• March 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Not Dead . . . Yet

    Reports of the death of the Alien Tort Statute have been greatly exaggerated, or at least announced prematurely. The theory that U.S. corporations could be held liable for aiding and

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  • October 16, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Paradigm Shift: Power-Lawyer Mom, Stay-at-Home Dad

    Barbara Becker, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in New York, is working late again. But she's not fretting about her

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  • April 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    On the Job: Moves

    Refining His Position Bubbling up to the top at the world’s largest oil company. Talk about company loyalty. In 1973, straight out of law

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  • July 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Pro Bono Scorecard 2008: The Pros

    When Steven Schulman heard that Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic needed volunteers to help develop a case charging the former president of Bolivia with crimes again

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  • July 1, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    Linklaters Hire Continues Growth of New York Office In 2003, Linklaters had about 35 lawyers in its New York City office and was looking for opportunities t

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  • September 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Wage Against the Machine

    Lawyers who earn hourly fees in the hundreds might not be presumed sympathetic to the living wage movement. Yet pro bono teams at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Patterson, Belkn

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  • March 3, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Media Maven

    NAME AND TITLE: Diana M. Daniels, vice president, general counsel and secretaryAGE: 53ANTITRUST NEWSFLASH: The Washington Post Co. is in the business of re

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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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