• November 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Preferential Treatment, for Some

    The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) has invited a handful of its closest outside legal providers to "fast-track" its general legal review, guaranteeing a group of core firms places

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  • May 1, 2006 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCO Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker has added Ryan Nier as a first-year associate in the litigation group. Nier graduated from the University of Mich

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  • September 4, 2003 | The Recorder

    Bucking a Bad Economy, a Few Bay Area Firms Bulk Up

    Associates searching for a gig may be out of luck with most firms in the Bay Area -- that is unless they happen to hear from the recruiters at Gordon & Rees and Sedgwick, Detert, Moran &am

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  • September 3, 2003 | The Recorder

    Bucking a Bad Economy, a Few Bulk Up

    Associates searching for a gig may be out of luck with most firms in the Bay Area -- that is unless they happen to hear from the recruiters at Gordon & Rees and Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnol

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  • February 12, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Catharina Haynes has rejoined Baker Botts in Dallas as a partner in the firm's litigation department. She was previously judge of Dallas County's 191st Distri

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  • July 3, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Chicago Market Braces for Newly Shed Partners

    Attorneys from several major Chicago law firms that cut partners during the past two years have filed into the city's legal job market, crowding the in-boxes of legal recruiters, former colleagues

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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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