• May 26, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Accounting boards in need of competition

    The race to the bottom is on for the two boards that set most of the world's accounting standards. This can mean just one thing. It's time they got competition. Let us begin with a cr

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  • June 21, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Is MDP DOA? Experts Ponder Effect of Andersen Guilty Verdict

    After last week's guilty verdict against Arthur Andersen, proponents and opponents of multidisciplinary practice alike are waiting to see if the controversial concept should be added to the long li

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  • November 12, 2001 |

    Firms Wary of Challenging Asbestos Claims

    The strategy of challenging the veracity and value of asbestos claims that bankrupt Babcock & Wilcox Co. is attempting in two New Orleans courtrooms was a tactical failure almost 20 years

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  • May 26, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Tracking the Boom in Prescription Drug Litigation

    Twenty years ago, Congress wrote a prescription for the high cost of medicine. The Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 virtually created the modern generic drug industry, reducing prices for many

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  • June 2, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Quattrone Challenges NASD-Imposed Ban

    A former high-flying investment banker challenging an NASD-imposed lifetime ban from the securities industry claims that the NASD wants to have its cake as a private, self-regulating organizat

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  • February 6, 2006 | The Recorder

    Lawyer: Pellicano to be Charged Monday

    Celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano anticipates being charged today in a wiretap case that's widely expected to trigger indictments of other prominent Hollywood figures, including entertai

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  • June 6, 2000 | Alm

    Compatibility Required

    Two New England business law firms -- one of them the 35-attorney Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo in Boston -- announced they have merged to become Murtha, Cullina, Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo

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  • April 25, 2005 | Legal Times

    Citigroup Study: Firms' Gains May Be Tough to Sustain

    Emma Schwartz [email protected] WASHINGTON-Law firms are back-sort of. Revenues and profits were up by nearly 10 percent in 2004, a clear sign that firms have shaken off

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  • February 10, 2000 | Legal Times

    High Stakes

    It's a wonder D.C. lawyers got any work done last week. Across town, partners and associates alike were grabbing colleagues in the corridors, calling emergency meetings, and swapping gossip by phon

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  • August 1, 2010 | Legaltech News

    Slow Growth

    Listen in on any gathering of IT directors and after the usual stories of budget battles, who's moving to the cloud, and maybe a lament about not following mom's advice to study medicine, the conve

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