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  • August 12, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Lance Armstrong Wages Two-Coast Legal Battle

    The publishers of Lance Armstrong's autobiographical books have moved to dismiss a proposed class action asserting that they misled consumers into believing they were buying an hones

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  • May 19, 2006 |

    First Bill, Now Steve

    Richard Lang just cashed a $60 million check from Microsoft Corp., yet he is holed up in a tiny cubicle in a cramped Santa Rosa, Calif., office composing a mammoth list of his enemies. It's unexpec

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  • April 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Long Run

    By the numbers, Joseph Tate may be the luckiest lateral of the past 25 years. When Tate moved to Dechert from Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis in 1991, he was moving from one top-five Phil

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  • January 11, 2002 | Law.com

    IPOs Increasingly Standardize Takeover Defenses

    When KMPG Consulting Inc. was spun off from its parent, KPMG, in February, it had so many bells and whistles in the form of hostile takeover defenses that you could have mistaken it for

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  • June 15, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    All Roads Lead to Rome

    A princess lives in the attic of Gianni, Origoni & Partners. That makes the firm unique among the members of Linklaters & Alliance, and very likely among the world's law firms.Th

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  • July 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Jackson Lewis has expanded its workplace safety and health practice by hiring seven new partners in Washington, D.C., and Denver. Six of the new partners come from Patton Boggs

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  • May 28, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Dewey's lawyers disperse

    When Dewey & LeBoeuf's management sent out an internal memo on April 30 suggesting that partners should seek other job opportunities, it opened up a world of possibilities for partner Jam

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  • February 1, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Between rocks and a hard place

    A drop of tin, a speck of gold. The tiniest trace of any so-called conflict mineral in a vast array of products—everything from buttons to cellphones to jet turbines—is now under th

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  • May 25, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Firm Expansions Bring Growing Pains

    Leigh Jones [email protected] NEW YORK-The test of success for many regional law firms has been their ability to expand nationally. But facing challenges such as the ho-hum morale

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  • May 8, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Amid Detroit's Fiscal Woes, City's Am Law Firms Press On

    Faced with the possibility of becoming the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, the Motor City has taken heart in more promising news, such as a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/1006947

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