• February 17, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    No Plans Yet to Close Youth Facilities, Carrion Says The governor may take as long as June to reveal which juvenile offender facilities it wants to shutter, the head of

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  • May 28, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Retail therapy

    COMPANY PROFILE In 1886, Minnesota railroad agent Richard Sears began selling watches to supplement his income. The following year, he moved to Chicago a

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  • September 11, 2006 | Legal Times

    Full Disclosure

    Plan CDeclaring that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration "sacrificed women's health in the name of politics" by green-lighting Barr Laboratories' application to s

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  • May 4, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Thelen Reid's Profits Are Up, but Partners Are Out

    The bicoastal firm Thelen Reid & Priest has a lot to crow about. Fiscal year 2005 saw profits jump by a third, growth unparalleled since the firm was created in a 1998 merger. Both average bill

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  • May 21, 2007 | Legal Times

    Working Lunch: Arbitration — South American Style

    Paolo Di Rosa is a new partner in Arnold & Porter's litigation group, where he heads the firm's international arbitration practice. The firm scooped Di Rosa, along with partners Gaela

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  • February 5, 2008 | Legal Times

    After Giuliani, lawyers shift their allegiances

    Theodore Olson has been a hard-core supporter of Rudolph Giuliani -- but last week he wasted little time.Just 36 hours after Giuliani announced he was dropping out of the race, Olson,

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  • July 28, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Cybersquatters' Latest Target: 'Dot-cm'

    Trademark attorneys are warning companies about a new target for cybersquatters known as ".cm," which is the country code—or top level domain—for the West African nati

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  • November 29, 2007 | The Recorder

    Discovering a Patent Troll

    When he first saw it, David Bloch thought the patent infringement lawsuit against client Discover Financial Services was just another troll case in the rocket-docket Eastern District of Texas.

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  • February 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    The Two Faces Of Rick

    The story of former assistant U.S. attorney Richard Convertino seems destined for the big screen. With the government's war on terrorism as the backdrop, it features head-spinning twists and w

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  • September 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Lifetime Achievers

    Thomas Sullivan started practicing law at Jenner & Block in 1954. Jerold Solovy followed the next year. According to Solovy, that gave Sullivan an unfair advantage. "Tom is like the litt

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