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  • October 7, 2002 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has added two new associates at its D.C. office. Kelly Mathews, formerly an associate at King &

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  • February 6, 2006 | National Law Journal

    The good times still roll

    The deal economy might be said to have suffered an embarrassment of riches last year. Except that no one seemed embarrassed. Corporate America was delighted to throw around pots

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  • November 6, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Clifford Chance Lays Off Six Structured Finance Associates

    In one of the first clear signs that slumping credit markets are causing economic pain at law firms, Clifford Chance yesterday laid off a group of associates in the structured finance area. b

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  • February 17, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Bar Exam Program Faces Funding Crisis

    Free supplemental preparation for the New York state bar examination could soon become a thing of the past for minority candidates who have depended on a special program offered through a smal

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  • December 5, 2012 | Bloomberg

    Global banking under siege as regulators guard national interest

    Global banking, a model promoted for more than 30 years by financial conglomerates cobbled together through cross-border mergers, is colliding with the post-crisis reality of stricter nationa

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  • March 28, 2005 | Legal Times

    Gaining a Foothold in Guant�namo

    The U.S. military's detention of alleged enemy fighters at Guant�namo Bay, Cuba, is becoming increasingly burdened by ongoing litigation in the federal courts.Suddenly a cause

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  • November 3, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Global 100: Top 20 in revenue

    The past year saw substantial revenue growth in the world's biggest law firms. The Global 100, a survey of the 100 largest law firms in the world by The American Lawyer, a sister

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  • January 18, 2008 | International Edition

    O2 Prepares to Kick Off First Post-Takeover Panel Review

    Mobile phone giant O2 is preparing for the first review of its legal advisers since its takeover by Spanish telecom behemoth Telefonica. The company, which counts Freshfields Bruckhaus Derin

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  • July 16, 2003 | The Recorder

    This Week in Recorder History

    FIVE YEARS AGOThe California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 215, the state's medicinal marijuana initiative, ruling that it established an affirmative defense toward possessio

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  • January 1, 2009 | Focus Europe

    The New Ice Age

    Early last autumn, for a very short while, the credit mess looked as though it was just an American problem. Europe sat back and prepared to enjoy a little Schadenfreude. But banking fai

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