• September 19, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Bar Groups Urge Paterson to Veto Civil Jury Bill Bernice K. Leber, president of the New York State Bar Association, yesterday urged Governor David A. Paters

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  • August 11, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Sullivan & Cromwell Advises HSBC on Credit Card, Branch Sales Looking to trim costs and focus on emerging markets, HSBC has agreed to sell its U.S. credit card busin

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  • June 29, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Partner Profits at Elite Firms Hit $2 Million Mark

    Among the nation's largest law firms, $1 million in profits per partner used to be the benchmark that separated the elite from everybody else. Judging from this year's AmLaw 100 Survey, that m

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  • April 6, 2007 | The Recorder

    Trade pact news spurs U.S. law firms' interest in South Korea

    On Thursday morning, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker lawyer Jong Han Kim was once again on a plane from Hong Kong to South Korea. It's a three-hour flight made necessary because t

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  • August 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Investors' Claims Proceed Against Madoff Feeder Fund Southern District Judge Victor Marrero ruled last week that a purported class of investors who lost billions in fund

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  • December 29, 2008 | Legal Times

    Burning Down the House

    It’s official: 2008 is the year the Big Law boom came to a screeching halt. Deal flow is dead, hundreds of lawyers and staff were pink-slipped, and some major Am

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  • November 23, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Spitzer Expected to Renominate Ciparick to Court of Appeals Governor Eliot Spitzer will announce on Monday his renomination of Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick as an associate judge of

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  • July 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Australian Firms Grab Lead Roles on Mining Deal

    Australia is increasingly the place to be for large international and Am Law 200 law firms seeking new venues for deal work. On Monday, China's Hanlong Mining Investment put forth a a class

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  • March 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    Correction: In the original online and print versions of this story, the section related to the Fairfax Financial v. S.A.C. Capital Management, et al. litig included incorrect inform

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  • December 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Power of One

    Big Law is not known as a welcoming place for women partners. But a close look at the latest numbers reveals that women are actually making g mp;#151;sometimes substantial g

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