• January 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Litigation Department of the Year: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

    Clarification: The article below refers to "apparent evidence of fraud and corruption that has surfaced in the Lago Agrio litigation." Chevron has pre

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  • December 13, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    DLA Piper Gets Green Light for Office in Beijing

    Expanding its global presence in one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has received approval by the Ministry of Justice to open up another office in China, th

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  • October 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    A Global Lawyer in an Italian Suit

    Antonino Cusimano, the general counsel of Telecom Italia S.p.A., is probably one of the busiest corporate legal chiefs in Europe these days. Cusimano, 45, has had to

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  • October 30, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    The Global Lawyer: Exporting the First Amendment

    The title of Exporting the Matrix alludes not to actor Keanu Reeves, but to Justice Benjamin Cardozo, who called free speech the matrix and indispensable condition of all freedom.

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  • August 25, 1999 | The Recorder

    The Tattoo Parlor

    Many cultures consider the tattoo a religious symbol. Littler Mendelson is no exception. At Littler, "tattooing" refers to client contact and how the firm compensates its partners. How it

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  • December 6, 2011 | Law.com Corporate

    The Global Lawyer: How Not to Be an Evil Law Firm

    Once upon a time, a law firm could assuage its guilt by seeking asylum for a Tibetan monk or, if there were no pro bono hours to spare, cutting a check to a Tibetan charity.Then

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  • August 16, 1999 | The Recorder

    Anything They Can Do, I Can Do Cheaper

    When big U.S. law firms set their sights on the growing demand for legal services by international businesses, their instinct seems to be: merge with an established foreign firm and overwhelm the c

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  • July 1, 1999 | The American Lawyer

    The Case for Going Public

    July 1, 2002. The Sterling Law Group today became the first law firm to be listed on Nasdaq, with a $400 million initial public offering. Trading was brisk, with the stock rising from its $17-a-

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  • June 5, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    SECURED TRANSACTIONS

    Creditors frequently ask how to obtain security interests in deposit accounts maintained at another depositary institution (bank) in New York. Before Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code w

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  • June 28, 1999 | Texas Lawyer

    Hayboo!

    Haynes and Boone is running scared. It's scared of the local competition - Jenkens, Gardere, Winstead and the rest. It's scared of the Big Five behemoths. It's scared of breakneck - and bank

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