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  • October 4, 2007 | The Recorder

    At Sedgwick, What�s Done Is Dunne

    For the first time, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold will be led by a chairman working outside of San Francisco. Michael Tanenbaum, currently office managing partner in New Jersey,

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  • July 2, 2001 | Daily Report Online

    Spending More, Keeping More: the Power of Leverage

    About a year ago, gloom-and-doomers were predicting that astronomical associate salary increases would drive some law firms to an early grave.Well, firms aren't dead yet, despite

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  • September 29, 2008 | Bloomberg

    Why mark-to-Paulson accounting won't save banks

    There's one glaring weakness in Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to save the U.S. financial system: We know what the plan is. Any other problems with it are mere details. Much l

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  • March 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    A Really Bad Bet

    Thacher Proffitt & Wood real estate partner Donald Simone was at his desk on the fortieth floor of the World Trade Center's south tower early on September 11, 2001,

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  • August 29, 2011 | Bloomberg

    Buffett's $7 million sacrifice is only a start

    Whenever the leadership class feels nervous, you can count on some of them to offer the less-moneyed masses a bone to demonstrate they care. Warren Buffett says his idea of "shared sacrifice"

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  • August 24, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Certifies 'Fees on Fees' Question

    New York's highest court has been asked to clarify a portion of the state's Business Corporation Law relating to the indemnification of corporate officers.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of

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  • February 25, 2005 | The Recorder

    Now what?

    The late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun once said, "A wedding is an event; a marriage is an achievement." Much the same could be said about the attainment of ownership in your professio

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  • January 29, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    East Coast Law Firms Opening L.A. Offices

    Los Angeles has morphed into a hotbed of recruiting in the past eight months as several midsized firms from the East Coast aggressively open offices. At least seven law firms have open

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  • April 11, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Show me the Money

    One of the first things Tracey K. Dewrell's attorney father told his son when he graduated from law school was, before carrying out any legal transaction, get paid first. So when Dewr

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  • July 27, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Accountants gain courage to stand up to bankers

    Turns out America's accounting poobahs have some fight in them after all. Call them crazy, or maybe just brave. The Financial Accounting Standards Board is girding for another brawl w

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