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  • December 29, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    Recalling a Battle in an Ongoing War

    For better or worse, a lawyer's entire career can sometimes be framed by a single case. William Colby knows that for him, that case is Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of H

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  • September 3, 2003 | The Recorder

    Bucking a Bad Economy, a Few Bulk Up

    Associates searching for a gig may be out of luck with most firms in the Bay Area -- that is unless they happen to hear from the recruiters at Gordon & Rees and Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnol

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  • September 20, 2004 | Legal Times

    For McKee Lawyer, a Taxing Situation

    A prominent Washington tax lawyer is under attack for advice he gave to a high-profile hedge fund whose implosion in 1998 shook global markets and federal regulators. Mark Kuller

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  • October 3, 2005 | Legal Times

    Oregon Lets Dying Choose a Gentle Exit

    Today, terminally ill citizens of Oregon — but no other state — are statutorily entitled to end their suffering on their own terms. a href="http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas

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  • April 24, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATESThe former general counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is rejoining Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as a partner. G

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  • May 29, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    Seven Kirkland Bankruptcy Lawyers Move to Jones Day It is no secret that bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers are in heavy demand these days, and the seven

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  • December 21, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Court agrees to 'big term' for class actions

    In the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act, Congress, heeding the pleas of the business lobby, altered the class action landscape by shifting much of that litigation from state c to federal c

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  • May 9, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    LATERALS Dewey Ballantine (New York): J. Anthony Terrell, Catherine C. Hood and Michael F. Fitzpatrick Jr., formerly of Thelen Reid & Priest, have joined the corporate de

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  • September 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firms fall in and out of love

    It's a given that many law firm mergers flame out before they ever get off the ground, but reports of unsuccessful pairings have been particularly prominent in recent weeks. Some of th

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  • October 10, 2007 | Alm

    Arguments Heard In Far-Reaching Securities Fraud Case

    Weighing what has been billed as the securities fraud case of the decade, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday seemed poised to slam the door shut on investor class actions aimed at deep-pocket th

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