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  • August 21, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    Pfizer's Outside Counsel Model: One Law Firm, No Billable Hours

    On a crisp sunny day in late March, lawyers from 39 law firms gathered at the corporate headquarters of Pfizer Inc., a nondescript office building a couple blocks east of Grand Central Station

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  • January 15, 2007 | Legal Times

    Survey Heralds Good News for D.C. Firms

    Hope springs eternal — even in the face of hard data. In-house counsel cite controlling legal costs as their top priority for the New Year, even though they acknowledge they'll spen

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  • February 20, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary: Frank Menaker comes on board as partner in the firm's Washington office. He was previously at Lockheed Martin Corp., where he se

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  • May 30, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Law Firms See Benefits Hike With Salaries

    Pay hikes to $160,000 for first-year associates no doubt have made those daunting hourly demands at big law firms more tolerable, b

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  • September 15, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Why do mergers die? It's like dating.

    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 w

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  • Blackrock Financial Management Inc. v. The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp., 11-5309-cv(L)

    Publication Date: 2012-02-29
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before Jacobs, Ch.J., Hall and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners-Appellants BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., et al.: ROBERT MADDEN, Gibbs & Bruns, LLP, Houston, TX (Kathy Patrick, Gibbs & Bruns, LLP, Houston, TX, Kenneth E. Warner, Warner Partners, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief). For Petitioner-Appellant The Bank of New York Mellon: ANDREW L. FREY, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY (Matthew D. Ingber, Christopher J. Houpt, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, Charles A. Rothfeld, Brian J. Wong, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, Hector Gonzalez, James M. McGuire, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, on the brief).
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellees Walnut Place LLC, et al: OWEN L. CYRULNIK, Grais & Ellsworth LLP, New York, NY (David J. Grais, Kathryn E. Matthews, Leanne M. Wilson, on the brief). For Respondents-Appellees The Segregated Account of Ambac Asssurance Coorporation & AMBAC Assurance Corporation: Rachel Allison Gupta, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Triaxx Prime CDO 2007-1, Ltd., et al: John G. Moon, Miller & Wrubel P.C., New York, NY. For Respondent-Appellee Commonwealth Investors: Justin M. Sher, Sher LLP, New York,NY. For Respondents-Appellees American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company & Knights of Columbus: Peter N. Tsapatsaris, Peter N. Tsapatsaris, LLC, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, et al.: David J. Grais, Grais & Ellsworth LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Policemens Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago, et al.: Beth A. Kaswan, Scott+Scott LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, et al.: Derek W. Loeser, Amy Christine Williams-Derry, Keller Rohrback, L.L.P., Seattle, WA, Gary A. Gotto, Ron Kilgard, Keller Rohrback, PLC, Phoenix, AZ. For Respondent-Appellee Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh: Heather Yue-Ling Fong, Robbins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Columbus Life Insurance Company, et al.: Daniel M. Reilly, Reilly Pozner, L.L.P., Denver, CO. For Amicus Curiae Bank of America Corporation: THEODORE N. MIRVIS, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY (George T. Conway III, Elaine P. Golin, Won S. Shin, on the brief).
    Case Number: 11-5309-cv(L)

    Cite as: Blackrock Financial Management Inc. v. The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp., 11-5309-cv(L), NYLJ 1202543755452, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 27, 2012) p

  • January 3, 2007 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    STEPTOE & JOHNSON OPENS CHICAGO OFFICEWASHINGTON � Washington, D.C.'s Steptoe & Johnson opened a Chicago office Tuesday with a nine-partner group of lawyers from Chicago

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  • August 1, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    On the Job: Moves

    Seeing Opportunities: DuPont's GC is a proven problem solver. Some people complain about problems. Thomas Sager finds solutions. And he's proved it in his 3

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  • April 5, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    DLA Piper

    The international firm, which opened its Atlanta office seven years ago, is the largest in the world in terms of number of lawyers. The firm called 2012 “highly successful,”

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  • September 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Growing Pains

    In November 2008, just as the recession was kicking in, Nixon Peabody bullishly announced plans to double the firm's size within four years and to increase the number of attorneys wo

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