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  • April 5, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Settlement Lets Heller Lawyers Move On

    Now that Bank of America and Citibank have agreed to pay $20 million to the estate of Heller Ehrman and waive further claims, the defunct firm's former shareholders can breathe easier. Though they

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  • May 1, 2006 | The Minority Law Journal

    Knowing the Score

    The Diversity Scorecard looks a little different this year. The most dramatic development is at the very top, where New York's Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is the new number one firm.

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  • January 22, 2007 | Legal Times

    Corporations Decry Official's Detainee Screed

    It's a rare day when law firms get called out for their pro bono work.But that's exactly what happened when Pentagon official Charles "Cully" Stimson rattled off a list of firms

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  • July 10, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Declines to Grant Mistrial Over Jury Unrest in Collins Case

    Threats by one juror to cut off the finger of another led the defense team for Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins to ask yesterday for a mistrial in the Refco Inc. federal fraud case. Southe

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  • October 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    A Dish Best Served Cold

    In the boardrooms of America, there's surely been a lot of chortling lately about the misfortunes of plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach. For the last four years, federal investigators have been

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  • May 14, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Defense Claims Refco Officials Lied to Lawyer About Fraud

    Mayer Brown partner Joseph P. Collins was kept out of the loop on hidden debt and sham transactions at Refco Inc. and should not be sitting in the defendant's chair, his attorney claimed

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  • April 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Let's Get Small

    The economy has emerged from recession—but some Big Law litigators are still downsizing, leaving Am Law 200 digs to join boutique firms or to start their own shops. In

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  • November 12, 2007 | Legal Times

    To Avoid the Knife

    The late 1990s and early 2000s were boom years for law firms as clients added dozens or even hundreds of firms to their portfolios. They thought it would allow them to cherry-pick the be

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  • August 7, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Lawyers on Major TransactionsSkadden, Cravath, Aid IBM's Purchase Of Pricewaterhouse Consulting UnitIn a deal valued at about $3.5 billion, Armonk, N.Y.-based computer manufactur

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  • May 14, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    NY BigLaw Partner's Defense Claims Only Clients' Lies Landed Him in Court

    Mayer Brown partner Joseph P. Collins was kept out of the loop on hidden debt and sham transactions at Refco Inc. and should not be sitting in the defendant's chair, his atto

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