• March 2, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Portrait of a New Partner

    Piece together the observable components of Atlanta's typical new partner, and you get someone a lot like Sutherland Asbill & Brennan's Avital "Avi" Stadler.Granted, some new partners ma

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  • January 26, 2010 | The Recorder

    Smart-Phone Rivals Fight With Patent Suits

    SAN FRANCISCO — The latest hot spot for patent litigation is in your pocket. Smart-phone makers like Apple Inc. and Research in Motion are the target of a recent volley of patent i

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  • August 14, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Firms start mad dash for fresh talent

    IT'S A SCARY PROSPECT, meeting with partners at a big firm about a job. But, as one law student who landed a summer position at Latham & Watkins quickly realized, the preinterview jitters

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  • March 4, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Jenkens & Gilchrist In New York Joins Troutman Firm

    Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders has acquired the 91-lawyer New York office of Dallas' Jenkens & Gilchrist. The acquisition is a bold move for Troutman Sanders, which has about 600 l

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  • April 30, 2004 | Legal Times

    After Wilmer-Hale Merger, Who's Next?

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering's merger with Boston's Hale and Dorr has lawyers buzzing about the possibility of a string of similar unions involving D.C. firms.Law firm managers and consulta

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  • August 23, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Lawyers Learn From HomeBanc's Demise

    Even though a bankruptcy judge in Delaware this week saved them from financial ruin, real estate closing attorneys said they learned a powerful lesson from the collapse of HomeBanc Corp. -- never a

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  • October 18, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    The Battle to End Free Music

    There's a Jefferson Starship song from 1970 where Paul Kantner imparts his vision of a space colony Utopia. "Free music, the day is on its way," he intones on a Jerry Garcia-meets-Robert Hein

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  • January 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    OCEAN-GOING ATTORNEY CAN'T KEEP CASE AFLOATAfter joining the Marin Yacht Club in San Rafael in 1981, now-retired lawyer John Ford registered several complaints over the years.

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  • October 11, 2004 | The Recorder

    Time to Cram?

    In its recent decision in Till v. SCS Credit Corp., 124 S. Ct. 1951 (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court has waded into murky waters over the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code's "cram-down" prov

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  • January 31, 2001 | Daily Report Online

    Former U.S. Attorney Thompson Reported Choice as Ashcroft's Deputy AG

    Former U.S. Attorney Larry D. Thompson of Atlanta reportedly has been selected by U.S. Attorney General-nominee John Ashcroft to be his second-in-command.Citing an unnamed source close

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