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  • January 28, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Preparing for a Congressional Investigation of Your Company

    When federal prosecutors investigate a company, corporate executives tend to react instinctively by “hunkering down.” But a congressional investigation requires the exact opposite b

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  • April 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Don't Hunker Down

    When federal prosecutors investigate a com pany, corporate executives tend to react instinctively by hunkering down. But a congressional investigation requires the exact opposite behavior, a

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  • August 20, 2002 | The Recorder

    The Top 10

    Diversify, diversify, diversify.That's the lesson from the California 40, The Recorder's rundown of the 40 top-grossing California firms in 2001.Law firms whose pr

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  • December 22, 2006 | The Recorder

    Westside Story

    LOS ANGELES � When Karl Racine, the managing partner of Venable, set about opening a Los Angeles office earlier this year, one thing was certain: It had to be on the Westside."In meeti

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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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  • February 28, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    2004's Leading Verdicts and Settlements in Texas

    The following are the top 10 Texas verdict and settlement summaries of 2004 that were reported in VerdictSearch Texas, a Texas Lawyer affiliate. They are ranked by dollar amou

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  • September 30, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Circuit Clears Way for Trial in Chevron, Ecuador Case

    For the Ecuadorians who hold a $19 billion environmental judgment against Chevron Corporation over oil sludge in the Amazon, a mandamus petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second C

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  • February 9, 2006 | Legal Times

    Water Act Cases Put New Justices to Test

    WASHINGTON � The first time he takes the bench later this month, new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will face a baptism � not by fire but by water.Three cases challenging the

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  • October 15, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Defendants in Chevron Case Faulted for Discovery Failure

    Just days ahead of a trial where he is being accused of fraud in procuring a multi-billion-dollar environmental damage award against Chevron in Ecuador, attorney Steven Donziger has been san

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  • May 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Surging U.S. IPO Market Yields Gains for Cooley, Hunton

    U.S. companies have already raised $16.8 billion through initial public offerings so far this year, a pace not seen since the start of the financial crisis more than five years ago,

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