• November 1, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Who's Going Global?

    Hey isolationists: Wake up and smell the espresso. While you were worrying about setting up in Silicon Valley and paying first-year associates almost as much as self-respecting investment bank

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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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  • October 24, 2000 | Legal Times

    Law Firms Seek More Lobbying Action

    The list of euphemisms seems endless: One-stop shopping. Umbrella services. Synergy. Under one roof. What law firms are talking about is keeping clients happy -- and simply keeping clients. Fo

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  • Baker v. Health Management Systems, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2001-08-21
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Parker, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00-7736

    Argued: April 27, 2001(Question Certified to the New York Court of Appeals: August 21, 2001)Defendant-appellant Phillip Siegel appeals from an order entered on May 12, 2000 in the United States

  • July 15, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Pay Up, You Bratz!: BigLaw Firm Sues Dollmaker More Than $10,000,000 in Fees

    &O'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 million in unpaid legal fees related to the company's long-running legal dispute with Mattel over owners

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  • August 18, 2008 |

    Gay Rights Litigation Pioneer Is Stepping Down

    Profile Stacey Sobel, the executive director of Equality Advocates Pennsylvania -- the state's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organizat

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  • April 14, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    Columbia Wins Court ContestFor the first time in 16 years, a team from the United States has won the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

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  • September 28, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    2009 Ineligible List

    Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a) SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2, the Trustees of the New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (Fund

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  • June 29, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Edifice Lex

    By May word had spread through New York's elite law firms: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz was considering opening a branch office in Silicon Valley. Wachtell had even, it was said, talked

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  • July 14, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    O'Melveny Sues Bratz Doll Maker MGA Over $10.2 Million in Unpaid Legal Fees

    Editor's note: A previous version of this post misidentified the legal expenses of Mattel and MGA. The correct information is included in the tenth paragraph below. The Am Law Daily regrets the

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