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  • April 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Creditor Can Make Fiduciary Duty Claim Against Del. Corporation in N.J.

    In a recent decision issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, the court held that New Jersey law applied to a claim of breach of fiduciary duty asserted against the

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  • August 18, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    HISTORIC BLACKOUT SHINES LIGHT ON ENERGY LAWS, ISSUESEnergy lawyers are gauging the implication of last week's electricity blackout on their practices and on the indu

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  • February 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Schumer Recommends Bharara for U.S. Attorney Senator Charles Schumer D-N.Y., has recommended to the White House that President Barack Obama appoint Mr. Schu

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  • May 19, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Lehman-Barclays: The Deal That Won't Die

    In the frenzied week after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008, lawyers for Lehman (a group that included bankruptcy counsel at Weil, Gothshal &

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  • September 7, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Desperately Seeking Seniors

    When Howrey decided to open a New York office, CEO Robert Ruyak knew that the firm needed lawyers wise to the ways of the city. So three months after the November launch, Ruyak convinced three self

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  • December 21, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Despite economy, client pressure, billing rates rise

    It took a global economic meltdown and a major upheaval of the legal industry, but law firms seemed to get the message that 2009 was not the year to substantially increase their billing r

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  • March 27, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Thompson & Knight has elected its management committee for 2006. Members are: Peter J. Riley, Dallas, elected to serve his sixth term as managing partner; Rhett

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  • April 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

    New firm mantra: cut, redeploy

    Dechert chairman Barton Winokur remembers the 1970s. "That was the longest decade in history. It lasted for 14 years," he said. Or so it seemed. It was a time of

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  • October 28, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Securities Law

    In June, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to rules 16b-3 and 16b-7 in order to clarify the types of transactions that are excluded from Section 16(b) liability follow

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  • December 7, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Comcast-NBC Merger Deal May Spark Antitrust Turf Battle

    A fight may be brewing between antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission over review of the Comcast/NBC merger. The $30 billion deal, which was announce

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