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  • April 22, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Kirkland & Ellis lays off staffers

    CHICAGO — Kirkland & Ellis, a law with about 1,500 lawyers and its largest office in Chicago, on Friday cut administrative employees across the firm in a work force reduction th

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  • September 8, 2003 | Legal Times

    In Brief

    COPPER NICKLESCovington & Burling partner Peter Nickles scored a victory on Aug. 29 before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. Nickles led a t

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  • October 21, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Jenner Wins Appeal for John Steinbeck's Wife's Estate

    Talk about wrath. On Wednesday, just five days after hearing oral arguments, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court's dismissal of all clai

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  • March 24, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Soft Law Guides Parties on Procedures in International Arbitration

    Arbitration, both international and domestic, compared to proceedings in courts, both in the United States and elsewhere in the world, is almost free of procedural rules. Much is left to the partie

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  • September 8, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Leaving JenkensFour health law attorneys from the Dallas office of Jenkens & Gilchrist left the firm to join Baker & McKenzie in Dallas on Sept. 5. The group, led by par

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  • October 8, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Insurers' business may come at a cost

    CHICAGO � Some attorneys who represent corporate policyholders in lawsuits against insurance companies say that firms are edging out their practice groups to cater to more lucrative insu

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  • September 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    The Spanish Revolution

    When Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. acquired London-based bank Abbey National plc last year for about $16 billion � the largest cross-border bank merger in European history � the British

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  • July 6, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • International financial services lawyer Lloyd Winans has joined Baker & McKenzie as a partner. He has substantial experience related

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  • July 16, 2007 | Legal Times

    Hello Hanoi: Duane Morris Opens Offices in Vietnam

    Philadelphia-based Duane Morris is expanding further into the Asian market by opening offices in Vietnam. The firm announced last week that it had established offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi

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  • July 7, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Cecil Schenker has joined Cox Smith Matthews as a shareholder. He is based in San Antonio but will also work in the Dallas office. He previously wa

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