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  • November 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Putting It Together

    DLA Piper has always been a firm in a hurry. In the mid-eighties Nigel Knowles, now co-chief executive of the firm, was busy earning his ma

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  • February 9, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: February 9, 2012

    Japan Tokyo-based refiner TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. has appointed Nishimura & Asahi to advise on its $3.9 billion purchase of a 99-percent stake in Exxon Mobil Co

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  • February 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    Securities Class Actions Dip, but It May Not Be Trend

    A dip in the number of securities fraud class actions filed between 2004 and 2005 has had the media buzzing over the reasons and implications. According to findings by Stanford University an

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  • June 4, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Numerous NY Firms Score Roles in GM Bankruptcy

    The General Motors Corp. began the process Monday of fashioning a "New GM" - a smaller, more nimble version of the 101-year-old legendary automaker that focuses on

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  • April 26, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Law firms prepare for Iraq business

    SPECIAL TO THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL U.S. lawyers are not rushing to set up an office in Baghdad, but a small cadre of large firms with offices in the Middle East may reap huge re

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  • November 9, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Spitzer Files Petition to Quash Senate Subpoenas Governor Eliot Spitzer yesterday filed a petition to quash subpoenas from the state Senate seeking voluminous documents, e-mails

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  • November 28, 2011 | International

    Cleary to Open Korea Office

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has announced it is to open an office in the South Korean capital, Seoul, in the first half of 2012. The announcement potentia

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  • August 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn

    Attorneys from the U.S. Departments of Justice, Commerce, and Defense enlisted with Am Law 200 firms in June, as lawyers with government experience continue to lend th

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  • June 20, 2006 |

    Nokia, Siemens Merging Units

    Finnish telecom company Nokia and Germany's Siemens AG on Monday responded to the challenge posed by rivals' deals by announcing they will merge their mobile and fixed-line networking equipment bus

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  • September 3, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    New York Firms Taking Different Tacks on Sept. 11 Foreign Offices

    As Sept. 11 approaches, New York's major law firms are wrestling with how to mark the solemn anniversary. Should the office be open or closed? Should there be a moment of silence or a more i

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