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  • April 2, 2009 | Legal Times

    Justices Strengthen Arbitration in Labor Case Ruling

    The Supreme Court's growing embrace of the virtues of arbitration continued Wednesday with a 5-4 ruling endorsing labor contracts that send age discrimination claims to arbitration rather than to f

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  • February 3, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Lateral Moves Spiked in 2009, Report Shows

    By most measures, 2009 was a dismal year for the legal industry. One notable exception to the drumbeat of record layoffs and bankruptcy actions: According to calculations by Legal affiliat

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  • May 9, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Mark S. Biskamp has joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in Houston as an associate with the sports practice. He was formerly general counsel for the Houston Rockets

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  • December 3, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Simpson and Kirkland Counsel $1.3 Billion Acquisition of Birds Eye Pinnacle Foods is set to purchase Birds Eye Foods, the country's largest producer of frozen vegetable

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  • February 23, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: February 23, 2012

    Japan Calgary law firm Bennett Jones is advising Mitsubishi Corp. on a $2.9 billion acquisition of a 40-percent stake in a shale gas mining project in British Columb

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  • July 14, 2008 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH David Fischer, 50, has joined Cooley Godward Kronish as a partner in the firm’s Washington office in its

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  • February 5, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Law school to simulate big-firm environment

    Large-firm practice may not be the career choice for every lawyer, but at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, it's a course requirement for every student. Starting next year, the

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  • February 3, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Buyer's Market

    By most measures, 2009 was a dismal year for the legal industry. One notable exception to the drumbeat of record layoffs and bankruptcy actions: By our count, there were also

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  • January 23, 2008 | Legal Times

    U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Enron Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22 dashed the hopes of defrauded Enron Corp. investors who sought to recover billions of dollars from investment banks connected to the collapsed Houston energy

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  • April 6, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    FLDS One Year Later April 3 marked the one-year anniversary of the biggest family law case in Texas history — In the Interest of 330 Children From the YFZ Ranc

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