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  • December 10, 2007 |

    In Good Company

    Esther Lardent is busier than she's been in years � and she couldn't be happier. Lardent heads the Pro Bono Institute, a small, nonprofit organization housed at Georgetown University Law

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  • May 15, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Correction

    An article Friday, "Crossing Cultures: An increase in foreign clients has attorneys at global firms learning to handle a variety of social and business rules," misstated the title of Baker &am

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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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  • September 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Holding Pattern

    Call it a sign of the times. In May the Spanish gove announced the results of its beauty contest for legal work on a €35 billion emergency fund designed to reduce regional gove

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  • May 28, 2013 | Daily Business Review

    Focus Latin America: Miami Lawyers Jockey For Piece Of Latin American Dealmaking

    On April 1, the Miami law practice of Abadin Cook joined the international litigation and business firm of Sedgwick. In doing so, the boutique Florida firm, with just two lawyers and three as

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  • August 31, 2009 | The Recorder

    5 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO

    Whether he was auctioning off lead counsel status in securities fraud class actions or sentencing a mail thief to public shame, Judge Vaughn Walker cut a curious line in the Northern District. Lawy

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  • September 22, 2005 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    JUDGE TRIMS FEES IN WHISTLE-BLOWER SUITAn Alameda County judge has lopped almost $2 million off of attorney Gary Gwilliam's fee request in a successful whistle-blower suit again

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  • February 5, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Chart: Top announced U.S. target M&A deals of 2008

    Top announced U.S. target M&A deals of 2008 Rank

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  • April 29, 2008 | The Recorder

    Federal Bench Slot Has Few Takers (So Far)

    More than a week after the call went out for candidates to succeed Judge Martin Jenkins, a dozen-plus people have asked for applications, according to Vigo "Chip" Nielsen Jr., the chairman of

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  • June 1, 2007 |

    Sears Finds Security

    Rock star David Bowie successfully raised $55 million a decade ago by securitizing revenue from his past albums. And just as the underground glam rocker has, over time, grown into a respectable mai

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