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  • June 21, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Justices Reject Climate-Change Suit Brought by States, New York City

    WASHINGTON - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court yesterday rejected an ambitious effort by a number of states and private land trusts to combat climate change through public nuisance lawsuits against ma

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  • April 20, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Global Warming Case Gets Chilly Reception

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday threw cold water on the effort by states to attack global warming through litigation against power companies. Seven of the eight justices partic

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  • June 2, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    FIRMS EYE IRAQ WORK AFTER SANCTIONS LIFTWhen the Treasury Department on May 27 lifted nearly all the remaining economic trade sanctions against Iraq, lawyers at many big f

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  • March 14, 2011 | National Law Journal

    For LSC, a 30-year funding rollercoaster

    In 1981, the Legal Services Corp. was on the chopping block. President Ronald Reagan, who viewed its lawyers like burrs under his horses' saddles, called for disbanding it. His appointees to

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  • August 3, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    LATERALS ANDERSON KILL & OLICK (New York): Todd E. Duffy joins the firm as head of the bankruptcy restructuring practice. Duffy will

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  • October 8, 2007 | Legal Times

    Keeping Score

    Dewey Raids Three FirmsThe newly wed firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf picked up a troupe of partners in Washington last week. Donovan Picard and Edward Rowe arrived

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  • November 15, 2004 | Legal Times

    Inside Man

    Whitewater drowned Clinton. Iran-Contra clipped Reagan. And Watergate slammed Nixon.In two decades, presidential second terms haven't escaped a major scandal. Last week, the newl

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  • April 12, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners McAndrews, Held & Malloy (Chicago): Five attorneys have been newly elevated to partner status�Christopher V. Carani specializes in intellectual property righ

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  • June 30, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Recruiting in the Face of PR Disasters

    Recruiting the country's top talent can be competitive enough among even the most esteemed of law firms looking to fill entry-level and lateral slots. But for firms that find themselves defend

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  • November 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

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

      McGuireWoods is finally serious about expanding its litigation practice in New York, according to new part

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