• October 11, 2004 | Alm

    Law Firms Gauge the Outlook for Outsourcing

    Corporate hard times may not be all bad news for law firms. The economic crunch is causing more and more companies to change the way they do business, and that has given rise to a new niche pr

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  • February 6, 2006 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCODeborah Abernathy has joined Bullivant Houser Bailey as an associate. Abernathy, who will represent insurance companies on coverage issues and litigat

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  • March 25, 2005 | Legal Times

    DOJ Soups Up Wheels of Justice with 'Deferred Prosecution'

    The Department of Justice last week scored a major victory with the conviction of ex-WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers for lying to investors and government regulators in an effort to cover up his

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  • August 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Canadian Big Deals

    Sobeys / y Nova Scotia–based grocer Sobeys Inc. did some shopping of its own in June, ringing up a $5.8 billion deal to buy

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  • March 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    Republic of Iraq v. ABBCorrection, 4/5/2013, 10:15 a.m. EDT. In the fourth paragraph below, we incorrectly identified the lawyers who argued on behalf of ABB AG and all other def

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  • September 30, 2003 | Legal Times

    D.C. Lawyers Signing on to Help their Favorite Candidate

    K Street still makes a difference, and it's not because George Clooney has a new television series.As the field for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination rounds out to 10 with re

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  • October 8, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Freshfields' Restructuring Marks a Break With the Past

    In July, London's Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer faced an unwelcome milestone in its 264-year history: getting sued by a former partner, for the first time ever. In an employment claim, Peter Bloxh

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  • August 13, 2007 | Legal Times

    McKee Nelson: The Richest Guys in Town

    This wasn't the way it was supposed to work. Sure, it all sounded good at the time: an unprecedented alliance between a small law firm and a Big Five accounting firm, a deal industry watchers tabbe

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  • August 16, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Law Firms Place Bets on Vegas

    Tall, handsome and corporate, Patrick Byrne is not the Las Vegas lawyer of lore. He's not famous like Oscar Goodman, who, according to his official biography, showed up in the mid-'60s with $8

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  • September 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    In-House Employment Roundup

    FAMILY AFFAIRAfter 15 years in private practice plus general counsel stints at three major corporations, Janet Kelley decided to focus on family -- in this case, Family Dollar S

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