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  • August 31, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Six Feet Under

    When he picked up the telephone on what had started out to be just another Monday in April, David Heller was surprised to hear the concern in his old friend Bruce Becker's voice. He was even m

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  • August 22, 2001 | Legal Times

    Luring VCs in a Cool Climate

    For most, this is no time to be a startup company.Just last year, venture capitalists seemingly threw money at any idea that moved. In the first half of 2000, VCs backed 180 Washington

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  • February 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Coast to Coast

    Anne Marie Estevez's colleagues in the defense bar gave a simple assessment of her chances of beating a wage-and-hour class certification against Blockbuster, Inc.: "You're going to lose." Sto

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  • March 7, 2008 | The Recorder

    Summary Judgment

    The spring book review section has arrived, featuring an interview with Terri Cheney, an L.A. lawyer who has written a compelling memoir of her experience with bipolar disorder. We also take

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  • March 5, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Which Law Firms Top the Layoff List?

    Corrections: An earlier version of this story referred to associate layoffs when in fact some firms' statistics included other non-partner layoffs, such as of counsel cuts./em

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  • September 28, 2000 | Legal Times

    The Pressure to Merge

    Big law firms are on the make in Northern Virginia. They want in on this market, and they want in now, and many are trying to gain entree by merging with smaller boutiques already established

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  • April 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    And the Winner Is . . .

    This is the Top Ten list that law firms didn't want to make: Am Law 100 firms that have laid off the highest percentage of lawyers in their nonpartner ranks. In most cases, these are ass

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  • October 15, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Gates Is the One

    "Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft"by David BankThe Free Press; 277 pp.; $25Even with the government's decision to abandon t

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  • CIURA v MUTO

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Appellate Division, 4th Dept
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    Case Number: 1403

    SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1403 CA 05-00718 PRESENT: GREEN, J.P., SCUDDER, KEHOE, MARTOCH

  • February 1, 2002 | Law.com

    Brobeck Drops 50 Associates, Seven Locally

    BROBECK, Phleger & Harrison has announced that it is laying off about 50 associates in response to the continued weakness in the technology sector.The 50 associates represent about 10 pe

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