• December 21, 2000 |

    Conflict on The Board

    Delaware courts place a high value on a thorough process in evaluating a board's decision to sell a company. They place an especially high value on that process when the board faces a conflict

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  • October 5, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Sullivan Associates Get First Financial Boost in Two Years

    In its first boost to associate compensation in more than two years, Sullivan & Cromwell has announced an interim bonus ranging from $10,000 to $20,000.Firm Chairman H. Rodgin Cohe

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  • July 3, 2008 | The Recorder

    Silicon Scene

    One nice thing about being called in to work on a merger of equals is that there's little difficulty seeing eye-to-eye on the details — for the most part. "P

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  • August 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Playing Catch-Up

    Sometimes it pays to come in second-as in the Second Hundred of The Am Law 200. There is nothing second-tier about the success of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, a New York firm that

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  • August 5, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Backs Cablevision's Remote Recorder Against Programmers' Lawsuit

    Cablevision's proposed remote storage digital video recorder system does not violate the Copyright Act, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned

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  • May 11, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas' Top Deals of 2008

    The following deals were announced in 2008. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. Acquisition of ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP. Description: Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto,

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  • November 26, 2007 | Legal Times

    To Make It in Manhattan, Firms Drop Millions

    For decades, New York's bright lights and iconic skyline have lured in outsiders who dream of making their fortune in Manhattan. Washington law firms are no exception.D.C. shops

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  • April 9, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Class of '78: Still going after all these years

    During three decades of convulsive change, marked by nationalization, globalization, megamergers and spectacular flameouts, it's surprising how much has remained constant at the top of the NL

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  • February 29, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    The New 1st-Year Going Rate: $125,000

    After a number of anguished partner meetings -- and fevered information exchange on Yahoo's Greedy Associates chat boards -- many of New York's largest firms have settled on what first-year associ

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  • February 15, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Meet the DotCommunist

    Meet the DotCommunist By Lisa Lerer IP Law & Business Don't call Eben Moglen a Marxist. The Columbia Law School professor does believe "the bourgeoisie" namely, Micr

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