• November 8, 2000 | Alm

    Incumbents Rule, No Change Likely in Control of Illinois General Assembly

    Illinois' leading lawyer-politicians helped spend record sums in their near-epic battle to control the Illinois General Assembly this year.And yet, 24 hours after Election Day, it appe

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  • August 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Skadden, Weil Gotshal, Davis Polk Advise $8.4 Billion NYMEX Sale CME Group, the world's largest derivat

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  • September 28, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Appealing Practice

    Arguing a case before the Supreme Court of the United States has always been the Matterhorn of the legal profession: a terrifying, exhilarating, career-crowning half-hour ascent to the realm o

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  • May 23, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Law Firms Learn to Live Large

    The test of success for many regional law firms has been their ability to expand nationally. But facing challenges such as the ho-hum morale of some partners, the integration of firm cultures

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  • August 10, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Market Makers

    Following the lightning-fast acquittal of trader Robert A. Scavone on a single securities fraud charge, Manhattan federal prosecutors have a lot to consider as they prepare to try two of his f

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  • February 24, 2003 | The Recorder

    Cisco Routes Brobeck Work to Fenwick

    One big question for tech lawyers in the wake of San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's demise appears to have been answered: The firm's biggest client, Cisco Systems Inc., is t

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  • June 16, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    General Assignment Order, 2010-2011

    SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY It is ORDERED that the following judges of the Appellate Division, Law Division (Civil and Criminal), and Chancery Division (General Equity and Family) of the Su

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  • July 14, 2004 | Legal Times

    Pressure Rises for FDA, Congress in Latest Drug Duel

    WASHINGTON -- Brand-name drug makers have a lock on manufacturing biologics, a group of lucrative, protein-based drugs made from living cells and used to treat such diseases as cancer and diab

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  • April 18, 2001 | National Law Journal

    PeopleFirst's Counsel is Repo Man and Then Some

    Alan J. Amico, unlike many of the general counsels hired at Internet companies the last few years, still has a job at a thriving concern. As GC at PeopleFirst.com, the largest Internet provide

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  • September 16, 2002 | Legal Times

    On the Court's Docket

    The Supreme Court's business docket for fall reads like a tort reformer's playbook; it includes cases on excess punitive damages and class action litigation that could turn the upcoming months

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