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October 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Ready for the Next Scandal

The HP pretexting investigation crawls on.
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October 04, 2010 | The American Lawyer

TARP Ends and Treasury Hires 13 Firms to Run What Remains

The Troubled Asset Relief Program officially expired on October 3, but 13 law firms led by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft have been awarded government legal services contracts that caps the cost to taxpayers at $100 million.
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February 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Big Law's 2012 Performance: Numbers and Nuance

Overall profits growth can reveal less than people think. It can also reveal more than meets the eye.
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June 07, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Equipment Lessors Seek Protection in Dewey Bankruptcy

A group of vendors that provided now-defunct Dewey & LeBoeuf with office equipment worldwide have filed objections to the estate's proposed use of cash collateral to fund its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, arguing that the arrangement unfairly favors secured creditors.
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September 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

TheWachtell Way

The partners at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz have the same attitude toward disclosing their pro bono record as they do about revealing how much money they make: It's none of your business. Over the years the New York-based firm has steadfastly refused to cooperate in our annual pro bono surveys. But it's hard to ignore Wachtell: For the past seven years, it has been The Am Law 100's most profitable firm (in 2003 its average profits per partner were $2.585 million). The firm is loaded with cachet;
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April 06, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

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April 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Six Am Law Firms Land Roles on GSK's $2.59 Billion Hostile Biotech Bid

Human Genome Sciences has rejected British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline's unsolicited $2.59 billion takeover bid. Cleary and Wachtell are advising Glaxo, while Skadden and DLA are working with the target company.
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May 20, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Kasowitz Launches in L.A. with Insurance Vet Oshinsky

In a year that has seen Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman falter in Northern California, the litigation shop is building out its insurance coverage practice with a pair of hires in Los Angeles from Jenner & Block, including Jerold Oshinsky, who has helped shape legal theories benefiting insurance policyholders.
4 minute read
March 01, 2005 | The American Lawyer

In-House

Back when hiring McKinsey & Company was the law firm flavor of the season, managing partners would tell me that they weren't interested as much in what McKinsey had to say-they didn't need a high-priced Harvard-trained analyst to tell them which way the market segmentation was blowing-but in watching how McKinsey did its work. Hiring McKinsey allowed them to see an elite group of service professionals tackle a set of problems for, let's be honest, a difficult client. They'd learn as much or more from obs
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