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  • August 4, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Two Attorneys Pace High Court Arguments

    WASHINGTON - In a remarkable feat, by the end of April arguments in the 2008-09 term, two veteran U.S. Supreme Court advocates each had argued six cases, and attorneys from just three firms and one

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  • January 16, 2008 | Legal Times

    High court's 'Stoneridge' ruling a win for business defendants

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a solid win to third-party defendants in securities litigation -- including law firms, accountants and bankers -- by shielding them from broad "scheme liab

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  • November 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Perspective: An Excess of Zeal

    On May 8, 2009, W.R. Grace & Co. and three of the chemical company's former executives were acquitted of all charges in the largest, most aggressive environmental prosecution ever mounted by th

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  • March 27, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Enron and Reform

    Congress Is Looking at Securities Litigation Law WHEN IT was passed into law in 1995, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act was hailed by the defense bar as a long-overdue

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  • August 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    The Big One Gets Away

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed a sweeping victory to Wal-Mart in June in the company's decade-long effort to thwart a discrimination class action filed on behalf of more than 1 million

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  • August 3, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Argument cycle dominated by veterans

    In a remarkable feat, by the end of April arguments in the 2008-09 term, two veteran U.S. Supreme Court advocates each had argued six cases, and attorneys from just three firms and one law sc

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  • November 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    The Big Pond

    Blame it on the economy: This year's crop of summer associates was a little less lighthearted than usual. As a group, summer associates expressed somewhat greater uncertainty about wh

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  • May 28, 2008 | Legal Times

    High Court OKs Suits Against Retaliation Over Workplace Claims

    In a pair of workplace discrimination cases, the Supreme Court on Tuesday made it easier for workers

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  • May 3, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas' Top Deals of 2003

    CAREMARK RX INC. Acquisition of ADVANCEPCS Description: Acquisition of AdvancePCS, of Irving, by Caremark RX Inc., of Birmingham, Ala., in a deal valued at about $6 billio

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  • October 26, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Advocates for Vets

    The City Bar Justice Center, the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association, launched the Veterans Legal Clinic this week in concert with attorneys from 10 Manhattan firms. b

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