Anthony Lin

January 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Clifford Chance and India's AZB & Partners have ended a "best friends" referral agreement, the Mumbai-based Legally India blog reports.

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July 02, 2007 | National Law Journal

A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed an ERISA claim against Holland & Knight by a former partner who alleged he was expelled from the firm because of his age. In his 2005 lawsuit, John K. Weir claimed the firm had terminated his employment at age 55 partly to avoid paying him retirement benefits under its ERISA plans. The judge found the claims barred by the two-year statute of limitations, which tolled from the time of Weir's 2002 termination, not the ending of his benefits two years later.

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March 06, 2006 | Law.com

A former Cravath, Swaine & Moore associate fleeing rape charges was arrested Friday morning at a New York hotel. Tax lawyer James P. Colliton, 41, was indicted on charges he regularly paid two underage girls for sex. One of the girls, who was 13 at the time, allegedly moved into Colliton's Manhattan apartment, which he maintained in addition to the house where his wife and five children lived. The girls' mother, who Colliton allegedly paid for access to her daughters, was also in custody.

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March 16, 2006 | National Law Journal

A Manhattan judge has set a May 5 trial date for a legal malpractice suit against Weil, Gotshal & Manges. The long-running case stems from the firm's representation of a mall boutique in an unfair competition suit against Italian fashion house Fendi. A jury awarded the boutique a disappointing $110,000 in damages in 2000 and its owners subsequently sued Weil Gotshal, claiming the firm was conflicted because fashion label Prada, which bought a controlling interest in Fendi in 1999, was also a client.

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February 14, 2011 | The American Lawyer

In the latest move to bolster its year-old Australian presence, Allen & Overy has hired Adam Stapledon as a banking partner in the firm's Sydney office.

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July 25, 2007 | Law.com

Dreier has recruited a five-lawyer intellectual property group, including the former national practice chair from Greenberg Traurig. The group specializes in patent litigation, especially in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical areas. The move is a further boost to Dreier's IP practice, which added four lawyers in December from Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner.

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April 11, 2002 | New York Law Journal

FORMER Southern District U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White will be returning to Debevoise & Plimpton where she began her legal career nearly 30 years ago as a partner and chair of the litigation department, the firm announced yesterday.

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July 10, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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April 03, 2007 | National Law Journal

Dewey Ballantine has recruited two more corporate partners from the New York office of Reed Smith. Patrick de Carbuccia and Alexander G. Fraser are joining Dewey as partners in the structured finance group. Their move comes a few weeks after two other Reed Smith lawyers, John J. Altorelli and Jeffrey A. Potash, also became Dewey structured finance partners.

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August 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has launched an intellectual property practice with a partner from IP boutique Morgan & Finnegan. IP is a new practice area for Cadwalader, best known for its capital markets area. In recent months, the firm has also recruited high-profile lateral partners to boost its antitrust and bankruptcy practices.

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