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  • January 4, 2010 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San Francisco Michael Sears has joined Bank of the West as vice president and senior counsel and will serve as the compa

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  • January 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Dealmaker of the Week: Hunton & Williams' Jerry Whitson

    Late last August, Altria's longtime outside counsel, Hunton & Williams par

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  • July 31, 2009 | The Recorder

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    CUTS — CRUEL AND KINDAs a part of our annual midlevel survey, we asked associates whether their firms had conducted layoffs. We also asked them to assess--on a 1-to-5 scale, with 5

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  • August 1, 2009 | Legaltech News

    On the Road Again

    Despite the best efforts of New York's various flu strains to sideline both moi and associate editor Theodora Blanchfield, we were energized by the success of LegalTech West Coast. First and foremo

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  • May 1, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Greenberg Partners Advise on Company's China Deal

    Greenberg Traurig partners James S. Altenbach, Joel A. Katz and Stephanie Ratcliffe advised an Atlanta company's recent venture into the Chinese Internet market. HowStuffWorks Inc., a unit o

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  • January 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Two For The Road

    Two London deal partners are showing a lack of loyalty to both firm and country. And two American firms-Hogan & Hartson and Baker Bottsare paying the price. After just 18 months o

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  • April 26, 2006 | The Recorder

    Pellicano Lawyer Lobs Grenade

    Steven Gruel has long contended that the feds were out to get his client, the celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano, well before they executed a 2003 search warrant that resulted in Pellican

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  • January 9, 2009 | Focus Europe

    U.S. firms in Europe feel the economic chill

    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 failures

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  • August 22, 2006 | Legal Times

    D.C. Federal Judge Slams Lawyers for Role in Hiding Tobacco Risks

    Judge Gladys Kessler's scorn for the tobacco industry was evident in her 1,742-page opinion last week, which found that nine cigarette manufacturers and two trade groups had conspired to hide the t

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  • April 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Let's Get Small

    The economy has emerged from recession—but some Big Law litigators are still downsizing, leaving Am Law 200 digs to join boutique firms or to start their own shops. In

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