• May 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Nuclear Reaction

    The once-stable German energy market is in disarray. Less than 12 months after ratifying a new deal to extend the country's extensive nuclear p ower program to 2036, German chan

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  • September 15, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Discharged Matrimonial Lawyer Cannot Seek Fees From Spouse

    A discharged attorney in a matrimonial matter does not have the right to apply in his or her own name for retroactive fees against the adversary spouse, a sharply divided appellate court ruled

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  • March 8, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Tracy D. Hester , senior counsel at Bracewell & Giuliani in Houston, has been appointed visiting assistant professor at the University

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  • April 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Combo Craze

    For some law firms, becoming bigger, which comes with a promise of additional practice offerings, more locales, and a higher ranking on The Am Law 100, remains a goal. This in part explains

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  • July 15, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Agencies Save by Renting Lawyers

    Just three blocks separate the cushy confines of Fulbright & Jaworski's suites in Washington from the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, but for Wendy Butler Curt

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  • August 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Betting on Vegas

    Tall, handsome, and corporate, Patrick Byrne is not the Las Vegas lawyer of lore. He's not famous like Oscar Goodman, who, according to his official biography, showed up in the mid-sixties wit

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  • October 24, 2000 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Camelot, Sham-elot

    A recent Delaware federal court ruling that pulled the plug on a corporate life insurance program that provided a music retailer with millions in income tax breaks could open the door for Uncl

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  • September 22, 2006 |

    Icahn Blasts ImClone Management

    In the wake of a judge's ruling that stripped ImClone Systems Inc. of key exclusive patent rights, the biotech's biggest rival wasted little time taking advantage of the situation. Meanwhile, new I

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  • April 18, 2011 | Bloomberg

    Tenet's suit shows it's willing to try anything

    Imagine Snooki calling one of her "Jersey Shore" cast mates a trashy boozer, or Alex Rodriguez bemoaning the rampant use of steroids in baseball or Bernard Madoff calling one of his old rival

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  • March 7, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . John C. Dickey, formerly with Jenkens & Gilchrist, has joined Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham in Dallas as a partner in the firm's corporate practic

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