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  • August 5, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Little to Gain from Motor City's Bankruptcy

    When Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on July 19, it served as stark evidence that the regional economy has yet to recover from the Great Recession.

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  • February 21, 2006 | Legal Times

    Parsing Alito's Clerk Picks

    Two of Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s former law clerks stopped in at his chambers earlier this month to congratulate him on winning confirmation.Alito was so happy to see them, apparently, that

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  • October 19, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

    Up From the Ashes

    On a Friday afternoon in a Manhattan synagogue, Stephen Merkel wasn't in the mood to give any kind of perspective on the tragedy that befell his company and city. Merkel, general counsel for t

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  • March 23, 2007 | The Recorder

    GE Overhauls Outside Counsel Roster

    NEW YORK � Just two years after some 200 law firms endured the ultimate test of strength and patience for a shot at one of the 140 coveted preferred provider positions at General Electric Co.,

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  • September 9, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Compliance Alert

    NAME AND TITLE: Christine A. Edwards, executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretaryAGE: 49COMPANY: Chicago-based Bank One Corp., with more th

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  • June 11, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Pitching the Gen X Jury

    More than 40 percent of the national jury pool is made up of young "Generation X" and "Generation Y" jurors, according to experts.That demographic shift has litigators changing the way

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  • July 19, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    LATERALS COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH (Palo Alto, Calif.): Kathleen Pakenham joins the firm's national tax practice as partner in the New York offi

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  • March 28, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    War Gets Lawyers Out of Their Offices and Into the Streets

    NEW YORK -- As war rages in Iraq, attorneys on both sides of the debate have reacted to unfolding events on personal and professional levels.For lawyers opposed to the U.S.-led militar

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  • March 23, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

    GE Overhauls Outside Counsel Roster

    Just two years after some 200 law firms endured the ultimate test of strength and patience for a shot at one of the 140 coveted preferred provider positions at General Electric Co., the largest leg

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  • December 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits, December 2012

    Morgan StanleyCitigroupMorgan Stanley struck a deal with Citigroup Inc. on September 11 to take full control of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney by June

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