• June 5, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Alan M. Christenfeld and Shephard W. Melzer are partners at Clifford Chance US LLP. Mark Pesso, an associate at the firm, assisted in the preparation of this article.

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  • September 30, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Law and the News

    When Thomas Curley, former publisher of USA Today, took over as CEO of the Associated Press last year, he wanted a strong general counsel at his side. The news organization employed a

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  • June 15, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Korean Government Approves Three Law Firms' Prospective Office Heads

    South Korea's decision last year to lift restrictions barring U.S. and U.K. law firms from opening offices in the country resulted in some of the world's leading firms a class="linelink" tar

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  • March 1, 2008 | Legaltech News

    Editor's Note

    LegalTech New York exceeded everybody's expections, and no one was happier than Henry Dicker, vice president of ALM Events. Attendance was 12,797, an amazing 7 percent increase over 2007. Attendees

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  • April 21, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Deal of the Week

    Chase Manhattan Corp. has hired New York's Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as U.S. counsel, and London's Clifford Chance as United Kingdom counsel, for its $7.7 billion purchase of Robert Fleming Ho

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  • November 17, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Nine Firms on Citigroup's $4.1 Billion Sale of EMI Businesses Citigroup will sell the record music and music publishing divisions of EMI Group to Universal Music Group a

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  • April 7, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Arbitration and firms: a very delicate dance

    A recent wave of lawsuits against law firms brought by their attorneys has some firms looking to mandatory arbitration as a way to gain control over such disputes. But the mechanism for

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  • November 28, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Careerist: Poor Sisters Across the Pond

    Jolly old England is not so jolly if you are a female lawyer. Some news and tidbits about our sisters across the pond: And you thought that 15 percent equity rate for American women la

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  • April 29, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Ex-King & Spalding Partners Say Vetting Process Is Thorough

    The process King & Spalding uses to screen potential clients is usually rigorous and time-consuming, but it's not necessarily a flawless system, according to interviews with lawyers who have wo

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  • January 26, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: January 26, 2012

    China/Hong Kong Linklaters has advised Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp. on its acquisition of an interest in Thames Water Utilities Ltd., the U.K

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