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  • July 1, 2011 | International

    The Smart Money

    Third-party litigation funding has started to receive greater attention in the United States and the United Kingdom, but Hugh McLernon has no doubt about where it all began. "It started right

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  • April 12, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    COMMENTARY: What Makes a Global Firm?

    Recently, Vault.com eliminated its rankings for international firms because, its editors said, the staff couldn't agree on what an "international law firm" really was. The American Lawyer ha

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  • March 14, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Citing Economy, Paterson Says Chances for Raise 'Very Difficult'

    ALBANY - Citing grim economic news in New York and the rest of the nation, soon-to-be-governor David A. Paterson said yesterday it would be "very difficult" to adopt a pay raise for

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  • May 27, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Ramos Named as Judge in Spitzer's Suit Against Grasso Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's lawsuit against the former New York Stock Exchange chairman, Richard A. Grasso, has been a

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  • November 10, 2011 | International

    First Into Seoul? No Thanks

    As Korea has inched towards liberalization of its legal market over the past several years, there has been much speculation about which international law firms will be first into Seoul. Now, with t

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  • January 7, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Panel Certifies Class in Lawsuit by Indigent Criminal Defendants

    An appeals court has granted class certification to a group of plaintiffs from five New York counties who claim the state has systematically deprived poor criminal defendants of adequate legal repr

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  • August 21, 2009 | The Recorder

    Where Real Estate Is Hot

    SAN FRANCISCO — Real estate transactions might still be a dead practice for many, but for at least one firm the litigation side is booming. Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Rami

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  • August 20, 2007 | Special To Law.Com

    Saving Good Judgment From the BlackBerry Culture

    In counseling their large law firm clients, management consultants frequently exhort firms to embrace responsiveness as the paramount virtue. When doing so they point to extensive research suggesti

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  • March 19, 2009 | The Recorder

    Namedropper: Conman Like to Boast of BigLaw Ties, Cops Say

    SAN FRANCISCO - Law firms are happy to get just about any client these days - except if it's an alleged international con man who's just pretending to be a client.Albert Hu, a Silicon Valley hed

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  • May 21, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Court Publicly Censures High-Visibility Law Firm

    The law firm behind the 1-800-DIVORCE, 1-800-BANKRUPT and 1-800-IMMIGRATION ads that have become a ubiquitous presence in New York City subways in recent years has been publicly censured for e

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