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  • October 3, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    It was during a Saturday night on the town near the historic Meatpacking District that Dennis Konner, a partner at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, fully realized why his

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  • May 31, 2005 | The Recorder

    Three More Coudert Partners Leave for Other Firms

    Even as Coudert Brothers considered taking legal action against Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe last week over the poaching of lawyers in London and Moscow, Coudert watched its San Francisc

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  • January 20, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    High Rollers

    New York's Cravath, Swaine & Moore has a $35 million bet riding on the success of the AOL-Time Warner merger in a contingency-fee gamble that is unusually large and risky, The American Lawye

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  • June 29, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Hitting the Wall

    Even with another record year of profits, it doesn't take a cynic to wonder whether the legal market has peaked.Perhaps it's a reporter's cynicism, but it's been hard to look at this y

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  • August 22, 2001 |

    Disputes Leave Leading Brands in Limbo

    Ask two lawyers what any term in a contract means and you'll get at least three definitions. So it's not surprising that disputes often arise in mergers over the disposition of assets -- from

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  • March 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Hot Times in the Toy Store

    Name and title: David J. Schwartz, vice president and general counsel Age: 39 Fun time: With some 1,500 stores in 34 countries, Wayne, N.J.-based Toys "R" Us Inc.

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  • October 15, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Real Estate Marketplace

    SL Green Realty Corp. recently purchased the leasehold interest in 461 Fifth Avenue for $62.3 million from an affiliate of Mitsui Fudosan America, the U.S. arm of Japan's largest real estate c

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  • October 27, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Dismissal of Tobacco Class Actions Approved

    Albany � The Court of Appeals refused to reinstate massive class actions against five major tobacco companies yesterday, finding the plaintiffs failed to show they were injured by the companies' al

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  • February 8, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Starting Pay at Top Firms Falls Farther Behind Partners'

    First-year associate salaries of $160,000 may seem like a jaw-dropping amount to pay for fledgling attorneys, but compared with profits per partner, starting pay at the nation's top law firms propo

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  • April 3, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Columbia and NYU Take Rivalry Out on the Court

    The rivalry between Columbia Law School and New York University School of Law took on a new dimension Tuesday night, as teams from both schools fought on the basketball court in the first annual De

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