Anthony Lin

December 28, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Anthony Lin

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July 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

The steam explosion that rocked Lexington Avenue near Grand Central Terminal Wednesday took place within yards of the offices of several major law firms. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett closed its New York offices yesterday.

By Anthony Lin

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September 07, 2006 | National Law Journal

A Manhattan judge has ruled that a lawyer's faxed advisories about legal malpractice issues and cases are prohibited "unsolicited advertisements" because they indirectly highlight his availability to represent clients in such matters.

By Anthony Lin

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October 29, 2001 | Law.com

Citing the impossibility of "maintaining a boom-economy work force in a weak economy," New York-based Shearman & Sterling is proceeding with plans that may result in about a 10 percent cutback in its associates. In a memo circulated firmwide late Friday, senior partner David Heleniak explained that the 805-lawyer firm was forced to act by simultaneous drops in both activity levels and attorney attrition.

By Anthony Lin

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November 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

Thacher Proffitt & Wood informed about 50 associates Tuesday that their futures at the firm were uncertain because of the collapse of the market for mortgage-backed securities, an area where the firm had had a leading practice. Among those impacted by the warning were 24 non-first-year associates who were told they were almost certain to be laid off in January unless the credit market substantially improved. Also, 29 first-years were offered the option of taking four months' severance and leaving the firm.

By Anthony Lin

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October 14, 2009 | Law.com

A trio of Australian expatriate lawyers working at their own firm, Temujin, in Kazakhstan, has been found guilty by a Sydney court of conspiring to steal clients and millions of dollars in fees from another expat-led firm at which they once worked. The Aussies reportedly lured oil and gas clients from the Almaty-based Michael Wilson & Partners. That firm's British founder, Michael E. Wilson, was formerly a partner for Baker & McKenzie in the region.

By Anthony Lin

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May 23, 2013 | Law.com

An Australian federal court ruled for DC Comics in rejecting a local fitness company's attempt to register a "Superman Workout" trademark.

By Anthony Lin

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October 15, 2008 | Law.com

Clifford Chance has laid off 20 U.S. litigation associates, citing "sluggishness" in the practice and stressing that the layoffs weren't performance-related. The cutback affects 17 associates in New York and three in Washington, D.C. Most of the recent layoffs by law firms have been in practices tied to the hard-hit market for mortgage-backed securities. But Clifford Chance's global litigation chair said the litigation layoffs were necessary largely because an uptick expected in that area had not arisen.

By Anthony Lin

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April 15, 2002 | Law.com

Former Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White will be returning to New York's Debevoise & Plimpton -- where she began her career nearly 30 years ago -- as a partner and litigation department chair, the firm announced Thursday. White plans to focus her practice in an area she calls "businesses in crisis," adding that she expects the post-Enron environment will make such a practice focus extremely viable.

By Anthony Lin

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July 19, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The 550-lawyer Australian firm's client ultimately paid almost $6.5 million in a settlement with the tax office.

By Anthony Lin

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