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  • October 29, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Big firms prepare to staff the phones

    For thousands of lawyers across the United States, Election Day isn't just about casting ballots for their preferred candidates. It's also about making sure that the system under which Americ

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  • September 28, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    First Hearing on Civil Legal Services Set for Today Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman convenes his first hearing today on the state's civil legal services system and how spec

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  • July 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    The Good Fight

    Is free legal work always pro bono? May a firm fairly include in its pro bono hours exemplary work for which it is paid? These are questions The American Lawyer has been discussing more than u

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  • July 7, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    U.S. Copyright Act Shields Songwriters From Spears' Request for Payment of Attorney Fees

    A suit brought by local songwriters against pop star Britney Spears has hit the Eastern District Court one more time, now with a ruling denying a claim for attorney fees by the singer's attorn

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  • March 1, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Correction, 3/4/2013, 11:00 a.m. EST: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the position Louis Greenstein held at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &am

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  • December 11, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Wachtell and Mayer Brown Advise on Bank Acquisition Capital One Financial Corp., has agreed to acquire Maryland-based Chevy Chase Bank in a deal worth $520

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  • November 16, 2005 | National Law Journal

    No-Sleep Zone: The 24-Hour Firm

    John Cogan Jr. is chasing the sun.As the chairman of the global practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Cogan is in charge of business that never sleeps. And with his firm's go

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  • April 15, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    WHAT'S NEXT

    Unlike many of their law firm peers, labor and employment specialists haven't had a lot of downtime in the past few years. The recent economic slowdown has produced a steady dema

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  • August 20, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    WOMEN TO WOMEN

    The Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, at the invitation of the U.S.State Department, met last week with a group of women lawyers from Uzbekistan togive advice on the formation of law f

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  • September 6, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Are Associate Layoffs Heading East?

    In an iffy economy, and in the wake of recent layoffs at two major California law firm, many New York City associates have been asking nervously: Is it going to happen here?While there

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