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May 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Doing Double Duty

A litigator tackles a rare federal circuit twofer.
6 minute read
May 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Fielding Green

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April 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Starting at the Top

When she argued on behalf of an octogenarian widow challenging the constitutionality of the 
Defense of Marriage Act before the U.S. Supreme Court in March, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partner Roberta ­Kaplan joined the ranks of Am Law 
lawyers who made their high court debut in landmark cases.
3 minute read
March 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Going, Going, Gone!

Nortel's groundbreaking patent auction raked in $4.5 billion and created a new model for patent-rich businesses.
4 minute read
October 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Summer Associates Survey 2011: A Season In the Sun

After two years of economic anxiety, summer associates rediscover their optimism.
10 minute read
September 29, 2008 | The American Lawyer

More firms detail part-timers' path to partner

An increasing number of law firms are codifying policies specifying how associates who opt for part-time or flex-time schedules can ascend to partnership. Firms say they want to assure lawyers who need part-time or flex-time schedules that their long-term partnership prospects are still viable. They also say they're creating official policies because they want everyone in the firm to treat lawyers opting for alternate schedules the same as other lawyers.
4 minute read
November 02, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Is Miller Canfield's Tim Attalla a Real Life Maurice Levy?

The federal government's case against Hatim "Tim" Attalla has gone to trial in a Detroit courtroom, with the Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone of counsel defending himself against a drug conspiracy charge stemming from his alleged role in a Detroit motorcycle gang.
3 minute read
March 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A Higher Calling

With the support of his firm, an Am Law 100 partner joins the clergy.
5 minute read
May 03, 2012 | The American Lawyer

With Weil and Linklaters Advising, China's Bright Food Acquires U.K.-Based Weetabix

In the biggest Chinese acquisition of a food and beverage company yet, conglomerate Bright Food Co. Ltd. has reached an agreement to acquire 60 percent of U.K. breakfast food maker Weetabix Food Company for $1.9 billion.
3 minute read
November 14, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Cravath, DLA Sip on Starbucks's $620 Million Teavana Buy

The Am Law 100 firms are advising on the tea purveyor's $620 million all-cash sale to Starbucks, the biggest deal to date for the world's largest coffee retailer.
3 minute read

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