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June 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Pulling Back the Curtain

Why has the U.S. government let private lawyers lead the charge against an alleged vitamin C cartel in China?
6 minute read
June 25, 2013 | Law.com

Voting Rights Ruling a Blow to Big Firms' Pro Bono Push

Lawyers from firms including Arnold & Porter; Dechert; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; and Sullivan & Cromwell donated thousands of hours of pro bono time last year seeking to block voter ID laws enacted in the run-up to last year's presidential election. Tuesday's Supreme Court decision striking down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act took away—at least for now—one of their key weapons.
13 minute read
March 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Timeline

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July 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Up from the Rubble

Robins, Kaplan leads a complex fight to obtain damages for victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse.
6 minute read
December 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

Dicta: Establishing Jurisprudence

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a pair of cases testing the constitutionality of displays of the Ten Commandments on government property. The Court finally agreed to reconcile conflicting lower rulings-concerning the display of a six-foot monument on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in one case, and another involving framed copies of the commandments on Kentucky courthouse walls.
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April 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Paul, Hastings Leads on Franshion Notes Issue

Paul, Hastings; Tian Yuan Law Firm; and Maples and Calder advised the Hong Kong-listed property group on a $500 million debt issuance in Singapore.
2 minute read
April 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Guinea Bigs

Neither a worldwide credit crunch nor a remote location could waylay the biggest project financing ever--a massive natural gas project in the South Pacific.
5 minute read
December 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Fed to Death

By fixating on lateral hiring, firm leaders risk replicating some of the industry's most epic disasters.
8 minute read
October 03, 2012 | Law.com

Executive Compensation Experts Join McCarter

McCarter & English has expanded its executive compensation practice in New York by hiring special counsel Joseph Bachelder III and Jerome Cohen from the Bachelder Law Firm, a shop known for its expertise in structuring pay deals for high-profile CEOs. The move spells the end of Bachelder's former firm, which also employed ex-Wachtell partner Michael Katzke as of counsel.
4 minute read
March 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

After Year at DLA, Energy Group Returns to Hogan Lovells

A little more than a year after five energy partners defected from Hogan Lovells in a high-profile lateral move to DLA Piper, four of those partners, including energy practice cohead Kevin Lipson, are returning to their former firm.
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