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  • June 9, 2005 | Alm

    New Rules With Regard to Anti-Money Laundering Regulations

    Last November, Alabama-based AmSouth Bank was fined $50 million for violating anti-money laundering and bank secrecy laws. It was the largest such fine ever imposed. The bank also agreed to re

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  • February 25, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Changeable Partners

    AST JULY, WHEN A fat Brooklyn, New York, man sued McDonald's Corporation for allegedly causing his obesity, the lawyers for the hamburger giant didn't laugh it off; instead, they jumped into a

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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Winery Purchase Is No Dry Deal

    WINERY PURCHASE IS NO DRY DEALKendall-Jackson Wine Estates' $97 million purchase of three California wineries gave the lawyers involved a glimpse into the workings of the wine w

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  • May 18, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Legality of Prejudgment Asset Freezes by Federal Bank Agencies

    Federal banking agencies have become quite aggressive in their efforts to pursue civil claims against the officers, directors or controlling shareholders of an insured bank. They will attempt

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  • February 27, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    The Growing Pains of an IP Practice

    When Morgan, Lewis & Bockius scooped up Dennis Mondolino's 35-lawyer patent boutique in 2001, it was supposed to be a feather in the cap for the firm and its intellectual property practice. The

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  • May 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Rules Government Violated Speech Rights in AIDS Policy A federal judge has found that the U.S. government is violating the First Amendment rights of key partners in its in

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  • May 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    PACs With Punch

    When Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal hired Elliott Portnoy two years ago to build its new federal lobbying practice, one of his first tasks was to get the firm's attorneys to give more money

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  • August 4, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Reed Smith Said to Discuss Merger With Chicago Firm

    Reed Smith is currently engaged in serious merger discussions with 200-attorney Chicago-based Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon, according to several sources in the Windy City. Such an acquisi

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    Clifford Chance (U.K.)3011$6,36522 Allen & Overy (U.K.)29227,65111 Linklaters (U.K.)26342,58384 Allens Arthur Robinson (Australia)144122,740712 Freshfi

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  • June 1, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    The Rodent: All About Perks

    Nowadays, if you're an associate working at The Firm, you're probably enjoying a skyrocketing salary. You might even be making more money than your parents ever did, unless, of course, mom or

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