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  • March 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Dealmakers of the Year

    It was a year for repair--and we're not just talking about Ballard Spahr's role in obtaining upkeep funds for New York City public housing projects. Notable among the year's cl

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  • April 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Equities: Back in the Running

    The highly anticipated "great recovery"of the American economy in 2010 turned into the humdrum recovery of 2010. Key indicators, such as unemployment, which stubbornly averaged 9.6 percen

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  • December 15, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Benefit Plan Exclusions

    The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has a significant impact on benefit plans, even though it does not contain specific provisions regulating them. Lawyers drafting these plans typic

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  • December 20, 2010 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    RAISING THE BAR FOR LEGAL AID The economic downturn has stretched legal service providers' budgets to the limit, and Washington law firms aren't donatin

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  • June 23, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Songwriters Prevail in Ringtone Royalty Rate Fight

    Does your cell phone play "Sweet Child O' Mine" when it rings? Or maybe "Barbie Girl" or "Bigg Poppa"? Cell phone ring tones have become a big business, but one

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  • October 29, 2007 | Legal Times

    Hot Hiring, Softer Market

    Looking at the results of this year's Legal Times 150 survey, it seems a lot of managing partners are suffering from what might be termed market schizophrenia. On one hand, they'

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  • June 4, 2010 | Alm Media

    Restructuring Work Is Proving To Be A Boon to Firms

    Real estate restructuring work, a bandwagon that many firms jumped on in the past year, shows no signs of slowing. More than $1.4 trillion in commercial loans are coming to term in the next four ye

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  • October 5, 2011 | National Law Journal

    New term starts up with plenty of speculation among observers

    The October 2011 term opened uniquely with more excited chatter about what was not on the docket than what was on it. Will the justices hear challenges to the new federal heal

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  • February 28, 2011 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NEW ARRIVALS HANCOCK ESTABROOK (Syracuse, N.Y.): Michael Arcuri joins the firm as of counsel and will focus on litigation, gov

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  • September 7, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Agency Violated Speech Rights, Court Decides

    ALBANY � A federal judge held yesterday that a state agency violated the free speech rights of a controversial author when it sent dozens of letters to cable broadcasters suggesting they stop

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