• April 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Schoolhouse Rock

    When David Schizer was a first-year associate at New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell, he remembers being asked to mark up a stock purchase agreement. "I said I was happy to do it," he recal

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  • May 15, 2006 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    CROWELL & MORINGSteven Talkovsky has joined Crowell & Moring's government contracts group as counsel. Talkovsky arrived after 22 years with AT&T, working most recen

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Courting a Jury

    For all of the hype these days over enormous jury verdicts -- including the record $1.5 billion judgment against Microsoft Corp. in March -- few juries ever decide a patent dispute. The huge stakes

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  • October 23, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    On The Move

    Partners Sills Cummis & Gross in Newark promotes Boris Mankovetskiy, an associate in its Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Reorganization Practice Group who has repres

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  • March 20, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Judge Dismisses Refco Class Action

    With Wall Street under attack and angry investors on a rampage for vengeance, law firms can breathe a little easier after U.S. District Judge Gerard Lynch's ruling in a href="http://amlawdaily.typ

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  • May 1, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In a just-completed survey of New York City law firms taking the VOLS Pro Bono Pledge, 41 law firms reported performing a total of 697,381 pro bono hours during 2005, or during their most rece

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  • February 26, 2008 | The Recorder

    'Troll Tracker' Tracked to Cisco IP Team

    Patent attorneys who followed a controversial patent blog to keep up with IP issues may lose the resource now that the anonymous blogger unmasked himself this weekend. Facin

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  • January 1, 2007 |

    SHARING OR STEALING

    On November 17 Universal Music Group filed a copyright infringement suit against video-sharing Web site MySpace.com. In October, Universal Music had sued Bolt Inc. and Grouper Network Inc., Interne

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  • May 3, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Belnick Agrees to Pay $100,000 to Settle SEC Claim The Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday it had reached a settlement with Mark A. Belnick, the former Tyco I

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  • December 17, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    The former leader of Goodwin Procter's New York corporate practice is headed to Bingham McCutchen as a partner in that firm's investment managem

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