• March 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    U.S. v. Countrywide et al. On February 9, Bank of America Corporation agreed to pay $1 billion to settle a federal probe

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  • January 31, 2000 | Legal Times

    To Be Young and Rich

    I never thought I'd wish I were back in law school. But with today's skyrocketing associate salaries, I feel like a chump for graduating in 1995. Back then, D.C.'s top firms were paying new associa

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  • July 8, 2013 | National Law Journal

    In-House Counsel Profile: LinkedIn's Erika Rottenberg

    COMPANY PROFILE Founded in 2003, LinkedIn Corp. is an online networking and social-media service used by more than 200 million professionals around the

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  • December 7, 2009 | Law.com Corporate

    Wilson Sonsini's Jackpot Pursuit

    When John Roos left Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in May to become U.S. ambassador to Japan, he was forced to leave behind his stake in the law firm's famed investment fund, WS Investment Co

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  • November 7, 2009 | National Law Journal

    The List, A-Z

    Adams and Reese 161 Adorno & Yoss 147 Akerman Senterfitt 83 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 35 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory& Natsis 174 Alst

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  • December 10, 2008 | The Recorder

    New Partner Candidates May Have Harder Road

    New partner announcements are starting to come in, and things aren't looking so good. Thirteen Am Law 200 firms

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  • February 20, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs Take Law School Fraud Cases to N.Y. High Court

    The New York courts haven't been friendly to a spate of fraud class actions targeting law schools, but the attorneys behind the suits aren't throwing in the towel just yet. They h

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  • December 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Under Siege

    Nearly 20 years ago, Qualcomm Incorporated's founder, Irwin Jacobs, made one hell of a bet. Jacobs believed that a technique invented for guiding torpedoes during World War II-a highly complex

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  • September 21, 2009 | Law.com Corporate

    Thelen Files for Bankruptcy

    Thelen LLP filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York on Thursday night, almost a year after the firm voted to dissolve.The move was the only way to be fair to all u

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  • October 29, 2010 | The Associated Press

    Jury convictes boyfriend in Anna Nicole drug case

    LOS ANGELES AP - A jury has absolved Anna Nicole Smith's doctor of prescribing excessive drugs for her but convicted her boyfriend and a psychiatrist of conspiring to use fake names on prescr

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