• March 31, 2010 | Alm

    Updated Special Report: Crisis on Wall Street

    As Wall Street's woes continue, Law.com presents ongoing coverage of the financial meltdown from across the globe, with updates on the firms handling the bankruptcies, the fate of in-house legal tea

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  • June 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Bank of America forms NYC pro bono program

    The Bank of America legal department in New York City expanded the company-wide pro bono effort, forming a local, New York pro bono initiative to help meet the legal needs of the city's

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  • April 23, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Shearman to Close Two Offices in Germany

    Shearman & Sterling announced Tuesday it plans to shutter two of its three offices in Germany by year-end amid what the firm described as a softening market for high-end legal services in

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  • April 21, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Shearman & Sterling Marks Its Place in History

    As war became a possibility during the protracted Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, Iran initiated secret negotiations to free the 52 American captives, not through diplomatic channels but through Sh

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  • November 16, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Shearman Wins Malpractice Suit

    New York's Court of Appeals on Thursday rebuffed an effort by the nation's largest public pension system to sue for malpractice a Manhattan law firm that had never directly represented the fun

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  • May 6, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In the just-completed Volunteers of Legal Service 2004 survey of New York City law firms who have taken the Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Pro Bono Pledge, lawyers at 39 law firms performe

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  • May 6, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In the just-completed Volunteers of Legal Service 2004 survey of New York City law firms who have taken the Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Pro Bono Pledge, lawyers at 39 law firms performe

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  • November 10, 2006 | The Recorder

    South Korea Comin' Up Fast?

    South Korea has been described as the next frontier for major U.S. law firms. Now it may be closer than ever.

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  • September 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Brother, Can You Spare 20 Hours?

    Connie Fratianni was a model citizen. When she wasn't at her desk logging 2,200 hours as a Shearman & Sterling bankruptcy/restructuring partner, she was running a Girl Scout troop in Manha

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  • June 10, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    The Human Element Carries the Day in Pro Bono Case

    With not a shred of experience in the dodgy arena of immigration law, two young lawyers and two legal assistants at Shearman & Sterling took on the matter of a Venezuelan asylum seeker abo

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