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  • December 21, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Lax Oversight Of Finances Led to Crisis

    The Legal Aid Society's announcement yesterday that it has avoided bankruptcy and is heading toward a more stable future by restructuring its finances, eliminating its debt, and overhauling it

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  • December 21, 2009 | The Recorder

    Recorder Announces Its Attorneys of the Year

    Michael Bien and Donald Specter, two lawyers whose 20-year quest to reform California's prisons generated an unprecedented ruling and national news this year, head The Recorder 's inaugura

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  • April 21, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Antitrust Trade and Practice

    In golf, when the Ryder Cup is contested, the team seeking possession of the trophy must win at least 14 1/2 of the 28 available points. In the event of a tie, the current holder of the

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  • June 2, 2003 | Legal Times

    Balancing Act

    There are no elaborate displays of fresh flowers in the lobby of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis. The white-painted wall trim is faintly scuffed, and the floors are covered in thin, wall

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  • September 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Boom Town

    CHICAGO-Major U.S. law firms looking to muscle up their national networks are eyeing Chicago for expansion, attracted by the city's corporate clientele and seasoned pool of attor

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  • March 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Tell Us How You Really Feel, Leo

    On December 19 an impassioned argument was heard in the Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware, explaining why a group of plaintiffs lawyers deserved a fee that worked out to $35,000 an

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  • October 11, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Consolidation Reversals

    As any trial lawyer knows, the number of parties to a trial affects the dynamics of a mass torts case. For example, although a jury in a single-plaintiff case might scrutinize evidence o

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  • December 15, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Weil, Kirkland, Davis Polk Handle $1.3 Billion Web Security Transaction Private equity group Thoma Bravo has teamed up with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to acq

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  • May 16, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Jessica Brown has joined Hermes Sargent Bates in Dallas as an associate with the appellate and litigation support practice. . . . George Butts and Kathy Owe

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  • October 9, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Investors press their demands

    A new front has opened in the long, litigious battle between shareholders and corporations. In the past, investors used litigation to guarantee boards of directors greater oversi

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