• March 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Ingersoll-Rand/Trane After each spent most of 2007 slimming down, Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited and Trane Inc. finally decided that they were in good enough shape for each oth

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  • February 18, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    NY Lawyer. 57, Dies

    Daniel McCarthy, a senior trial assistant district attorney and director of trial training in the Bronx District Attorney's Office, died Tuesday at his Queens home after a ma

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  • August 10, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Law Schools See Signs of Better Job Opportunities for Students

    Emerging from one of the most dismal law firm recruiting seasons in years, law schools are preparing for what early signs indicate will be an improved job market for their students. The ann

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  • April 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    And They're Off!

    William Carstanjen has never been to the Kentucky Derby. Yes, he's seen the last 20 or so on television, but May 6 will mark the first time the general counsel of Churchill Downs Incorporated

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  • September 26, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Suit Reflects Risks of Practice In Mortgage-Backed Securities

    As the global slowdown in the market for mortgage-backed securities threatens a core practice area of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, the New York law firm is also wrestling with a $70 mill

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  • December 27, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cravath, Simpson, Skadden Advise $10 Billion Heating Systems Deal Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. has acquired the New Jersey-based heating and air conditioning systems manufacturer Tra

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  • March 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Not Dead . . . Yet

    Reports of the death of the Alien Tort Statute have been greatly exaggerated, or at least announced prematurely. The theory that U.S. corporations could be held liable for aiding and

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  • May 1, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    decision of interestJudge SteinMatter of the Application of Michael Schmitz - Petitioners, plaintiffs in certain lawsuits pending in the Federal Republic of Germany agai

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  • September 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Work: New Business

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  • September 22, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    U.S. Could Emerge as Major Player In Suits Stemming From Current Crisis

    In the wake of most economic crises, the silver lining for lawyers and law firms is a surge in litigation. The present mess on Wall Street will no doubt spill into the court

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