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  • February 14, 2012 | The American Lawyer

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

    After leading Venable for six years as the firm's managing partner, KARL RACINE is returning to his white-collar and commercial litigation practice full-time. He will be replaced by LINDSAY M

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  • February 8, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    A Super D-Duper Job

    Even Barney, the beloved children's purple dinosaur, needs a lawyer sometimes.That's where Joyce Slocum comes in.Slocum is general counsel and senior vice president of gl

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  • August 30, 2011 | The Recorder

    Lateral Partner Movement Achieves Liftoff in Northern California

    Gumption is back at many big firms. 2011 began with a bang in lateral partner movement in Northern California: In the first half of the year, 158 partners left their firms for another law fi

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  • November 6, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Next for BP: A Fight with its Business Partners

    The speed at which BP PLC reached a $7.8 billion settlement on economic damages and medical costs in the Deepwater Horizon litigation has been remarkable. The agreement, pending court approva

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  • August 26, 2011 | The Recorder

    Lateral Liftoff

    Gumption is back at many big firms. 2011 began with a bang in lateral partner movement in Northern California: In the first half of the year, 158 partners left their firms for another law fi

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  • December 13, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: For K&S, one deal leads to another

    A routine acquisition led King & Spalding to become counsel to a Portuguese company on its decision to locate a $100 million manufacturing plant in Georgia. Over lunch this fall at

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  • September 30, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    LEADERS FROM HILGERS . . . Hal Katz, a director at Hilgers & Watkins, recently was named vice chairman of the American Bar Association Managed Care & Insurance Interest G

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  • December 2, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Capitol Report

    This is a status report on recently passed and pending legislation, regulations, gubernatorial nominations and/or appointments of interest to lawyers. The report may also include informatio

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  • June 21, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    PROMOTIONS Foley & Lardner: Matthew Lowrie, a partner in the firm's Boston office, has been appointed chairman of the firms' intellectual property

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  • Rinehart v. Akers, 11-4232-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-07-16
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Wesley, C.JJ., Nathan, D.J.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Daniel W. Krasner, Gregory M. Nespole, Matthew M. Guiney, Beth A. Landes, Maja Lukic, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY; Thomas J. McKenna, Gainey & McKenna, New York, NY, on the brief, Mark C. Rifkin, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, Interim Co-Lead Counsel.
    for defendant: For the Benefit Committee Defendants-Appellees: Janet Gochman, Hiral D. Mehta, on the brief, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY. For all of the Director Defendants-Appellees: Other than Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Andrew J. Levander, Kathleen N. Massey, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Thomas K. Johnson II, J. Ian Downes, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief, Adam J. Wasserman. For Defendant-Appellee: Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Patricia M. Hynes, Todd S. Fishman, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor., M. Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor, Timothy D. Hauser, Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, Elizabeth Hopkins, Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, on the brief, Benjamin R. Botts, Attorney, United States Department of Labor, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 11-4232-cv

    Cite as: Rinehart v. Akers, 11-4232-cv, NYLJ 1202611058774, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 15, 2013) 11-4232-cv Before: Sack, Wesley, C.JJ., Nathan