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  • September 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    A Waste of Money?

    Last January, most firms in The Am Law 100 thought that they had closed the books on their annual associate bonus decisions when Sullivan & Cromwell suddenly upped the ante. On a Friday afterno

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  • January 18, 2012 | International

    Does Japan Still Matter to International Law Firms?

    Talk to members of Tokyo's international legal community these days, and you hear a common refrain: Life is elsewhere. "We're a backwater now," says David Sneider, head of the Toky

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  • June 1, 2004 | The Recorder

    Editor's Note

    If you need a lawyer to help you with a commercial real estate transaction in the Bay Area, you have a lot of great choices. That's the consensus of brokers, real estate investment executives

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  • May 3, 2007 | The Recorder

    U.S. Supreme Court Hits 'Play'

    Legal Pad � the law blog that refuses to call itself a blawg! View all the latest posts on the main page or read a la carte: b

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  • April 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Asset-Backed Securities

    In a bad year for corporate practices, structured finance lawyers had it worst of all. Mortgage-backed securities, already considered toxic thanks to the nation's real estate troub

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  • October 13, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Mandatory Retirement Policy Prompts Weil Gotshal Partner to Join Dewey Ballantine

    One of Weil, Gotshal & Manges' most senior partners has joined Dewey Ballantine. A. Paul Victor, a 38-year veteran at Weil Gotshal and a prominent figure in the antitrust bar, will becom

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  • August 29, 2002 | The Recorder

    In Lyon Hunt, IP Litigators Are the Biggest Game

    Law firms are lining up to hire intellectual property litigators, believing their practices are both lucrative and recession-proof.Need evidence? Check out how hot IP litigators at Los

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  • March 1, 2006 | Legal Times

    Bingham McCutchen Finalizes Swidler Berlin Acquisition Agreement

    Boston-based Bingham McCutchen completed an agreement Tuesday to acquire Washington, D.C.'s Swidler Berlin, a month earlier than expected."It was just an easy deal," says Jay Zimmerman, chai

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  • March 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    In-house budgets rose 20% between '04 and '06 In-house legal budgets rose more than 20% on average between 2004 and 2006, according to the most recent Association of Corpo

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  • February 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    EX-THACHER LAWYER PLEADS TO INSIDER TRADINGNEW YORK � A former associate at Thacher Proffitt & Wood faces up to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty Thursday in East

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