• September 30, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Activision Blizzard / Vivendi Activision Blizzard Inc. took advantage of Vivendi SA's restructuring by agreeing on July 26 to buy back a 35 percent s

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  • December 1, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Competition Has Law Firms Digging Deeper on Campus

    As law firms sought to bolster and diversify their summer associate programs during the fall recruiting season this year, some of them ventured beyond the list of law schools they usually visit or

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  • April 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Revenues of New York Firms Buffeted By Wall Street Woes

    What has the world come to when Cravath, Swaine & Moore has a terrible year? The firm that has served for decades as the touchstone for prestige in the profession last

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  • March 8, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Partners Yearbook 2013

    The past year saw a continued resurgence in new partners at New Jersey firms, which, if not quite as robust as the year before, still held its own as an indicator that the firms are sanguine

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  • December 28, 2000 | The Recorder

    There's a New Sheriff in Town

    This time, the alleged crooks wear Bruno Maglis instead of Nikes. Their weapons of choice are calculators, not guns. A victory will echo outside the courtroom, but along Silicon Valley's Page

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  • September 19, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Centralizing Asbestos Claims in a Single Forum

    With the recent surge of asbestos litigation naming an ever-increasing number of companies as defendants in courts throughout the United States, the need for centralization of these cases for an ef

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  • March 29, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Jury Awards Smoker $17 Million in Punitive Damages A Manhattan Supreme Court jury yesterday awarded $17.1 million in punitive damages against Philip Morris, the nation's

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  • December 9, 2002 | Legal Times

    Enron Lawyers Face Fee Cuts

    The legions of lawyers squabbling over the bankrupt Enron Corp. may now be able to agree on at least one thing: Joseph Patchan is a real burr under their saddle.Patchan, a former bankr

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  • June 23, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Wachtell, Mayer Brown, Sullivan, Dechert Advise $9 Billion Acquisition Capital One Financial will acquire ING Direct, the online banking unit of Dutch financial institu

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  • November 1, 2008 |

    Who Protects Innovation Data

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