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  • May 17, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Germany's law firms avoid big cuts

    At the start of 2009 the German government was trying to rescue the country's banking sector, M&A and finance had dried up, and a significant uptick in litigation and restructuring had ye

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  • Lewis v. CITGO Petroleum Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-04-06
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-1483

    ARGUED DECEMBER 5, 2008Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and TINDER,Circuit Judges.Plaintiffs-appellants Michael Lewis and Tammy Livingston claim to have been injured when they were exposed to hydrogen sulf

  • November 12, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    $4.85 Billion Vioxx Settlement Validates Merck's Courthouse Strategy

    It's a sign of the times that a company can express relief after agreeing to settle a massive set of lawsuits for $4.85 billion. But Merck & Co.'s decision to end the Vioxx wars last week appea

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  • September 29, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Brenda Hanzl and Jason P. Lawhorn have joined McDermott Will & Emery in Houston as corporate associates. . . . Jeffery Wise and Scott

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  • January 24, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Lexford Properties, L.P., an affiliate of Chicago-based real estate investors Equity Residential, purchased London House, a 155-unit residential building located at 420 East 80th Street betwee

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  • September 5, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: September 5, 2013

    China/Hong Kong Paul Hastings has advised Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. on securing $4 billion in financing for its proposed $7.1 billion acq

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  • March 6, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Tapping into the long-term corporate housing market, a partnership of Silverstein Properties Inc., Fisher Brothers and Capstone Equities has purchased the Beekman Tower Hotel for more than $8

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  • December 19, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Mistrial Means Uncertainty Still Surrounds Vioxx Litigation

    Lawyers hoping a verdict in the nation's first federal Vioxx trial would be a big signal to the future course of the litigation were disappointed last week when a federal judge declared a mist

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  • February 1, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Corporate Outsourcing Fuels Law Firms' Growth

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is riding a new wave of corporate outsourcing work as companies farm

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  • April 27, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    The London Lawyer

    Our chief European correspondent reports on the latest buzz from London:Associate Pay ClimbsAs most U.K. firms approach the end of their current financial years o

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