District office in recent years, he could probably get a hi

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  • August 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATESFormer Illinois governor James Thompson, 70, will step down as chairman of Chicago-based Winston & Strawn on Aug. 31, saying it was tim

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  • April 30, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Battle builds over trade merger

    CHICAGO � While the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trying to consummate their merger and shoo away competing bids, they're grappling with a European rival

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  • January 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Time for Taking Chances

    Almost anywhere you went in Asian legal circles over the past year, conversation would inevitably turn to one topic: what's going on with all the recruitment by the U.S. firms in Hong Kong?

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  • December 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Secrets of Bonny Island

    An entrepot at the tip of the Niger Delta, Bonny Island used to be known for oil, gas, pirates, and pygmy hippos. Now it's synonymous with bribery. In 1995 a mostly European consortium won t

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  • March 24, 2004 | The Recorder

    Latham Swells London Office, Snags VC Work

    Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins has been beefing up its European presence again, adding 25 lawyers over the past two years to its London office.The addition of the new lawyers,

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  • September 2, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Travelin' Man: Profile of Travelport Ltd. General Counsel Eric Bock

    BOOK THAT FLIGHT Travelport Ltd. is a global conglomerate of travel-related companies including Worldspan and Galileo, former competitors that feed information about airline

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