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  • November 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    ArvinMeritor / Dana

    ArvinMeritor, Inc., is determined to grow one way or another. Last year the Michigan-based auto parts manufacturer lost the auction for TRW Automotive Inc., which was won by The Blackstone Gro

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  • October 26, 1999 | The American Lawyer

    Misplaced Trust

    There was a moment on an overcast day in June 1998 whenKathleen Fisher couldn't be faulted for wondering what in the world she wasdoing on a small island deep in the Pacific, watching a paid scaven

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  • May 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Kaplan Scores Position Of U.S. on Legal Fees

    Southern District Judge Lewis Kaplan had some strong words for a prosecutor yesterday as he wrapped up a hearing on whether the government coerced KPMG into threatening to cut off legal fees f

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  • September 20, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Five Firms Advise on $1.6 Billion Security Deal

    Two leading European defense companies are breaking up U.S. security firm L-1 Identity Solutions in a two-part transaction valued at $1.6 billion, including debt, a target="_blank" href="http://ww

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  • October 16, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

    The Magic Circle: To most Brits that phrase means the professional body of the United Kingdom's conjurers. But to lawyers in the U.K., it refers to an exclusive group of top London firms that

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  • December 8, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Of Ethics and EDD

    Traditionally, courts have sanctioned parties and their counsel for engaging inabusive discovery practices that prejudice their opponents, for intentionallydestroying evidence and, under certai

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  • January 22, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Legal Outsourcing to India Is Growing, But Still Confronts Fundamental Issues

    Outsourcing legal work to India is no longer a novelty. It's a reality. At least that is the message of legal process outsourcing (LPO) companies participating in their first major ind

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  • January 19, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Eviction Notices for Cybersquatters

    Law and order is taking hold in the Wild West of the Internet. Cybersquatters who try to steal domain names from their legitimate owners have long plagued online commerce. But an arbitration p

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  • December 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Back to the Future

    The start of the computer revolution in law begins in 1973, when Lexis invented the red "UBIQ" terminal to let lawyers search case law online rather than laboriously pore through books. The re

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  • April 26, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    Straight From Left Field

    Tom Alleman, a shareholder in the environmental and litigation practice groups at Dallas' Winstead Sechrest & Minick, has a career .180 average and couldn't hit a curve ball if his life depende

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