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  • November 9, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    State Bar Backs Letting In-Housers From Out of State Practice Without Passing NY Exam

    ALBANY - Leaders of the New York State Bar Association have asked the Court of Appeals to permit in-house counsels who have a "continuous presence" in New York to b

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  • February 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Canadian firm a player in the two largest deals

    The name Blake, Cassels & Graydon may not immediately ring a bell. The Canadian firm isn't flashy. It doesn't grab too many headlines south of its own border, and it isn't aggr

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  • January 25, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Microsoft looks to 'Jefferson Parish'

    When you don't have the law on your side, argue the facts. When you don't have the facts on your side, argue the law. Lawyers from New York's Sullivan & Cromwell really didn't have muc

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  • May 26, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    NY Lawyers Closing Billion Dollar Deals

    Dewey, Cravath Lead on $1 Billion Insurance Deal Hoping to increase its online presence, insurance provider Allstate Corporation has agreed to purchase insurance companies E

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  • February 14, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Bonuses? Yes. Partner? Remote.

    I don't get the logic: Big firms are lavishing associates with fat bonuses again, while, at the same time, signaling that their chances for partnership are worse than ever. Are firms s

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  • January 16, 2012 | International

    How Bad Will It Get?

    Just last fall, the attention of the international legal community in Asia was riveted on the bold moves and mergers several firms were undertaking in the region. Such moves reflected widespread co

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  • May 3, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Criminal Charges? Feds Reportedly Open Criminal Inquiry Into Goldman

    This is a surely a week Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. would like to forget, and not just because several of its top executives

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  • September 15, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Lipton Exchanged

    Martin Lipton's ties to the New York Stock Exchange have been cut. Arguably the most powerful corporate adviser in America, Lipton had been the exchange's chief outside corporate counsel

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  • November 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    How We Got Here

    Lehman Brothers is bankrupt, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns have sold themselves, and Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have turned into bank holding companies. The era of the independent

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  • In re VeriFone Holdings, Inc. Securities Litigation

    Publication Date: 2012-12-21
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    Date Filed: 2012-12-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, M. Margaret McKeown, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sanford Svetcov (argued), Susan K. Alexander, Christopher P. Seefer, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Francisco, California; Patrick J. Coughlin, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Brendan P. Cullen (argued), Sverker K. Hogberg, Achyut J. Phadke, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Palo Alto, California; Robert A. Sacks, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees VeriFone Systems, Inc. and Douglas Bergeron. Jordan Eth (argued), D. Anthony Rodriguez, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee Barry Zwarenstein.
    Case Number: No. 11-15860

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13939In Re: VERIFONE HOLDINGS, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION,NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY PENSION FUND, Lead plaint