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  • May 5, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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    Brooklyn D.A. Seeks Sealed File Involving Garson's AuntThe Brooklyn District Attorney's Office is seeking to gain access to a sealed conservatorship file in a case involving the

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  • February 13, 2012 | Bloomberg

    Even dumbest white collar criminals are rarely caught

    The guilty pleas last week by two former Credit Suisse Group traders, on charges of falsifying their company's asset values, revive an age-old question: How dumb do you have to be to get crim

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  • August 10, 2006 | Daily Business Review

    Company to Pay $50M Settlement For Buying Driver Data From Florida

    The $50 million settlement of a class action suit by Florida motorists against West Palm Beach-based Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust could be the first of several big payouts by companies accused

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  • December 8, 2000 | National Law Journal

    DaimlerChrysler Faces More Lawsuits

    Are they only in it for the money?That's the question asked of plaintiffs' lawyers who, following the lead of investor Kirk Kerkorian, have brought suit challenging the merger of Chrys

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  • August 25, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    What, Me Worry?

    You have to admire the American Bar Association for its bluster. Barely a year ago, an ABA commission had endorsed multidisciplinary practice -- lawyers practicing law in partnership with nonl

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  • June 18, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    THE FEDERAL judge who oversaw litigation in some of the major accounting fraud scandals of the 1990s has been called upon to mediate among claimants in the Enron Corp. bankruptcy and sharehold

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  • December 8, 2011 | Alm

    Bryan Cave to merge with Denver firm

    In a mile-high comeback that would make Tim Tebow proud, Denver-based Holme Roberts & Owen has reached a merger deal with Bryan Cave. The two firms' partnerships have approved the

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  • February 12, 2010 | Bloomberg

    Lehman justice isn't blind-it's unconscious

    It is so widely accepted that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s balance sheet was bogus that even former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson can say it in his new memoir. And still, the government

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  • October 8, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Sidley Austin Settles Age Bias Suit; No Determination of Merits

    Sidley Austin has agreed to pay a $27.5 million settlement to end a closely watched age discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of 32 former partne

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  • December 27, 2005 | National Law Journal

    SEC's Use of Private Counsel is 'Pandemic'

    For at least 30 years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has relied on private lawyers for some corporate misconduct investigations and for protection of the assets of firms already

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