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  • October 29, 2007 | Bloomberg

    Cecilia Sarkozy is shown up by France's finance minister

    News that Cecilia Sarkozy is divorcing her husband, President Nicolas Sarkozy, is all over the U.S. press. We know now that the breakup was civilized, that Cecilia once modeled for French fas

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  • March 18, 2011 | New York Lawyer

    Some US Lawyers Leave Tokyo as BigLaw Reacts to Radiation Threat

    Expatriate lawyers have joined the exodus of foreigners from radiation-threatened Tokyo, and a number of international law firms have temporarily relocated staff or closed offices. Six

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  • May 31, 2002 | Law.com

    A Fatwa on Piracy

    "Copyright is my right. Buy a license or you'll have trouble with the police," croons Egyptian pop singer Shaban Abd el-Reheem on his latest album. His recording is one of the many uncon

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  • January 6, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    The Name Game

    In the days before "accountant" became synonymous in the public mind with "scoundrel," the consulting divisions of the Big Five proudly bore their progenitors' names: PricewaterhouseCoopers, E

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  • January 21, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    TheName Game

    N the days before "accountant" became synonymous in the public mind with "scoundrel," the consulting divisions of the Big Five proudly bore their progenitors' names: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Er

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  • September 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Appearances May Be Deceiving

    Is Africa the next China? The combined GDP of the continent’s 54 nations would make it the fifth-largest economy in the world, after the United States, China, Japan, and India. The conti

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  • October 24, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    The New World

    The habits of Spanish consumers have changed enormously over the last 20 years. Not long ago, it would have been hard to bet on the success of an American nonsmoking coffee shop in Madrida cit

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  • July 6, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Prosecutors See Little Relief in Final NYC Budget

    The $66 billion budget adopted by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the New York City Council last week provided almost no relief for the city's six prosecutors, whose budgets were cut by 1 percent. W

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  • June 9, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    International Litigation

    Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky are partners at Baker & McKenzie. They are the authors of "Litigating International Commercial Disputes" (West Group 1996).Practitioners who

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  • May 11, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Crossing Cultures

    When dealing with Asian clients, be careful how you handle business cards, and be attentive to who sits where. In Latin countries, be prepared for two-hour meals before talking business. In Ch

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