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  • February 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Taking Aim at the Banks

    Monoline insurers have filed more than 32 suits against banks over mortgage-backed securities gone bad. The cases below are among the most closely watched, either because of the damages at st

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  • August 6, 2012 | The Recorder

    McDermott Adds IP Lawyer in Silicon Valley

    McDermott Will & Emery has recruited a patent team led by Judith "Judy" Mohr to its Silicon Valley office, the firm announced Wednesday. Mohr had been an intellectual prope

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  • June 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Outlier

    Gray Robinson president Byrd "Biff" Marshall, Jr., has an aversion to conventional wisdom. In 1990 Marshall and the other partners at his 30-lawyer general pr

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  • July 26, 2001 | Law.com

    Tips for Avoiding RIF Litigation

    With the slowdown in the 2001 U.S. economy has come a tidal wave of employee layoffs. Emerging companies as well as established high-tech stars have announced widespread reductions in force (R

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  • January 14, 2008 | Legal Times

    Layoffs at Cadwalader, but Will They Spread?

    The subprime mortgage crisis claimed 35 more bodies last week.On Jan. 10, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, the firm with the third highest profits per partner in New York, laid off 3

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  • April 22, 2002 | The Recorder

    Hunting VCs

    Defense lawyers thought they had a slam dunk two years ago when a group of employees filed fraud claims against their bankrupt company's venture capital backers and chief executive offi

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  • October 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATEDaniel R. Murdock and Philip M. Smith joined Fulbright & Jaworski from Winston & Strawn. Murdock will serve as of counsel and Sm

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  • April 18, 2011 | Law.com Corporate

    2011 APPELLATE HOT LIST

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Akin Gump's 21-member team is led by Patricia Millett, a former assistant solicitor general, former appeals judges William Norris and Murr

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  • August 27, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Behavioral Interviewing Gains Momentum in Law Firm Hiring

    As on-campus recruiting season hits top gear, potential law firm hires might not notice anything unusual about the questions they are asked, but the underlying goals of law firm interviewers have s

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  • June 3, 2013 | The Recorder

    New Names Surface for Bay Area Federal Judgeships

    SAN FRANCISCO — Two S.F. civil litigators have emerged as front-runners to fill judicial vacancies in the Northern District.Shearman & Sterling partner James Donato, a pas

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