• July 22, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Remove

    Kenneth R. Feinberg, the special master in charge of the federal program to compensate an estimated 3,200 families of people killed or physically injured in the Sept. 11 attacks, is expected to sen

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  • June 2, 2003 | Legal Times

    One Firm's Quick Start to Profits

    McKee Nelson has struck again. The raptor-like tax and capital-markets boutique has snared yet another marquee partner from a much larger and more established competitor.This time, it'

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  • May 31, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Long-Time NYCLA Leader Takes Over as President

    Though he just took over as president of the New York County Lawyers' Association last week, Edwin David Robertson sounds like a man who has been in charge for months. Mr. Robertson, a

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  • April 25, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    No Reimbursement Given for Fees on Fees

    "Were we to accept Siegel's argument, the statutory right to indemnification would apply even to fees and expenses having the most attenuated link to the underlying action," Judge Howard A. Levine

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  • August 21, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    In-House Counsel as Whistleblower: a Rat Without a Remedy?

    More than 30 years ago, Simon Rifkind wrote: One solution that has been proposed for [the ethical problems faced by lawyers] finds one in loud oppositio

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  • August 6, 2007 | Legaltech News

    Must-See Recruiting Sites Invest in Future

    It's time for the 2007 crop of summerassociates to head back toschool, and for law firms to beginscouting next year's hopefuls. Thatmakes it the perfect time to look at howeffectively large law fir

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  • June 3, 2005 | Alm

    Gonzales Mulls Need for Terror Reform

    The Justice Department is in the final stages of presenting President Bush with a proposal to overhaul the department's counterterrorism efforts. The most dramatic option being conside

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  • August 11, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Give Up Perks? Summers Say 'No Thanks'

    As a summer associate, 28-year-old Evan Jowers dined at the Gotham Bar and Grill, went whitewater rafting on the Delaware River and saw "The Lion King," all on Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taf

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  • December 16, 2002 | Alm

    $55M-Plus in Enron Legal, Consulting Fees Approved

    U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez has approved more than $55 million in fees and expenses billed to Enron Corp. by lawyers, financial advisers and other consultants during the first fou

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  • January 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Stage is set for labor brawl

    Business calls it "Armageddon." Labor says it's "a modest step." The multimillion-dollar ad campaigns are beginning even before a proposal making the most dramatic changes in labor law in dec

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