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  • February 23, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    London Fog

    Your firm has taken the plunge. You're going to open a London office. You know the locals drive on the wrong side of the road, and you've already discovered that they speak a different language. Bu

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  • September 11, 2007 | Alm

    Out-of-Town Firms Importing Talent to Boost N.Y. Efforts

    Law firms eager to expand in the New York market from elsewhere have long bemoaned the fiercely competitive local market for lateral partners. The firms want big-name New York lawyers who will

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  • August 30, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields Transfers Five Lawyers to Growing New York Office

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has relocated two partners and three associates to its New York office as it moves to expand its U.S. practice. Dispute resolution partner Brian King has moved

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  • March 23, 2007 | The Recorder

    GE Overhauls Outside Counsel Roster

    NEW YORK � Just two years after some 200 law firms endured the ultimate test of strength and patience for a shot at one of the 140 coveted preferred provider positions at General Electric Co.,

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  • September 3, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    BRITISH PROFITS UP

    Gross revenues at the top 100 British law firms were up 16 percent from 1997 to 1998, according to a survey published this week in The Lawyer, a London legal newspaper. Slaughter and May increa

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  • December 12, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Employment Counselors Gear Up To Aid Down-Sized Attorneys

    For attorney Deb Volberg Pagnotta, remembrance of things past include the unpleasant duty of telling Legal Aid staffers in 2003 that they faced pink slips and her own dismissal in 1995 a

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  • June 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

    The Science of Blobs

    Keep it simple. That is patent attorney Leora Ben-Ami's most useful legal strategy, and it most recently won her one of the largest intellectual property verdicts of the year. "You ta

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  • May 22, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Putting the Net Into the Ocean

    IN-HOUSE COUNSEL James C. Gorton, Global Crossing Ltd.Title: Senior vice president and general counselAge: 38THE COMPANYGlobal Crossing is buildin

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  • February 9, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    U.K.'s Allen & Overy Opens in Australia

    With its Monday announcement that it is opening offices in Sydney and Perth with 17 locally recruited partners, British legal giant Allen & Overy is clearly making a major push into Australia.

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  • July 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Long Island: Briefly Noted

    Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss Indictments A federal judge last week rejected defense motions to dismiss indictments filed against 15 defendants accused of participating in an

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