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  • March 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Pipe Dreams

    The energy sector has long been known for big and flashy deals, and in 2011 Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s unsolicited acquisition of El Paso Corporation was the biggest and flashiest of

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  • March 12, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firms build 'pipeline' for minority talent

    In an effort to diversify their ranks, law firms are reaching beyond law schools to find and foster new talent. With the numbers of some minority groups still relatively low at most o

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  • August 14, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Panel Rejects Exchange's Bid To Copyright Pricing Plan

    The New York Mercantile Exchange cannot enforce a copyright in the settlement prices it produces to value customers' open positions, a federal appeals court has ruled. In upholding a t

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  • December 29, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Future of Summer Recruiting

    A 17-person commission discussing a possible overhaul on how law firms and law schools organize the recruiting process for summer associates will release its preliminary recommendations in January.

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  • October 13, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Cravath Elects Deputy Presiding Partner Cravath, Swaine & Moore has elected a deputy presiding partner. Corporate partner C. Allen Parker will become the elite firm's second

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  • May 9, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Largest New York Firms Show Steady Growth

    Growth was steady last year for most of the 20 largest law firms in New York, with slight to moderate gains in gross revenue and profits per partner.The New York Law Journal compared f

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  • December 7, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    IPO case hits major snag at 2nd Circuit

    A FEDERAL APPEALS court Tuesday vacated class certification in six key cases in the massive litigation over dot-com era initial public offerings-a potentially devastating setback for plaintif

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  • February 17, 2009 | International Edition

    BofA GC Takes Top Euro Law Job After Merrill Takeover

    Bank of America Europe Middle East and Africa head of legal, Sajid Hussein, has retained his position following the bank's acquisition of rival Merrill Lynch. Hussein will lead the merged

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  • July 3, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    Pro Bono Hours Rising At Top Firms

    There was a time when plenty of big firms wrote off a meager pro bono commitment as a necessary casualty of a vigorous pace of business. So when the economy slowed last year, idling droves of big-f

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  • December 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    A Service Industry?

    Corporate America isn't very happy with its law firms. In fact, only 32 percent of executives responding to a recently released client service survey said they would recommend a firm that work

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