• April 5, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Outside Counsel

    Consumers Expectations Play Role in Defect CasesIn 1973, New York for the first time recognized the tort of strict products liability in design defect cases.

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  • August 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Dewey and LeBoeuf to Merge

    NEW YORK � Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae have agreed to merge, creating a firm of more than 1,300 lawyers.Expected to become effective by October, subject to

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  • February 5, 2004 | The Recorder

    Akin Gump Chips Way Into Bay Area

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has poached a pair of partners from local Bay Area firms, bolstering its fledgling San Francisco outpost and underscoring the significance of out-of-town fir

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  • May 26, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Sidebar

    IN THE WAITING ROOMTwenty-six people claim to have blown the whistle on Columbia/ HCA, the world's largest health care company, which is in a world of trouble. When the company agreed

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  • February 28, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Mergers & Acquisitions

    Medco To Buy Accredo Health for $2BPharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions of Franklin Lakes agreed last Wednesday to pay $2.2 billion for Accredo Health of M

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  • October 19, 2007 | The Associated Press

    Media, Web Companies Set Copyright Rules

    A coalition of major media and Internet companies Oct. 18 issued a set of guidelines for handling copyright-protected videos on large user-generated sites such as MySpace. Conspicuously abs

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  • October 28, 2002 | Legal Times

    Chart: Out-of-Towners

    1 5 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Philadelphia 304 332 2 12 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York 236 208 3 17 Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue N/A 217 195 4 18

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  • November 16, 2004 | The Recorder

    Federal Judge Tosses Porn Purveyor's Copyright Suit Against Credit Card Companies

    Credit card companies aren't liable when someone uses their charge card to buy purloined pornography, a federal court in San Jose, Calif., ruled Monday.Ruling from the bench, U.S. Dist

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  • October 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    In Re Swipe Fee LitigationVisa Inc., MasterCard Incorporated, and a group of credit card–issuing banks agreed on

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  • October 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    National Rankings: Season of Uncertainty

    It was a challenging year for law school students as firms cut back on pr

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