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  • January 12, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Firms Line Up for Heller Bankruptcy

    About 30 law firms have been identified as possible creditors, or as legal counsel for creditors, of the defunct law firm Heller Ehrman, according to court documents filed in the law firm's bankrup

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  • August 8, 2005 | Legal Times

    Chicago Hopes

    McGuireWoods can trace its Virginia roots back to before the Civil War. But the firm senses that it will need more than its 171-year legacy to remain competitive in the 21st-century lega

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  • April 19, 2010 |

    The Efficiency equation

    The profitability index looks at a firm's ability to convert revenue into profits. This metric seeks to demonstrate which firms best balance leverage and profit margin for the highest possible prof

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  • June 26, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    As Chinese Investment in U.S. Heats Up, M&A Lawyer Carves Out a Niche

    When Guanming Fang arrived in the United States from China at age 24, she did not think culture shock would be a problem. She'd majored in English literature at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, h

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  • January 5, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Beam Him Up

    "Laser: The Inventor, The Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War" by Nick Taylor (Simon & Schuster; 287 pages, $27.50)To many inventors, patents are all about the two mos

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  • December 29, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible: Holiday Cheer; Guantanamo Commissions; and More

    FIRMS PROVIDE CHEER � AND HOLIDAY CASH � FOR THE HOLIDAYS'Tis the season for law firms to spread their wealth around the city. Their lucky recipients? Nonprofits, legal se

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  • February 5, 2007 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    CHADBOURNE & PARKETwo associates have been promoted to counsel at Chadbourne & Parke.Ellen Farrell, 37, practices in the firm's insurance and reinsurance di

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  • August 1, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Saving life, fighting disease

    Name and title: William B. McKeown, vice president, general counsel and deputy secretary Age: 60 Saves wildlife and wild lands: One of the first cons

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  • July 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firms Joining the Drive to Go Green

    Not for nothing are law firms in New York and across the country finally stepping up in a big way to the "a class="linelink" target="new" href="http://www.abanet.org/environ/climatechallenge/

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  • May 23, 1999 | Daily Report Online

    ADA Ruling May Send Some Patients Home: Olmstead v. L.C.

    Calling the institutionalization of mentally disabled persons "a form of discrimination," the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday issued a ruling that may help more state hospital patients enter community-b

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