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  • February 22, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Take It From a Former In-House Counsel: The Numbers and Metrics That Matter

    Take it from a former in-house attorney, metrics are essential in choosing which outside counsel to engage and retain. Unfortunately, in my experience, we rarely use metrics in making these decisio

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  • October 21, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Labaton seeks $55 million paycheck in Countrywide class action

    The lead plaintiffs' firm that obtained a $624 million shareholder settlement against Countrywide Financial Corp. and KPMG LLP — the largest recovery to date in a securities class a

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  • October 31, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Corporate America Lawyers Up

    Business is booming for the white-collar criminal defense bar. The government crackdown on corporate fraud continues, though some defenders debate whether the trend is past its peak. N

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  • April 1, 2008 |

    Big Deals

    ? Lyrica to Royalty Pharma ? Sun buys MySQL Northwestern University and Royalty Pharma Universities love striking it rich with the invention of a blockbuster drug. But they also like the opt

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  • July 31, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Firm Resolves Dispute in KPMG Tax Probe

    A lawyer in Irvine, Calif., and his former firm have reached an agreement with federal agents who are seeking documents related to the criminal investigation of fraudulent tax shelters sold by acco

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  • August 21, 2007 | The Recorder

    The Wages of Backdating

    Like a stone tossed in the water, the stock options backdating scandal has caused far-reaching ripples, bringing work to many types of lawyers. While white-collar defense a

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  • April 3, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Arent Fox (Washington): Baruch Weiss joins the litigation and white-collar defense groups as partner in the firm's Washington and New York offices. A former

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  • April 28, 2006 | The Recorder

    Pillsbury Imports New Leaders

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman will most likely have its first ever non-San Francisco chair later this year.Century City partner James Rishwain Jr., who heads the firm's global real e

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  • September 26, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    It's Time to Put Away the Umbrellas

    Chart: Law Librarian TrendsOnce upon a time, virtual law libraries were the vision of the

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  • September 9, 2005 | Alm

    O'Connor: Rehnquist A 'Great Chief Justice'

    The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist was mourned Wednesday at an emotional funeral service in which his longtime friend and colleague Justice Sandra Day O'Connor described him as a man wit

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