• September 11, 2007 | Legal Times

    Are Two Venerated D.C. Law Firms Destined for a Slow Fade?

    In legal circles, Washington's law firms don't exactly enjoy a flashy reputation. Compared with the juiced-up M&A outfits in New York or the tech-savvy shops of Silicon Valley, D.C. firms are t

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  • January 26, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    With Charity for All?

    In early 2003, Barron "Buzz" Tenny, the executive vice president and general counsel of the New York-based Ford Foundation, sat down with the text of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the 2002 corporate

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  • October 6, 2005 | Legal Times

    One Lawyer's Amazonian Adventure

    Intellectual property attorneys are used to bucking the odds when suing companies for patent infringement. But for James Gatto, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, one court battle h

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  • March 13, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Leta A. Seletzky has joined the Houston office of Liskow & Lewis as an associate focusing on business litigation, energy litigation, and government investigatio

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  • December 1, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News in Brief

    Hafetz Withdraws From Marshall's Defense Team Anthony D. Marshall, who faces at least one year in prison for looting the estate of his mother, socialite Brooke Astor, wi

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  • April 9, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Lessons From a Large-Firm Partner Who Set Up His Own Shop

    Many partners in large firms dream of chucking it all and setting up their own practice. However, many also fear that without their firm's name recognition and resources, they will miss out on majo

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  • February 14, 2005 | Legal Times

    Latest Merger Has Midsize Firms Pondering the Altar

    It began, perhaps appropriately enough, at Arabelle, a romantic Manhattan restaurant best known for its role as a "Sex and the City" set.Mary Cranston, the chair of San Francisco's

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  • August 22, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Heat Is On

    The last decade has not been especially kind to insurance defense firms. Carriers have gone through a wave of consolidation, pulled more work in-house and cracked down on billing rate increase

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  • February 16, 2005 | Alm

    Latest Merger Has Midsize D.C. Firms Pondering the Altar

    It began, perhaps appropriately enough, at Arabelle, a romantic Manhattan restaurant best known for its role as a Sex and the City set. Mary Cranston, the chair of San Francisco

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  • August 24, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Heat Is On Insurance Defense Firms

    The last decade has not been especially kind to insurance defense firms. Carriers have gone through a wave of consolidation, pulled more work in-house and cracked down on billing rate increases fro

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