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  • January 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Asia Watch

    Hong Kong IPO Boon Propels Move Toward 'One-Stop' Firms Shearman & Sterling's announcement last week that it has acquired a Hong Kong law practice again is spotlighting

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  • February 23, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Backing away from the cliff

    WHEN A HIGHLY RESPECTED law firm managing partner tells the press, "we're all lemmings running headlong toward the cliff," every lawyer should pay close attention. Something important is goin

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  • December 29, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Firms retain interest in expanding to Korea

    The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il threatens instability in the region just when many U.S. law firms are expressing interest in opening offices in South Korea. Meanwhile, immigratio

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  • March 3, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Lawyer Teaches from Kingston to Manhattan

    It was a daunting situation by almost anyone's standards. Just months removed from his college graduation in 1984, Jay Sullivan found himself living in Jamaica and playing a difficult dual r

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  • December 15, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    This month we discuss three recent decisions of the Court of Appeals. In Nicolson v. Scoppetta, the Court rejected a presumption of child neglect and removal from the home whenever a pa

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  • January 21, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firms Raise $2 Million in Aid

    Major financial contributions from New York law firms to the international tsunami relief effort continue to pour in, now pushing the total support raised to $2 million. Newly announce

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  • April 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Corporate Scorecard 2010 Corporate Debt: Isn't It Romantic?

    Wall Street fell back in love with debt last year—head over heels. High-yield offerings rose more than 200 percent in 2009, to 381, just a year after they plummeted 67 perc

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  • December 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    DuPont v. Kolon Industries et al. On September 14 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company won a n eye-poppi

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  • September 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Why Washington?

    Washington, D.C.'s Legal Aid Society is located in the city's downtown business district, nearly swallowed by the bland postmodern office buildings that are proliferating in the area like obje

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  • February 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Retiring in Style

    Many Am Law 100 firms maintain generous pension plans. Here are details of a sampling. Some firms were not willing to share current information on their plans; in those cases, which are footn

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