• June 29, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    The Way We Were

    Ten years ago, gloom and doom prevailed in the nation's law offices. More than half the Am Law 100 firms saw their profits per partner sink or stagnate in 1990, and firms were routinely laying

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  • April 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Recipe for Disaster

    It had been a long day for Jeffrey Davidson. It was already past 5 p.m. on March 22, 2005, and the Kirkland & Ellis partner had spent hours questioning potential jurors. His client, Morgan

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  • McCormick v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2010-09-03
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-03
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Johnson, Esq., Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for respondent-appellee Darrell Adams.
    for defendant: Eric M. Weaver, Esq., Albany, California, for petitioner-appellant William Henry McCormick.

    Case Number: No. 09-15546

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11645WILLIAM HENRY MCCORMICK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DARRELL G. ADAMS, Warden, Respondent

  • February 28, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Mergers & Acquisitions

    Medco To Buy Accredo Health for $2BPharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions of Franklin Lakes agreed last Wednesday to pay $2.2 billion for Accredo Health of M

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  • May 10, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Law Firms in Hurricane Zone Draw on Hard-Won Lessons

    When Hurricane Andrew blew away Robert Zinn's car dealership in 1992, he decided it was time to put his degree from Cornell Law School to full-time use. Fourteen years later, as the chief operating

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  • August 30, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    A Father/Son High

    Lance Cooper did something he thought he'd never do: trek to the peak of one of the highest mountains in the world. Presented with a unique opportunity to bond with his son, Asa, whi

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  • March 26, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Ex-Nixon Peabody Partner's Co-Defendant Gets 10-Year Term in Ponzi Scheme

    The sentencing of a Beverly Hills, California, businessman who admitted his role in a $20 million Ponzi scheme might bode ill for his alleged co-conspirator, former Nixon Peabody securities p

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  • Raniola v. Bratton

    Publication Date: 2001-03-28
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    Date Filed: 2001-03-19
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Sotomayor, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 00-7215

    Argued: November 9, 2000Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Alvin K. Hellerstein, Judge) granting defendants' motion for judgment as a

  • August 9, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Oakland, Early Bird Wants a Third Term

    Oakland City Attorney John Russo, whose ambitions for a seat in the state Legislature were frustrated with a primary l

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  • March 29, 2004 | Legal Times

    Courtside: Testy Justices, Blackmun Memories

    For two days earlier this month, it appeared that several Supreme Court justices were at war with the world outside their marble palace -- or at least with the news media and Congress.

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