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  • January 24, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Firms fight for clout with new Congress

    THE RECENT Democratic takeover of Congress has led to a power shift among law firms jockeying for government relations talent and preparing for the expected deluge of congressional investigat

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  • November 30, 2007 | Legal Times

    Climate Change at Akin Gump

    BigLaw, it seems, has found a silver lining in the cloud of greenhouse gases.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld announced Wednesday that it has formed a new global climate change practice. L

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  • December 3, 2010 | Alm

    Drilling produces lawsuit blizzard

    In September, 13 families from tiny Lenox Township in northeastern Pennsylvania sued Southwestern Energy Co. The plaintiffs, whose homes sit atop a slice of the 95,000-square-mile bedrock exp

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  • July 26, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas' Top Deals of 2003

    CAREMARK RX INC. Acquisition of ADVANCEPCS Description: Acquisition of AdvancePCS, of Irving, by Caremark RX Inc., of Birmingham, Ala., in a deal valued at about $6 billion. Completed

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  • December 4, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals

    GENENTECH INC. TO ACQUIRE TANOX INC. Winstead Sechrest & Minick represents Houston biotechnology company Tanox Inc. in its pending acquisition by Genentech Inc. for about $919 mill

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  • February 6, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Feds paid billions in settlements last year

    Lawyers for Uncle Sam shelled out more than $3 billion in taxpayer funds last year to resolve lawsuits against the federal government — more than twice as much as in 2010, and the most

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  • May 25, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Seeing Green

    Los Angeles-Ethanol isn't just a hot commodity for farmers anymore. Once the specialty of small law firms in the Midwest, ethanol production has sparked interest among Wall Stree

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  • July 21, 2008 | The Recorder

    Green Energy Is White Hot

    Soaring gas prices. Growing energy dependence on hostile foreign countries. Increasing signs that climate change is a real and dangerous phenomenon. These disturbing political and econom

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  • December 15, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    King & Spalding to Open Office in Dubai

    King & Spalding is the latest U.S. law firm planning to open an office in Dubai, the booming city on the Persian Gulf. Pending approval from its partners, King & Spalding plans to op

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  • February 7, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Feds Paid Billions in Settlements Last Year

      Lawyers for Uncle Sam shelled out more than $3 billion in taxpayer funds last year to resolve lawsuits against the federal government — more than twice as much as in 2010

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