• April 15, 2013 | Legaltech News

    Enthusiasm grows for virtual lawyering

    The first thing many lawyers envision when someone starts talking about a "virtual firm" is bathrobes. Walking from your bedroom to your home office, encased in terrycloth, ha

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  • April 17, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Bank of New York / Pershing

    Following the now-fashionable business strategy of sticking to what you know best, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation is selling its securities clearing business, Pershing, to The Bank of

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  • January 3, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Court to Consider if Statute of Limitations Should Be Applied in Clergy Abuse Actions

    ALBANY � The Court of Appeals begins the new year today with back-to-back cases that could open widely, or slam shut, the window of opportunity for clergy abuse victims molested decades ago. A

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  • October 1, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Meadowlands Mall Developers' Suit Against Giants and Jets Can Proceed

    A New Jersey judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the Giants and Jets football teams of improperly trying to block development near their stadium in the Meadowlands. Bergen

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  • December 6, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Skadden, Gibson Dunn, Wachtell Advise $18.9 Billion Games Deal Vivendi, a Paris-based entertainment company, has gained control of video game maker Activision in an $18.9 billio

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  • December 13, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Free!: The NYLJ 100

    A few years ago, they seemed like the also-rans among out-of-town firms expanding in New York. Boston's Ropes & Gray, Philadelphia's Dechert and London's Linklaters we

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  • July 14, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Projects

    Debevoise Honored for Pro Bono For "extraordinary contributions of legal services" to the poor, the 2006 Pro Bono Publico Award from the American Bar Association will be

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  • February 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Baker & McKenzie, Wachtell Handle $7.3 Billion Offshore Drilling Deal Ensco plc has agreed to a $7.3 billion merger with Pride International Inc. in a deal that will

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  • June 12, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    China's Great Leap In-House

    Alibaba.com Corp.'s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, looks like it was imported straight from Silicon Valley. Caf� tables and comfy sofas dot the reception area, just like at a Starbucks. Slabs of

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  • November 20, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Awadallah Acquitted on Perjury Counts Five years after he was arrested as a material witness in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror probe, Osama Awadallah was acquitted Friday of two cou

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