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  • August 15, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Questions Amount of Jail Time Ferry Pilot Is Facing A federal judge on Friday questioned why Richard Smith, the pilot of the Staten Island ferry that crashed and ki

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  • July 30, 2008 | Law.com Corporate

    Cadwalader Lays Off 96 More Lawyers

    Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announced today it is laying off 96 lawyers in a second round of job cuts as the Wall Street firm continues to cope with t

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  • January 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Obstacle Course

    Last November, Sharon Nelles was trying very hard not to think about cookies. The Sullivan & Cromwell partner was about to begin trial in a massive antitrust suit in Des Moines against her

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  • October 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    New Term Dawns at U.S. Supreme Court

    Questions in high-stakes cases flew fast and furious during the first week of the new Supreme Court term, and not only from the justices' bench. The new term opened on Oct. 3 with as much sp

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  • October 7, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    The Message Minefield

    When the government unleashed a barrage of damaging e-mail during the Microsoft antitrust case six years ago, electronic discovery entered the popular consciousness. Recent cases as we

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  • August 11, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    JPMorgan Stirs the Pot in Billion-Dollar WaMu Litigation

    With $10 billion and its honor at stake, it's no wonder that JPMorgan Chase and its lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell are scratching and clawing in the litigation over JPMorgan's fire-sale acquisi

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  • February 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Big Firm Love

    It's a cold February morning in Brooklyn Heights, New York, and the Seymours are huddled under the duvet, each clicking on his-and-her Black­Berrys. Across the b

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  • April 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    No Precedent

    Dealmaker #1 - Bank Bailouts: H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell H. Rodgin Cohen has never had a busier year. By our count--he has lost track--he advised on

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  • February 5, 2008 | International Edition

    Skadden Leads on Microsoft's Yahoo Bid

    LONDON — Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is leading a heavyweight lineup of advisers on Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Web rival Yahoo. The New York firm is advising Y

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  • November 7, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Six Structured Finance Associates Laid Off By Clifford Chance

    In one of the first clear signs that slumping credit markets are causing economic pain at law firms, Clifford Chance on Monday laid off a group of associates in the structured finance area. b

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