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March 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Canadian Big Deals

Walter Energy / Western Coal; Rio Tinto / Ivanhoe; PTT / Statoil; Scotiabank / DundeeWealth
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August 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

Fast Rise To The Top

Ivy league pedigrees, and the firm's practice is built on defending a chemical corporation and a cigarette maker. But beneath the surface, Kasowitz, Benson is radically unlike its peers. Founded 11 years ago and run under the autocratic hand of a single partner, the firm has no committees and issues no monthly reports. Its 160 lawyers do only litigation. Last year the firm's $173 million in revenue put it among the bottom half of the nation's 200 top-grossing firms. But its success in a toxic tort case
26 minute read
September 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Canadian Big Deals

GM & Chrysler bailouts; Sinopec/Addas; Viterra/ABB
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December 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Under Siege

For years Qualcomm bullied the rest of the cell phone industry with its rules of engagement. But the industry struck back with a global litigation onslaught that's left Qualcomm bloodied and bowed.
24 minute read
March 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Canadian Big Deals

Caisse Offering; Korea National Oil / Harvest Energy; Cameco / Centerra Gold; Brookfield / Babcock & Brown
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April 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

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February 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

Cobell v. Salazar; In re Lehman Brothers Holdings; Texas v. Merck; In re Marsh & McLennan; Salvas v. Wal-Mart
11 minute read
March 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Call Them Indispensable

As a senior patent litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Jeremy Pitcock was wooed by firms offering partnerships, $75,000 signing bonuses, and, on top of his partner paycheck, 5 percent of any business he helped generate. "I was getting calls from recruiters all the time," Pitcock says. By the time he was a sixth-year associate, he was offered his first partnership. He turned it down, waiting for the firm with just the right mix of reputation and resources.
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March 01, 1989 | The American Lawyer

Joseph Flom, 1923-2011 He Built the Preeminent Law Firm in America

"One can admire the superlatives that attach to Joseph Flom, or be jealous of them," American Lawyer founder Steven Brill wrote in 1989. "But there is no denying them and no denying that Flom personifies the best aspects of the new age of lawyering."
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May 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

They'll Take "Mainhattan"

Frankfurt may be Germany's Manhattan, or "Mainhattan," as the locals call it, but this Monday morning in February it's fairly quiet, free of the constant crush of people that makes the Big Apple hum. From the thirty-fifth floor of the Main Tower, a 600-foot cylinder in the heart of the city, Christof von Dryander has a commanding view of the gently curving Mein River. His firm, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, has three floors in the tower, abstract paintings on the wall, and the kind of modern furnitu
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