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  • November 30, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Businesses Win End to Multiple Apartheid Suits

    A federal judge has dismissed a series of cases in which plaintiffs sought to recover billions of dollars from a host of companies who did business with the regime in South Africa during the d

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  • December 21, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    No Highs, No Lows: Big Firms Saw Year of Relative Calm

    For the most part, large Pennsylvania law firms kept their proverbial heads down as they tried to plow through what they hoped would be a stabilizing, if not improving, 2010. The constant ne

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  • August 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb to merge

    Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae have agreed to merge, creating a firm of more than 1,300 lawyers.Expected to become effective by October, subject to partner approva

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  • January 1, 2009 |

    Making a Daring Escape

    Poaching lawsuits are on the rise. Employers, fighting to stay alive in a challenging economy, are using litigation to keep competitors from snatching away top talentand trade secrets. Lawyers acro

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  • April 4, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Case Proceeds Against Amex on Currency Price-Fix Charges

    In an antitrust conspiracy case that turns on a key meeting at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering in 1999, a federal judge has denied summary judgment to American Express on charges of colluding with ba

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  • July 1, 2010 | Law.com

    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 i

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  • August 9, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate Governance Practice Groups Spawn From Troubled Waters

    A corporate governance group might not be a bad idea, said Mark Vecchio, of San Francisco-based Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe. "It's the flavor of the month."IN THE HOURS, days and wee

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  • January 2, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    A Galaxy of Bright Lights

    If you simply looked at the recent achievements of David Boies, you'd have the makings of an impressive Litigation Department of the Year candidate. He helped Oracle Corporatio

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  • September 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Getting to Know You

    When we conducted our annual outside counsel survey last year, there was talk of revolution in the air. The recession was forcing corporate law departments to cut their budgets wherever they could,

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  • August 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    No Sure Thing

    Defendants facing racketeering claims with an international twist have been quick to cite the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank, which sharply c

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