• June 16, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Starting Salaries Keep Growing at Big N.J. Firms

    First-year associate salaries at New Jersey firms continue to climb, with six major firms announcing increases in recent weeks. The latest hikes push this fall's entry-level salaries to an a

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  • August 23, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

    Hold Our Hands, Please

    Well, the clients have spoken. And the word is that corporate legal departments are not happy with their outside counsel, says a recent study. More and more, large law firms have become indist

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  • December 14, 2000 | Daily Report Online

    Atlanta Won't Follow $40K Bonuses for N.Y. First-Years

    Year-end bonuses at New York law firms are peaking at $40,000 for first-year associates, but that doesn't necessarily mean Atlanta firms will follow suit.Some of New York's largest fir

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  • In Re: Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 21 MC 92

    Publication Date: 2010-07-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs' Executive Committee: Stanley D. Bernstein, Esq., Rebecca M. Katz, Esq., Christian Siebott, Esq., Bernstein Liebhard LLP, New York, New York Robert A. Wallner, Esq., Ariana J. Tadler, Esq., Peter G.A. Safirstein, Esq., Neil Fraser, Esq., Milberg LLP, New York, New York David Kessler, Esq., Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check LLP, Radnor, Pennsylvania Jules Brody, Esq., Stull, Stull & Brody LLP, New York, New York Howard B. Sirota, Esq., Sirota & Sirota LLP, New York, New York Fred Taylor Isquith, Esq., Thomas H. Burt, Esq., Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, New York
    for defendant: Liaison Counsel for Underwriter Defendants: Gandolfo V. DiBlasi, Esq., Penny Shane, Esq., David M.J. Rein, Esq., Richard J.L. Lamuscio, Esq., Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, New York, New York Liaison Counsel for Issuer Defendants: Jack C. Auspitz, Esq., Joel C. Haims, Esq., Hilary M. Williams, Esq., Angela T. Rella, Esq., Reema S. Abdelhamid, Esq., Morrison and Foerster LLP, New York, New York For the Greene Objectors: Leland L. Greene, Esq., Garden City, New York For the Siegel Objectors: Edward F. Siegel, Esq., Cleveland, Ohio For the Pentz Objectors: John J. Pentz, Esq., Class Action Fairness Group, Maynard, Massachusetts For the Weinstein Objectors: Jeffrey L. Weinstein, Esq., The Weinstein Law Firm, Athens, Texas For the Bechtold Objectors: Theodore A. Bechtold, Esq., Brooklyn, New York James J. Hayes (Pro Se), Annandale, Virgnia

    Case Number: 21 MC 92

    District Judge Shira A. ScheindlinDecided: July 07, 2010For Plaintiffs' Executive Committee: Stanley D. Bernstein, Esq., Rebec

  • May 21, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Securities Class Actions Ebb, but Europe's Corporations Are Wary

    Only three securities class actions were filed against European companies in U.S. courts in 2006, down from a peak of nine in 2004, according to a newly released survey by accounting firm Pricewate

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  • BGC Partners, Inc., and G&E Acquisition Company, LLC, Plaintiffs v. Vison Young (Canada), Inc., Defendants, 12 Civ. 6680

    Publication Date: 2013-01-29
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: C. William Phillips, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Andrew Brian Clubok, Esq., Beth Ann Williams, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12 Civ. 6680

    Cite as: BGC Partners v. Vison Young (Canada), Inc., 12 Civ. 6680, NYLJ 1202585778192, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 18, 2013)District Judge Shira Sche

  • June 23, 1999 | Law News Network

    Trial Tactic Trumped by Judge

    WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Microsoft salvaged a key witness during thelast two days of defense testimony, only to have the trial judge launchinto a peroration late Tuesday that seemed to bode very il

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  • December 6, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Piper Rudnick, DLA to Form World's Third-Largest Law Firm

    Piper Rudnick and the British law firm DLA have agreed to combine in the largest merger of law firms to date.The combined firm, which is to be known as DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, wil

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  • May 3, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    If This Is a Recovery, Why Am I Unemployed?

    With blockbuster merger announcements and even Internet initial public offerings once again making headlines, it's only a matter of time before the legal job market soars back to its late '90s

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  • March 17, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Learning How to Trim the Fat

    NAME AND TITLE: David J. Zarfes, executive vice president and general counselAGE: 42ORGANIZATION: Paris-based Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is the third-lar

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