• September 18, 2002 | Law.com

    Trimming the Tech

    Legal technology generally proceeds at its own pace largely independent of trends in the rest of the world. Law firms were early adopters of word processors and electronic research but l

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  • May 2, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Latham Partners Join O'Melveny & Myers O'Melveny & Myers has recruited two New York corporate finance partners from Los Angeles rival Latham & Watkins. Gregory Ezrin

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  • July 29, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Fraud Finding Appealed Over Plan for Victoria's Secret Franchise in Puerto Rico

    An appeal of a civil fraud verdict against a consultant in a case from Puerto Rico -- similar charges were settled against former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., and Venable, where he is a partner, i

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  • November 10, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    DeLayed Reaction

    It's the gift that, unfortunately, keeps on giving. A year before a Travis County grand jury indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, for alleged criminal conspiracy in connection w

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  • June 30, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Transactional Bad, Litigation Good

    Like the hot, humid air hanging over most of Texas this time of year, there's one word that best describes growth at Texas' largest 100 firms: stagnant. This year firms on Texas Lawyer'

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  • March 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

    More bankruptcies, more hourly rates

    In years past, researching our annual Going Rate section was-oddly enough-fun. Scouring Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings for lawyers' hourly rates became a peculiar winter sport of sorts, with f

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  • March 10, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas-Sized Diversity Strides

    New partner promotions at large Texas firms held steady in 2003 as the firms made some big strides in diversifying their partnership ranks by promoting higher percentages of women and mi

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  • January 21, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    ENRON EXAMINER TO NAME TAX LAWYERSR. Neal Batson, the court-appointed examiner investigating the Enron Corp.'s financial machinations, is slated to produce a lengthy report o

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  • June 6, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Third Circuit Scrutinizes Cy Pres Distributions

    A settlement is a settlement. The parties agree on its terms, terminate the litigation, and move on. Right? Not always. Class actions, for example, are different. There, the courts must revie

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  • April 3, 2007 | Alm

    Corporate Scorecard: Gargantuans at the Gate

    Last December, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advised the two buyers in a deal to take Harrah's Entertainment Inc. private. If the $28 billion cash-and-debt deal goes through as planned, it

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