• January 23, 2002 | Law.com

    You Can Help Firms Diversify

    Realizing that earlier attempts they made to diversify their legal staffs didn't go far enough, many firms are heating up their efforts to recruit -- and keep -- minorities. So they've r

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  • July 21, 2008 | Legal Times

    Courtside: Article Challenges Tale About Race, Blackmun

    The late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun will always be remembered first and foremost for writin

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    At Risk

    When Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced to investors in July that it would be acquiring Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., based in New Jerseythus making what was by far the world's largest

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  • July 2, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals

    DYNEGY INC. TO SELL COGENERATION PLANTTO ENERGYCO Tim Beverick, a vice president and group general counsel for Houston-based Dynegy Inc., turned to attorneys at Locke Liddell & Sap

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  • November 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Lateral Loyalty

    Thanks to rising levels of lateral movement, recruiting has justifiably become one of the most talked-about topics in the law firm world right now. But finding and landing a stellar candidate

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  • March 22, 2004 | Legal Times

    Trying to Steady Freddie Mac

    Freddie Mac is coping with the fallout from a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal that has forced the departure of much of its corporate brass and put the company on the political hot

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  • May 6, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Witnesses and Access to Their Own Grand Jury Testimony

    New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's decision that grand jury secrecy prevented the release of grand jury witness transcripts related to the investigation of former New York Governor

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  • June 3, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    Wipeout: Subprime Crisis Spawns Wave of Litigation

    Everyone knew that the subprime mortgage crisis would lead to a ton of litigation, but few expected it to be this bad. Hundreds of subprime-related suits have been filed already, and by the end of

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  • May 9, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Developments in Anti-Corruption Legislation: the UK Bribery Act

    The British Bribery Act of 2010, which went into effect on July 1, 2011 after much delay and controversy, is now widely viewed as the world's most stringent anti-corruption legislation. With

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  • August 1, 2011 | International

    As Governments Target Asian Corruption, So Do Law Firms

    Over the past several months, FCPA has become a familiar acronym in Asian legal circles. U.S. prosecutors are currently pursuing dozens of cases under the anti-bribery Foreign Corrupt Practi

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