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  • September 14, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Board of Director Elections

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has paved the way for shareholders to gain access to company proxy statements in order to initiate contested board of director elections.

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  • March 26, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    New Positions . . . Christopher A. Ruhman has joined Hays McConn Rice & Pickering in Houston as an associate. . . . Casey Ragan and Rebecca R. Seidl h

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  • June 2, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Top Automaker's Fate in Hands of Manhattan Bankruptcy Court

    Pushed by the federal government, General Motors, the nation's number one automaker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Manhattan yesterday, seeking approval to use its strong

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  • December 8, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Baker Botts (Houston): Five of its attorneys have recently achieved partnership status: Brayton Dresser (corporate/New York), Maura Goldstein (global projects

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  • May 10, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Law Firms Lawyer Up

    Lawyers helping lawyers? Well, at least for an old friend and a few bucks. As law firms become more like the companies they serve, they are hiring designated general counsel, often fro

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  • July 2, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Faulty Imports May Mean More Lawsuits

    The latest news regarding potentially defective Chinese imports has plaintiffs' lawyers eyeing potential lawsuits while others may be scrambling to limit U.S. companies' liability."I'm

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  • December 16, 2011 | The American Lawyer

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

    Thompson Hine is making a change at the top as it celebrates its centennial. The firm announced that DEBORAH READ, who works in in its Cleveland headquarters, will become its new managing par

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  • February 23, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Stewart Clancy has become a partner in Anderson Jones in Dallas. Clancy is a trial attorney. . . . Omar Galicia

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  • August 15, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    $4B suit against Akin Gump highlights hedge fund representation risks

    Like most hedge fund managers, James McBride and Kevin Larson expected to make a tidy sum. By the fall of 2003, they seemed well on their way. The series of Veras funds they had launched less

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  • November 24, 2004 | The Corporate Counselor

    In-House Salaries Are on the Rise

    For the past 30 years, Altman Weil, Inc. has conducted and published its annual Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey (the Survey). The Survey is an important tool that allows corpor

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