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  • July 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Italy's Insolvency Solution

    Italian lawyers like to insist that the rescue late last year of national airline Alitalia was a one-time-only affair. Certainly, the mix of politics and a high-profile, struggling business--re

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  • October 10, 2008 | The Recorder

    Document Details Heller Debt, Assets

    A leaked copy of Heller Ehrman's dissolution plan shows a firm that has a good chance of avoiding bankruptcy — if it can collect unpaid bills and liquidate assets with the succ

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  • November 20, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Should Firm Leaders Get CEO Pay?

    Arguing that attorneys at the nation's top law firms need higher salaries may be a tough sell. But at a time when many big firms are operating more like corporations, the question is whether c

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  • August 22, 2005 | Alm

    Coudert Brothers Partners Vote for Breakup

    Partners at pioneering international law firm Coudert Brothers have voted to let the firm break up after failing to reach a merger agreement with another firm. "After exploring various

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  • November 26, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono

    Justice Awards Set for MondayThe sixth annual Commitment to Justice Awards will be held Monday to recognize lawyers and legal assistants who volunteered time this year in the ca

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  • March 8, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Deferred Associates Evaluate Their Experience in Public Interest Jobs

    Nearly three-quarters of deferred associates in New York who placed with public interest groups developed a stronger interest in pro bono work because of the experience, according to a target="new

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  • March 30, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    DOJ Sting Targeting Foreign Corruption Raises Questions

    Nearly two-dozen executives in the arms-dealing business were in Las Vegas en route to meet a supposed defense minister from Gabon when FBI agents moved in. Twenty-one were arrested, accused of off

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  • November 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

    On Borrowed Time

    For Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chairwoman Jacqueline Berrien, the clock is ticking. In her first six months on the job, Berrien has staked out an ambitious agenda. She's v

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  • July 23, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Has the Time Come for Flex Schedules?

    NEW YORK — Lawyers won't have to be slaves to the billable hour for much longer, according to the panel of experts participating in "Flexing the Workplace," a roundta

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  • July 30, 2004 |

    Going, Going ...

    Time, for once, is not on Applied Biosystems' side. Its most valuable patents, which cover a revolutionary process that speeds up DNA analysis, are speeding to their own demise. Next March the

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