• March 11, 2013 | International

    Falling Yen Imperils Japan's M&A Boom

    Last year saw a record volume of outbound mergers and acquisition deals by Japanese companies. The strong yen meant that overseas assets were cheap, and Japan Inc. went on a shopping spree, w

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  • March 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    LOCKYER CONTINUES 17200 CRACKDOWN SACRAMENTO -- Attorney General Bill Lockyer went after another lawyer accused of abusing the state's unfair competition law Thursday, taking co

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  • July 25, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Please Do Not Adjust Your Set

    Can the television industry use litigation to avoid the fate of the music industry? While the big record labels were ultimately able to vanquish digital competitors like Napster in court, the

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  • April 20, 2010 | National Law Journal

    ASSOCIATE MOVERS

    ASSOCIATE PROMOTIONS TO PARTNER Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe: Four associates have been promoted to partnership at the firm. In the San

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  • November 6, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Clifford Chance Lays Off Six Structured Finance Associates

    In one of the first clear signs that slumping credit markets are causing economic pain at law firms, Clifford Chance yesterday laid off a group of associates in the structured finance area. b

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  • March 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

    'Stoneridge' alters legal landscape

    On Jan. 15, the U.S. Supreme Court decided what was heralded as one of the most important securities fraud cases to reach the court in decades. In Stoneridge Inv. Partners LLC v. Scie

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  • September 26, 2008 | The Recorder

    Struggling Heller Calls It Quits

    After 118 years, San Francisco law firm Heller Ehrman will dissolve in a partnership vote today. In a firmwide &

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  • January 23, 2007 | Legal Times

    Learning from West Wing war stories

    They were all advisers to the ultimate CEO, the president of the United States. And they all had war stories. But could these former White House counsel offer advice useful to in-house attorn

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  • February 2, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    Morrison & Foerster Cuts 53 Lawyers, 148 Staff San Francisco giant Morrison & Foerster cut 53 lawyers and 148 staff last week, adding to the mountin

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  • August 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Ex-K&L Gates Partner Who Stole to Pay Bet Debts Jailed

    Navin Kumar Aggarwal, a former Hong Kong–based K&L Gates corporate partner, has drawn a 12-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering charges stem

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