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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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  • May 9, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Firm Wins Deferred-Payment Case

    NEW YORK � The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that law firm Fish & Neave acted properly when it voted to defer compensation due to partners leaving the firm, including former managing

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  • January 31, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    How Bad Is It?

    The December collections frenzy is now a memory. If the check was really in the mail, it's arrived and been counted. Firms have paid last year's bills, written their year-end bonus checks (if

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  • April 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    $84 Million and Counting for Fees, Expenses in Record-Setting Bankruptcy

    The law firms working on various pieces in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy have begun submitting their fee applications, and the early returns are fittingly big for the largest and most c

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  • November 30, 2007 | The Recorder

    All's Too Quiet on Bonus Front

    LOS ANGELES � Want to kill a conversation with a California law firm leader? Talk about bonuses. Weeks after top New York firms started announcing lavish specia

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  • January 7, 2008 | Bloomberg

    N.Y. firm leads in deal advise despite slow year all around

    Sullivan & Cromwell, hired to advise on six of the 10 biggest deals in 2007, led all law firms in mergers and acquisitions for the fourth year in a row. The New York-based law fir

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  • April 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Equities: Back in the Running

    The highly anticipated "great recovery"of the American economy in 2010 turned into the humdrum recovery of 2010. Key indicators, such as unemployment, which stubbornly averaged 9.6

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  • January 15, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Applying Two Laws Passed After 9/11 Attacks

    Pending the governor's action in filling the vacancy caused by Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick's retirement from the Court of Appeals, the court—as can be seen if you visit its "live

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  • Gearren v. McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc., 10-792-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-10-21
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker, Cabranes, and Straub, C. JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Edwin J. Mills, Stull, Stull & Brody, New York, NY (Michael J., Klein, Stull, Stull & Brody, New, York, NY; Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Albert Y. Chang, Johnson Bottini, LLP, San Diego, CA, on the brief),
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Myron D. Rumeld, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY (Russell L. Hirschhorn, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Howard Shapiro, Proskauer Rose LLP, New Orleans, LA; Floyd Abrams, Susan Buckley, Tammy L. Roy, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY, on the brief)
    Case Number: 10-792-cv (L)

    Cite as: Gearren v. McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc., 10-792-cv (L), NYLJ 1202519591199, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 19, 2011)Before: Walker, Cabranes, and Stra