• May 30, 2000 | The Recorder

    Coming in From the Cold

    After 17 years, Edwin Wilson still sits in a Pennsylvania prison, claiming he had every right to sell 22 tons of C-4 explosives to Libya.The 72-year-old former CIA agent was convicted

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  • April 27, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Morris Manning Gives Starwood CEO Exit Advice

    Morris, Manning & Martin partner Jeffrey L. Schulte advised former Coca-Cola Co. and Turner Broadcasting executive Steven J. Heyer on his departure from the hotel company he led.The 54-y

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  • October 24, 2000 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Camelot, Sham-elot

    A recent Delaware federal court ruling that pulled the plug on a corporate life insurance program that provided a music retailer with millions in income tax breaks could open the door for Uncl

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  • August 8, 2003 |

    WorldCom's SEC Penalty Approved

    U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez on Wednesday approved a $750 million settlement between WorldCom Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission that resolves a historic civil fraud suit

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  • September 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Fuzzy Math

    Patents on The Pulse Case: Masimo Corporation v. Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc., and Mallinckrodt Inc. (Central District of California, March 2004) Award: $

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  • August 29, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Legal Steward for 240 Funds

    NAME AND TITLE: Murray L. Simpson, executive vice president and generalcounsel of Franklin Resources Inc. AGE: 65 THE COMPANY: Franklin Resources Inc., based in Sa

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  • June 2, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    Tina Simon, Home Interiors & Gifts Inc.

    Bettina Solomon Simon is finding a comfortable home as general counsel at Home Interiors & Gifts Inc., a legendary Dallas-based party-plan, home-decorating company founded by a woman to pr

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  • January 26, 2004 | The Recorder

    Stop the Clock

    In an effort to pare down its legal bills, Silicon Valley computer giant Cisco Systems Inc. is seeking to replace hourly billing rates from outside counsel with more creative -- and cheaper --

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  • August 24, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Is All Quiet on the Law Firm Merger Front?

    Merger chatter in the Pennsylvania market seems to be quieter than this time last year, but legal industry experts say it's never really stopped. Merger activity in 2007 is set to outpace th

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  • February 22, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    What's in a Name?

    Let's be honest. Is the title "chief legal officer" really necessary? Surely a CLO's job isn't any different from a GC's. Doesn't the CLO title just smack of self-importance or managemen

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