• July 28, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Verizon, Yellow Book Square Off in Court Over False-Ad Claim

    A trial began Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., pitting Verizon's yellow pages unit against its chief independent rival, Yellow Book USA.Verizon Directories Corp., a subsidiar

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  • June 1, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

    He's No PAC Man

    In raising money for his White House bid, Barack Obama has posed as an outsider in a town full of insiders. Instead of cozying up to Washington's influence peddlers, the junior senator from Il

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  • January 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    A Bridge Too Far?

    Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. is destined to enter the annals of merger enforcement law. In mid-November the company appeared before the five members of the Federal Trade Comm

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  • September 10, 2002 | National Law Journal

    S&L Cases Moving, but Government Draws Flak

    After years of litigation, federal judges have begun to issue decisions on liability or damages in more than a dozen individual Winstar lawsuits brought by the owners of savings and loa

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  • August 9, 1999 | Legal Times

    FIRMS SPEND ON BUSH

    According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which gathered the data from filings with the Federal Election Commission, the top five law firm contributors to presidential candidates have overwhelm

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  • June 26, 2003 | The Recorder

    Bingham, Riordan Called 'Fantastic Fit'

    The recently announced merger between Bingham McCutchen and Riordan & McKinzie may not be a merger of equals, but it appears to serve an equally critical function for each firm.For

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  • January 6, 2004 | Legal Times

    D.C. Circuit Showdown over Yucca Mountain Facility

    WASHINGTON -- A battle over a planned nuclear waste storage facility in Yucca Mountain, Nev., that has spanned almost two decades will reach what could be a final legal showdown in a federal a

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  • November 11, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

    SEC Proposes New Disclosure Rules

    The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed stringent new rules requiring securities lawyers to disclose evidence of wrongdoing at companies they counsel. The propos

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  • June 6, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Ronald's Lawyer

    Name and title: Gloria Santona, corporate executive vice president and general counsel Age: 56 Billions and billions: McDonald's Corp.'s 2006 global revenues of $

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  • January 24, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Law Firm Disqualified From Liz Claiborne Sex Bias Suit A Manhattan judge has disqualified the law firm Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman from defending Liz Claiborne Inc. in

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