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  • September 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Lifetime Achievers 2010: Judith Kaye, Skadden Arps

    When Judith Kaye graduated from New York University School of Law in 1962, her job search was an exercise in frustration. Firms rejected her simply by saying that they had already fil

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  • February 25, 2008 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    ALIXPARTNERSThomas Barnett, 47, was named managing director of AlixPartners' e-discovery practice. He previously was special counsel in the litigation practice at S

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  • June 14, 2007 | The Recorder

    Cooley Helps Drug Maker in $420M Sale

    Biotech giant Amgen Inc.'s $420 million purchase of local drug maker Ilypsa Inc. demonstrates a trend of large life-sciences companies deciding to buy up companies outright, instead of investi

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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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