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  • April 30, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Jeffrey Randall of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

    The first time Jeffrey Randall of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom handled a patent case in Marshall, Texas, in the state's notoriously (if exaggeratedly) a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/PubAr

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  • February 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    AMR's $11 Billion US Airways Merger a Boon to Big Firms

    Almost a dozen Am Law 100 firms have landed lead advisory roles on the a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/american-and-us-air

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  • June 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    BOOKS: Spoiled Sport

    In a democracy, elections are supposed to produce a good fit between the electorate and the winner. But imagine an open primary or runoff election in a district that's 58 percent Republi

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  • May 11, 2006 | The Recorder

    Six Days, Six Lawyers, $24 Billion

    Golden West Financial Corp. General Counsel Michael Roster used to tell outside lawyers in speeches that there were certain firms he would call in to do a major transaction, or ("God fo

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  • People v. Gilman

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Justice James A. Yates
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Cuomo, NYS Attorney General's Office, New York City (Hannah Stith Long of counsel) for the People.
    for defendant: Proskauer Rose, LLP, New York City (Richard L. Spinogatti and Robert J. Cleary of counsel) for defendant William Gilman. Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, New York City (Scott D. Devereaux of counsel) for defendant Edward McNenney.
    Case Number: 4800-2009

    Justice James A. YatesDecided: July 2, 2010Andrew Cuomo, NYS Attorney General's Office, New York City (Hannah Stith Long of co

  • June 6, 2000 | Legal Times

    Management: Raising the Bar on Legal Writing

    In 1596, Chancellor Egerton of Westminster Hall cut a hole through the center of a lawyer's rambling 120-page tome, stuffed the lawyer's head through it, and paraded him before the entire cour

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  • October 28, 2002 | Legal Times

    Chart: The Legal Times 100

    1 Hogan & Hartson � Washington Washington, D.C. 455/205 450/201 1.1% 51 2 Arnold & Porter � Washington Washington, D.C. 433/159 400/157 8.3% 55 3 Covington & Burlin

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  • March 5, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Which Law Firms Top the Layoff List?

    Corrections: An earlier version of this story referred to associate layoffs when in fact some firms' statistics included other non-partner layoffs, such as of counsel cuts./em

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  • In re Vincent Basciano, 08-2157-op

    Publication Date: 2008-09-23
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-17
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Robert Sack
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    Case Number: 08-2157-op

    Before: Kearse, Leval and Sack, C.JJ. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Jane Simkin Smith (Ephraim Savitt, Richard Jasper, Ying Stafford, New York, NY, of counsel),

  • US v. Robert Coplan, 10-583-cr(L)

    Publication Date: 2012-12-03
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, McLaughlin, and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee United States of America: Richard C. Tarlowe, Assistant United States Attorney, (Mark Lanpher, Andrea L. Surratt, and Katherine Polk Failla, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Robert Coplan: Dennis P. Riordan, (Donald M. Horgan and Gary Dubcoff, on the brief), Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA; Ted Sampsell Jones, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN. For Defendant-Appellant Martin Nissenbaum: Nathan Lewin, (Alyza D. Lewin, on the brief), Lewin & Lewin, LLP, Washington, DC. Of counsel; For Defendant-Appellant Richard Shapiro: Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, (Marc E. Isserles and James Darrow, on the brief), Macht, Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP, New York, NY; Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Brian Vaughn: Robert G. Anderson, (Donna Brown Jacobs, on the brief) Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS. For Defendant-Appellant Charles Bolton: Marc N. Garber, The Garber Law Firm, P.C., Marietta, GA. For amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; in support of Defendants-Appellants: Joshua L. Dratel, Joshua L. Dratel, P.C., New York, NY, for amicus curiae New York Council of Defense Lawyers; Laura Grossfield Birger and Rachel B. Kane, Cooley LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 10-583-cr(L)

    Cite as: US v. Robert Coplan, 10-583-cr(L), NYLJ 1202579883765, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 29, 2012)Before: Kearse, McLaughlin, and Cabranes, C