• October 6, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Has the Recession Forever Changed Large Law Firms?

    Believe it: The worst economic downturn since the Great Depression has hit law firms hard. Historically, the legal sector has weathered recessions better than many other sectors have, buoyed by the

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  • December 28, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Pataki Names First Deputy to Conduct Commission Governor George E. Pataki appointed on Tuesday his first deputy secretary, William F. Howard, to the state Commission on Judicial

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  • July 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Ready to Commit

    Ashurst wants a transatlantic merger. This is nothing new. Many partners at the London-based firm still refer to Latham & Watkins as "the one that got away," after a proposed merg

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  • January 1, 2013 | Focus Europe

    Come Together

    For Birmingham, England–based commercial firm Shakespeares, rapid growth has long been high on the agenda. Ever since the 2006 arrival of CEO Paul Wilson—one of a relatively

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  • October 20, 2011 | Alm

    As Lateral Losses Mount, McDermott Leaders Focus on Growth

    More than two years into its current management regime, McDermott Will & Emery has seen at least 38 partners-including several practice group leaders-leave in 2011. The latest defe

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  • March 11, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Bankruptcy Files: Ailing Detroit Hires Jones Day

    Detroit has retained Jones Day—a firm known for a target="_blank" href="http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleTAL.jsp?i

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  • March 9, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Real Estate Marketplace

    In a complicated transaction that required the consent of the Vatican, the American Cancer Society has purchased a condominium interest in a planned building that will serve as its new headqua

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  • February 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Capstone Equities has purchased the pyramid-roofed, 37-story former Banker's Trust tower at 14 Wall Street for $325 million. The private, off-market transaction is expected to close in April.

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  • June 4, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Texas Two-Step: Giuliani and Houston's Bracewell Learn the Politics of Dancing

    It was a beautiful wedding. When Houston's Bracewell & Patterson called a press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel two years ago to introduce its new partner, Rudolph Giuliani, the firm's

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  • September 4, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals

    Plains Exploration & Production Co. to sell oil and gas properties to Occidental Petroleum Corp. John F. Wombwell, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary at

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