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  • January 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Northeast Utilities / NSTAR Northeast Utilities agreed to buy rival New England electric power producer NSTAR for $4.2 billion in stock and $2.5 billion in assumed debt on October

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  • May 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Finding Counsel for Noncitizens

    This article is excerpted from a lecture given at the Federal Bar Council's presentation of its Learned Hand Medal to Second Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann. For the compl

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  • May 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Finding Counsel for Noncitizens

    This article is excerpted from a lecture given at the Federal Bar Council's presentation of its Learned Hand Medal to Second Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann. For the compl

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  • October 25, 2006 | Legal Times

    Going In-House? It Might Be a Wise Move

    Earlier this year, Judge J. Michael Luttig of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stunned the legal world by surrendering his lifetime appointment to the bench in favor of the top legal job at Bo

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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Manatt Is Second L.A. Firm to Boost Starting Pay to $145K

    A year after first-year pay raises swept the Los Angeles market -- and then the nation -- L.A.'s Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is boosting starting salaries to $145,000. "We are recruiting a

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  • July 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    O'Melveny Sues Maker of Bratz Dolls for Unpaid Legal Fees O'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 millio

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  • October 1, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Fight the Ripple Effects From the Associate Salaries Spike

    The appalling increase in starting salaries for first-year associates at major big-city firms � now up to $160,000 � makes in-house general counsel want to shout out the window like the frustr

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  • November 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Which Law Firms Made the List and Which Are Off?

    Continued consolidation and megafirm growth made room for a host of regional powers on this year's NLJ 250, our list of the nation's largest law firms. At the same time, a number of fa

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  • November 30, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    So This Is Goodbye:

    Consider it an evaluation period. As law departments — and often right behind them, the company's CFO or procurement offices — continue to demand more quality and value f

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  • February 12, 2001 | The Recorder

    Timing Is Everything

    Are the good times really over? Nobody knows for sure, but one thing is certain: Good times won't be quite as easy to come by in the next few years as they have been in the past

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