• December 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Six Firms Handle $4.2 Billion Rental Company Acquisition United Rentals, the largest equipment rental company in the world, will buy RSC Holdings in a $4.2 billion cash-

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  • May 17, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Groups Take 'Lawyer's Approach' to Advocacy of Same-Sex Unions

    Organized bar groups will put their weight behind the recognition of same-sex marriage in New York as representatives of 18 groups are scheduled to gather this morning at the New York City Bar to a

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  • December 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    Companies unhappy with their law firms

    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 tha

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  • November 10, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Dodging a Bullet

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month settled with Royal Ahold for alleged securities violations related to a $30 billion overstatement in net sales from 2000 to 2002. It also

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  • June 14, 2010 | The Recorder

    DC Firms Move Into Silicon Valley

    SAN FRANCISCO - "Washington" used to be a dirty word in Silicon Valley. When James Snipes relocated from the country's capital a decade ago to help open Covi

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  • August 18, 2003 | Legal Times

    On the Record: David Meltzer

    David Meltzer is general counsel and senior vice president for regulatory affairs at D.C.-based Intelsat. The legal department has eight neys, and Intelsat's U.K. subsidiary has one

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  • December 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Hold-Out Juror Saves Microsoft in Novell Antitrust Suit

    After seven years of litigation and two months of trial, Novell's $1 billion antitrust case against Microsoft ended in a hung jury. But Novell's lawyers at Dickstein Shaprio could take some conso

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  • January 11, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Panel recommends no 2L offers until January

    A commission charged with revamping the recruiting of summer associates has recommended law firms and schools adopt a system in which top firms are not allowed to make formal offers until a s

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  • September 15, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    NY Lawyers Closing Billion Dollar Deals

    Debevoise, Wachtell on International Paper's $4.3 Billion Temple-Inland Buy International Paper will acquire packaging and building products company Tem

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  • June 19, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATESClaire E. Reade, a partner at Arnold & Porter, was appointed to serve as chief counsel for China trade enforcement for the office of th

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