• April 19, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Lawyering as Fine Art

    A new collection of art passes through Christie's every few days. Its showrooms in Rockefeller Center can be a Louis XVI estate one week, a garage of racy motorcars the next. Visitors might fe

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  • July 27, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Denies Motion to Dismisses Claims Against Langone Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Ramos (

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  • January 23, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Bad Year for N.Y. Law Firms Handling M&As

    How bad a year was it for mergers and acquisitions lawyers?Just ask any lawyer not aboard for Pfizer's $61.3 billion acquisition of Sweden's Pharmacia. By far the largest deal of the y

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  • May 4, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Real Estate Marketplace

    The Young Women's Christian Association of the City of New York has sold its headquarters of 90 years at 610 Lexington Avenue and has moved to leased space at 52 Broadway. After a leng

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  • March 27, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Another Hong Kong Office Closure

    For a custom-made suit at less than what it would cost in New York or London, Hong Kong has long been the place to go.Much to their dismay, some lawyers say that distinction appears to

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  • April 2, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    JPMorgan Chase Wins Dismissal of Enron-Related Investors Suit

    A federal judge has rebuffed investors in JPMorgan Chase who alleged they bought shares in the company out of regard for its "integrity and financial discipline" during the time it was aiding a

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  • May 25, 2000 | The Recorder

    Taking a Bank Holiday

    Crushing workloads in recent years have taken their toll on many working relationships in Silicon Valley. Particularly hard hit have been the ties between corporate lawyers and investment bank

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  • October 31, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Clifford Chance Memo Reveals Bonus Anxiety

    Among the many bleak facts of large law firm life recounted in the now-famous Oct. 15 Clifford Chance associates' memo, the bleakest for managing partners throughout the city may be that boom-

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  • December 31, 2003 | 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 con

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  • April 20, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Wilmer, Hale and Dorr Merge

    In one of the largest mergers ever between U.S. law firms, Washington's Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and Boston's Hale and Dorr have agreed to combine into a single firm of more than 1,000 l

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