• October 22, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Baker & McKenzie Partner Charged With Stock Fraud

    A partner at Baker & McKenzie has been indicted on charges that he participated in a stock fraud scheme that netted two overseas short-sellers $55 million. According to an indictme

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  • May 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Off to the Races

    William Carstanjen has never been to the Kentucky Derby. Yes, he's seen the last 20 or so on television, but May 6 will mark the first time the general counsel of Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) actuall

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  • June 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    AT&T / T-Mobile AT&T Inc. agreed to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG for $25 bill

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  • October 3, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Circuit Grants Stay in KPMG Trial Over Legal Fees A temporary stay has been granted in the legal compensation case involving accounting company KPMG and ex-employees facing tax

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  • June 18, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Pataki Wins Ruling On Budget Powers

    The decision marks the second time this year that a state court has held that the Legislature's role in the budget process is passive compared with the governor's.A MANHATTAN judge has hande

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  • February 17, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    9th Circuit: Pharma Sales Reps Exempt From Overtime Laws

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that pharmaceutical sales representatives are exempt from federal overtime laws, creating what some see as an appellate court split that could

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  • July 31, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Cadwalader Lays Off 96 More Lawyers

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft announced yesterday it is laying off 96 lawyers in a second round of job cuts as the Wall Street firm continues to cope with the ongoing effects of the cred

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  • April 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cravath, Simpson Thacher Lead Sale of Tyco's Flow Control Unit Tyco International has agreed to combine its flow control business with Pentair, which specializes i

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  • June 2, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Did Affirmative Action Really Hinder Clarence Thomas?

    Why couldn't Clarence Thomas get a job with a big-city law firm when he graduated from Yale in 1974? It's not an idle question. That "time of dashed hopes and expectations," as Thomas onc

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  • April 30, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Behind the Am Law 100 Numbers

    They may lament that they are the poor cousins of hedge fund managers and private equity stakeholders, but Am Law 100 partners are hardly suffering. In 2006, for the first time since The Ameri

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