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  • August 9, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Obituary: John S. Allee

    John S. Allee of Lakesville, Conn., a former litigation partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, died July 25 from Parkinson's disease. He was 78. Mr. Allee graduated from Wesleyan University i

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  • April 16, 2007 | The Recorder

    Where Does All That Associate Money Go?

    Kathryn Cole, a 25-year-old who earned her J.D. last year from the University of Michigan Law School, accepted a position at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges in Silicon Valley. Her starti

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  • March 30, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Class Action Settlements Peaked in '06

    NEW YORK � The dollar amounts of federal securities class action settlements reached record highs in 2006, two industry surveys have reported.Securities Class Action Services estimates

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  • June 4, 2012 | International

    A Woman's Place

    In 1992, when Chun Wei started out as an associate in the Hong Kong office of Sullivan & Cromwell, the demographics of the legal profession reflecte

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  • May 9, 2011 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    LATERALS KING & SPALDING (Atlanta): Martin Hunt joins the firm's corporate practice as partner in the London office and will focu

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  • June 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Voting Rights Decision Imperils Pro Bono Wins

    The Supreme Court's decision striking down a crucial part of the Voting Rights Act leaves hanging some of the most notable pro bono victories large law firms won last year, especiall

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  • July 8, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Wachtell doubles M&A work for first half of '09

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the most-profitable U.S. law firm, was the top legal adviser on mergers and acquisitions for the first half of 2009 after advising on deals worth double th

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  • June 12, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    It was a frigid morning in January 1981. I was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell facing my first major trial: Callahan v. Carey, the original right to shelter case. I was convince

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  • August 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Lawyer Explosion

    A few years ago, Cravath, Swaine & Moore was content to rest on its laurels when it came to recruitment. Ronald Cami, the head of recruiting for Cravath's corporate department, said, "We l

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  • July 7, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    WASP law firms finally dead?

    Harvard law professor Noah Feldman had some very nice things to say about WASPs (in case you forgot, that stands for "White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant") and their contribution to diversity in an op-ed

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