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  • August 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    BLACKROCK/BARCLAYS BlackRock, Inc., announced on June 11 that it had agreed to pay Barclays plc $13.5 billion in cash and st

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  • July 5, 2012 | The Recorder

    Vincent Maffeo

    If you wanted to build an impenetrable space shield capable of destroying flocks of incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles, who would you call? You might try Scientific Applications Int

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  • October 6, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Projects

    A pledge of 5,000 hours of legal work on behalf of low-income children facing suspension from public schools and federal funding cuts for Head Start programs has been made by DLA Piper US

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  • December 6, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Huge IPO Case Hits Big Snag at 2nd Circuit

    A federal appeals court Tuesday vacated class certification in six key cases in the massive litigation over dot-com era initial public offerings -- a potentially devastating setback for plaintiffs

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  • May 3, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    In Defense of Reasons

    Arbitration bodies and the arbitrators who work for them have the same basic goal: to render efficient and enforceable decisions.But they can have quite different ways of doing it.

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  • May 10, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Immigration Proof Allowed; Dominatrix Mention Denied

    A jury that will decide the back wages claim of a Brazilian nanny will not be allowed to hear that her allegedly stingy boss is a dominatrix. Southern District Judge Laura Taylor Swain

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  • January 8, 2004 | The Recorder

    IPO Market Sags Again in 2003

    It doesn't take much these days to be a leading player among law firms that handle initial public offerings. During the Internet boom, a firm had to handle as many as 100 IPOs to be co

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  • August 2, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Partner Named to Federal Evidence Rules Committee Paul Shechtman, a partner with litigation boutique Stillman, Friedman & Shechtman, has been named one of two privat

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  • January 25, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    A Common Obligation

    Eight years of delicate work by New Yorkers to forge a viable pro bono legal establishment in Latin America were capped Tuesday evening with a Manhattan gathering of scores of local and foreig

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  • May 4, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    No Pay Hike Until Economy Improves, Governor Says The shaky economy has effectively shelved the possibility of a judicial pay raise until a recovery occurs,

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