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  • May 26, 2008 | Legal Times

    Conference Call: Fight at High Court Over Fantasy Baseball

    Conference Call summarizes the roughly 15 percent of all nonpauper petitions that are the most likely candidates for certiorari. It is prepared by the law firms Akin Gump Strau

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  • June 19, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Firms act to stem lateral flight

    When Richard Ross and his band of real estate lawyers broke away from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey to help establish a Phoenix office for Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, the move marked the

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  • November 16, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Should leaders at big law firms get CEO pay

    Arguing that attorneys at the nation's top law firms need higher salaries may be a tough sell. But at a time when many big firms are operating more like corporations, the question is whether

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  • June 2, 2006 | The Associated Press

    Judge approves settlement in KPMG tax shelter lawsuit

    NEWARK, N.J. AP - A federal judge on Friday gave final approval to a $153.9 million settlement that a law firm and accounting firm KPMG LLP have reached with about 200 former clients who used

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  • April 18, 2011 | Law.com Corporate

    The 2012 APPELLATE HOT LIST

    The U.S. Supreme Court arguments over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — Obamacare, if you must — figure prominently in this year's list of hot appellate firms. Scarce

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  • April 18, 2005 | Legal Times

    Andersen's Paper Jam

    It began with an e-mail that any in-house counsel could have written: a reminder to colleagues about the company's document retention policy."It will be helpful to make sure that

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  • January 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Howrey Vice Chairman Leaves for Dewey & LeBoeuf

    The bleeding continues at Howrey. The latest departures from the firm include Henry Bunsow, who until recently served as vice chairman of the firm and managing partner of Howrey's Northern Californ

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  • March 30, 2011 | New York Lawyer

    Benchmarking Women in BigLaw

    There's no shortage of advocacy organizations that evaluate law firms for the flexibility of their work policies and success in advancing and retaining women, but a new effort is underway to obje

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  • October 26, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Hedge Fund Boom

    Black Diamond Capital Management, a hedge fund based in Lake Forest, Ill., was on a buying spree in 2002, making investments and snapping up struggling companies. Then it ran up again

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  • May 26, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Cornell Loses Bid for $12 Mil. in Attorney Fees

    Although its attorneys engaged in some "marginally" vexatious litigation tactics, the Hewlett-Packard Co. should not be forced to pay some $12 million in attorney fees incurred by Cornell

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