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  • September 30, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Tom Swift Needed a GC

    While flipping through the book review pages of a magazine the other day, I came across something unforgettable: a paean to the old Nancy Drew mystery stories, all of which apparently are avai

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  • March 5, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Pension Funds Lose Bid to Return WorldCom Fraud Case to State Court

    A bid by nine New York City pension funds to have their fraud case against former WorldCom Inc. CEO Bernard Ebbers and others returned to state court has been rejected by Southern District of

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  • Retirement Systems of Alabama v. JPMorgan Chase Co.

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    Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denise Cote, Judge), enjoining respondents from pursuing a related action in the Alabama Circuit Co

  • May 15, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    CLE: "More Than Just the Rent — A Look at the Rent Regulation Laws," 9 a.m., McNally Ampitheatre, 140 West 62nd Street. For information: (212) 636-6777.New York Intellectual P

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  • June 28, 1999 | National Law Journal

    Class Action Deals Lose Luster

    The june 23 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning a $1.5 billion asbestos class action settlement squeezed the already-narrow ground for companies hoping to use federal class action rules to reso

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  • February 11, 2000 | Legal Times

    Managing the Madness

    Don't you feel sorry for managing partners at the District's top firms? Two months ago, they thought they had quieted associate demands when they raised starting pay above $100,000 - a figure that

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  • July 1, 2002 | Legal Times

    When Lawyers Sit on Boards

    With corporate scandals abundant, this much is clear: When it comes to corporate governance, gray areas aren't good. In the past few months, the Securities and Exchange Commission has called upon t

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  • February 5, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Veteran Prosecutor Named Inspector General Kristine Hamann, the executive assistant district attorney in Manhattan, was appointed state inspector general on Friday. Ms. Hamann,

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  • January 10, 2001 |

    Fed Adopts Merchant Banking Rules

    Regulators adopted rules Wednesday restricting how financial companies may engage in merchant banking, but the limits were much less onerous than industry officials had feared.Acting j

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  • June 24, 2003 | Legal Times

    Balancing Act: A Telecom Boutique Where Everyone Has a Stake

    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-to-wal

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