• May 4, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Alston & Bird

    Alston & Bird's strategic expansion—which in 2007 bolstered the firm's roster by more than 100 attorneys in Los Angeles, the Silicon Valley and Dallas but cost partners subs

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  • May 24, 1999 | National Law Journal

    Double Wrigley trouble

    Elkhorn, Wis.--The Wrigley family, famed for its chewing gum, finds itself facing an age-old problem for families with "old money": how to make sure a nasty probate dispute doesn't threaten the bes

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  • July 1, 1999 | National Law Journal

    Women: Lonely at Top

    In 1970, when Candace Krugman Beinecke graduated from Rutgers law school, she could count the number of her female classmates on one hand.In 1975, when Mary B. Cranston graduated from Stanfo

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  • March 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Ballard Spahr Helps Close $400 Mil. NYC Housing Deal

    Deal MakersA successful RFP bid in 2004 ultimately led to a team of Ballard Spahr attorneys representing the New York City Housing Authority in a $400 million low-income ho

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  • February 6, 2006 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCODeborah Abernathy has joined Bullivant Houser Bailey as an associate. Abernathy, who will represent insurance companies on coverage issues and litigat

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  • July 8, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    A Sneak Peek at Supreme Court`s Next Docket

    If you thought that the U.S. Supreme Court term that just ended produced some blockbuster decisions, the term beginning the first Monday in October also is shaping up as a major one. In addition to

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  • August 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Judge Pleads Guilty To Driving While Impaired Judge Gerard E. Maney, the Family Court supervising judge for the Third Judicial District, must pay $560 in fines and surch

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  • July 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Sherritt Coal Partnership II Fording

    A coal deal that threatened to become a fiery blaze has instead turned into a controlled flame. As a result, three of Canada's largest producers of metallurgical coal — used in steelmaki

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  • May 27, 2004 | The Recorder

    On Second Thought, Company Skips IPO for a Sale

    Fenwick & West helped Symantec Corp. snap up anti-spam company Brightmail Inc. just after Brightmail had filed to go public.Founded in 1998, Brightmail had registered for an

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Singapore Goes Alternative

    When visitors arrive at Singapore's Changi Airport, they get both an immigration card and an application form for opening a hedge fund.At least, that's the joke now making the rounds. Singap

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