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  • May 6, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Fried Frank

    New York's Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and London's Ashurst Morris Crisp have broken off merger discussions, ending a year of speculation on whether the two firms would undert

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  • March 19, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    The Great Rapprochement

    When the Securities and Exchange Commission invited comment on its proposed rules implementing the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform bill last year, lawyers for foreign companies listed on U.S.

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  • January 13, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Credit Card Giants Defend Against Antitrust Charges

    Lawyers for Visa USA Inc. and MasterCard International Inc. on Friday defended themselves on charges that the giant credit card companies conspired to suppress the use of rival debit cards in

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  • January 19, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Investors' Suit Against Enron Dismissed

    PHILADELPHIA � In a suit that directly stemmed from the spectacular demise of Enron Inc., a federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of securities claims brought by investors in a mutual

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  • October 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Singapore: Feeling the West's Pain

    Singapore's export-focused economy has been among the hardest hit in Asia by the global economic crisis. The falloff in demand for the island nation's electronics and chemicals shrank

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  • August 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb to Merge

    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 partner approval,

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  • April 4, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Sudanese Lose Bid to Establish Class as Victims of Genocide

    Sudanese plaintiffs who claim they were victims of genocide at the hands of their government in collaboration with a Canadian oil company have lost their bid for class certification in the Sou

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  • April 17, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Lawyers on Major TransactionsChadbourne, Kirkland, Gibson Counsel Sale of HerbalifeNutritional and weight loss product manufacturer Herbalife International Inc., which maintain

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  • January 6, 2003 | The Recorder

    Red Scare

    Weakened by an anemic tech sector and fighting each other for precious litigation work, the Bay Area's biggest law firms scored sallow returns in 2002 with only a few managing to post signific

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  • December 3, 2002 | The Recorder

    The New Refrain at Brobeck? Accentuate the Positive

    Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, wracked by a year of partner defections and continued decline in corporate work, is attempting to take the offensive to keep remaining partners on board and to

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