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  • January 18, 2001 |

    Let's Make a Deal

    Last fall, when FMC Corp. decided to file a patent suit against another company, the old economy chemicals and machinery supplier went new economy in the way it decided to retain a law firm. T

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  • October 28, 2002 | Legal Times

    Indicted GC Telegraphs His Defense

    Mark Belnick, the former general counsel of Tyco International Ltd. who was indicted in New York last month for falsifying Tyco business records, has fired back at his New York prosecutors.

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  • April 24, 2012 | National Law Journal

    In the Tablet Age, Law Firms Face New IT Threats

    When Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. testified about his agency's budget last month on Capitol Hill, members of the appropriations committee questioned him about what he was doing to stop cy

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  • July 22, 2011 | International

    King & Wood, Mallesons Discussing China-Australia Alliance

    Leading Chinese law firm King & Wood is discussing a strategic alliance with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, one of Australia's largest and most prominent law firms. The talks, a href="

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  • January 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Columbia Law, Business School to Launch Research Center Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School are joining forces to launch an academic research center that wi

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  • July 12, 2007 | Legal Times

    D.C. firms sit out merger mania. But for how long?

    The courtship started because a friend told a friend there might be good chemistry. A time and place was set to meet. The two hit it off instantly.Dating and law firm mergers. It

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  • July 7, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Police lineups bring debate, and litigation

    A growing number of police departments are getting sued over how they conduct lineups, with some lawyers claiming that flawed procedures are landing too many innocent people behind

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  • October 14, 2011 | Alm

    Alston & Bird beefs up its ITC practice

    In a move that comes just weeks after the firm saw three International Trade Commission specialists jump to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Alston & Bird announced Monday that it i

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  • June 29, 2005 | Legal Times

    New Reality: Temps Must Join D.C. Bar

    A recent opinion by a Washington, D.C., court committee on the licensing of contract attorneys has thrown lawyers, law firms and legal placement agencies for a loop. According to the June 17 opi

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  • March 2, 2005 | Legal Times

    MCI-Verizon Plans to Slash Legal Team

    At some point in the coming months, the proverbial blood may be hitting the floor.Verizon Communications Inc.'s $6.7 billion proposed acquisition of MCI Inc. would result in job losses

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