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  • February 4, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Troubled city turns on its lawyers

    Bell, Calif., briefly occupied the nation's attention when the Los Angeles Times made it front-page news that the troubled city in an unglamorous section of Los Angeles County was payi

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  • January 2, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Comey Prepares for New York

    JAMES B. Comey takes office as the Southern District's newest U.S. Attorney Monday facing high expectations and the demands of job redefined by the terrorist attacks of Sept 11.The Yonkers n

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  • March 24, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Skadden, Simpson Thacher GuideToys "R" Us in $6.6 Billion Deal Toys "R" Us Inc. agreed March 17 to sell its worldwide toy and children's apparel company for $6.6 bill

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  • November 5, 2001 | The Recorder

    Beach Boy

    Michael Rhodes says he's found the "quintessential antidote" to being a lawyer. Unfortunately, this kind of pick-me-up isn't for everyone. His cure for day-to-day pressures is

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  • September 23, 2002 | Alm

    Nomination Splits Hispanic Legal Community

    The Senate's much-anticipated hearing this week for judicial nominee Miguel Estrada is reviving sharp divisions in the Hispanic legal community over his nomination, blunting White House efforts to

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  • October 20, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Redbox Picks an Antitrust Fight With Hollywood

    Hollywood movie studios are turning up the volume against Redbox, recruiting some of the nation's top antitrust experts to wipe out three lawsuits

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  • June 19, 2007 | Alm

    11th Circuit to Consider Stock Market Suit

    When investors were stung by the plunge in the value of their WorldCom stock in 2002, lawyers were ready to sue on their behalf against key executives of the company and its underwriters, fina

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  • June 9, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Microsoft Tying Test May Fall Short

    The judge isn't afraid of the appeals process; he wants to bring it on.In the terse opinion filed along with his June 7 final judgment ordering the breakup of Microsoft Corp., U.S. Dis

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  • August 2, 1999 | The Recorder

    SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT

    Rumor has it that about 20 partners at Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers were recently shown the door. Sources at the firm say it just isn't true. What really happened was that managers had meetings

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  • October 10, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    In Knee-and-Hip Implant Cases, Did 'First-In' Company Deserve Better Deal?

    By the time four of the nation's top manufacturers of knee and hip implants agreed to deferred prosecution of charges that they gave kickbacks to orthopedic surgeons who used their products, an

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