• December 27, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    The Generals

    When they stepped out of their U.S. embassy van at the dusty prison compound on the outskirts of San Salvador, Scott Greathead and Robert Varenik were apprehensive. After nearly 18 years

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  • February 17, 2005 | Alm

    Client Conflicts: The Hidden Cost of Law Firm Mergers

    For attorneys caught up in the excitement of a pending law firm merger, expectations of more offices, more lawyers and more money can be heady. But practitioners who have gone through

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  • April 22, 2013 | Legaltech News

    How Happy Accidents Thwart Data Thieves

    Identity thieves may get the headlines, but data thieves do more harm. Studies in the United States and abroad suggest that two-thirds of departing white-collar employees leave with proprieta

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  • September 9, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Madoff's properties in NYC, Florida up for sale

    It's where Bernard Madoff broke down and confessed to his massive fraud, frantically wrote checks for millions of dollars as the scheme unraveled and appeared in a bathrobe to greet the FBI agents

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  • September 16, 2002 | Legal Times

    Chicken Salad and Tea, Justices on the Side

    Tony Mauro [email protected] WASHINGTON-For years, it has been rumored that the justices of the Supreme Court, on occasion, ask distinguished people from all walks o

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  • June 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Dechert, Simpson Thacher Land Roles on Two Big South American Deals

    Two top Am Law 100 firms are advising on two separate deals worth a combined total of nearly $2.5 billion involving coal mining and water utility operations in South America. a tar

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  • July 11, 2011 | National Law Journal

    The dissent that changed America

    On June 23, 1951, a little more than 60 years ago, a three-judge federal court panel sitting in Charleston, S.C., issued a majority opinion, upholding the state's rigidly maintained practice

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  • September 9, 2009 | The Associated Press

    'Hillary: The Movie' gets new airing at high court

    WASHINGTON AP - "Hillary: The Movie" is returning to the Supreme Court for a limited engagement and with the chance to overhaul laws governing federal campaigns ranging from the White House t

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  • December 4, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Calendar

    Please note that calendar events must be received in writing by this office no later than TUESDAY morning, six days prior to the Monday issue in which the calendar item is to appear. b

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  • October 12, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Pension Reform Means More Legal Work

    Lawyers at some of the nation's largest law firms expect a sharp rise in legal work following the recent passage of a pension reform law that makes broad changes to employee retirement program

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