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  • April 12, 2013 | The Careerist

    Ready for the $1,000+ an Hour Partner?

    You know that old saying: "Only WASPs pay retail"? That used to describe the legal world too. There was a time when blue-chip clients scrutinized the bills of their outside c

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  • In Re Vivendi Universal, S.A., Securities Litigation, 02 Civ. 5571 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2012-07-25
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Arthur N. Abbey, Esq., Richard Barry Margolies, Esq., Stephen Thran Rodd, Esq., Stephanie Dawn Amin-Giwner, Esq., Abbey Spanier Rodd Abrams & Paradis, LLP, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs: Sol Schreiber, Esq., Sylvia Wahba, Esq., Michael Champlin Spencer, Esq., William Beecher Scoville, Jr., Esq., Matthew Gluck, Esq., Milberg LLP (NYC), New York, NY. For Plaintiffs: Brian C. Kerr, Esq., Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants Vivendi Universal, S.A. and Universal Studios, Inc.: Daniel Slifkin, Esq., Paul C. Saunders, Esq., Timothy Gray Cameron, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants: Penny Packard Reid, Esq., James W. Quinn, Esq., Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 02 Civ. 5571 (SAS)

    Cite as: In Re Vivendi Universal, S.A., 02 Civ. 5571 (SAS), NYLJ 1202564364707, at *1 (SDNY, Decided July 5, 2012)District Judge Shira A. Scheindlinp

  • June 14, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Summer Fun

    When N k City heats up and summer associates hit the firms, law firms want to have the coolest summer program around. With Broadway and baseball games the standard for many years, N

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  • January 4, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Patent lawyers provide for common defense

    When California video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. learned it was one of nearly two dozen companies sued for allegedly infringing a Web site design patent, the company didn't want to fly sol

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  • March 9, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    The Lightness of Traveling

    Imagine a typical Type A lawyer-on-the-go. She's carrying full-to-the brim briefcases, stacks of legal pads, a laptop with a mess of cables. Well, not always. Below, we look at four li

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  • August 18, 2009 | National Law Journal

    For Litigators, a Different Kind of Recession

    What happened to the wave of litigation that was supposed to swamp corporate America in 2009? A year ago, as the economy began its freefall, corporate law departments were preparing for an

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  • March 20, 2006 | Lawfirminc.

    Learn by Example: Firm Training Programs Redefine Well-Rounded Lawyers

    This time it was personal. Rather than assemble a group of associates for another tedious lecture on the art of writing an effective client memo, 15 partners at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and S

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  • July 17, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    'Tiffany v. eBay' Appeal Grabs 2nd Circuit Spotlight

    Correction: The 12th paragraph of this story has been revised to more accurately reflect eBay's argument relative to the Supreme Court's Inwood decision. I

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  • September 20, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    License Revocation Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(c)

    Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2, the Trustees of the New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (Fund) have reported to the Supreme Court the names of attorneys who for the seventh or more consecu

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  • October 3, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Record number of general counsel charged in 2007

    THIS HAS NOT BEEN a good year to be a general counsel. In the first nine months of 2007, a record 10 GCs were charged with or pleaded to civil or criminal fraud in federal courts, most in the

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