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July 22, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Public Interest Projects

For the past six years, pro bono lawyers at Davis, Polk & Wardwell in New York have worked on behalf of a mentally retarded client on Georgia's death row who was convicted of a double homicide and robbery. On Wednesday, the Davis Polk team � associates Hayward H. Smith and Andrew B. Dean, partner James W.B. Benkard and senior counsel Ogden N. Lewis � prevailed in a habeas petition before the Superior Court of Butts County, winning a new trial for Larry Jenkins and sparing his life.
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December 08, 2003 | New York Law Journal

2003 NYLJ 100 Largest Law Offices

By most accounts, it has turned into a good year for New York's law offices. Buttressed by a booming economy that enjoyed 7.2 percent GDP growth in the third quarter, 57 of the 102 offices listed in the NYLJ 100 expanded in 2003. Track all the gains and losses in this annual report from the New York Law Journal Magazine.
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December 17, 2003 | Law.com

Federal Judicial Discretion Roundtable

The National Law Journal and Columbia Law School co-sponsored a roundtable on the Feeney Amendment, a measure that reduces federal judges' discretion in sentencing criminal defendants, constraining "downward departures" and setting in motion processes for reporting the names of judges who downward depart. Following are excerpts from the discussion, moderated by NLJ's Carla Main and U.S. District Judge and Columbia Law School professor Gerard Lynch.
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January 05, 2010 | New York Law Journal

News In Brief

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July 01, 2003 | Law.com

Manulife Canada Life

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May 24, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Experts Say Impact of Stuyvesant Ruling May Be Set by Trial Courts

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October 16, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Candidates for State High Court Named, Causing Some Surprise

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December 10, 2007 | Law.com

Law Firms Face Gray Area as Boomers Age

For its annual survey of managing partners, The American Lawyer asked leaders of Am Law 200 firms how concerned they are about the aging of the bar. Thirty-eight percent say it's a significant management issue. They add that current law firm demographics raise two big questions: how to accommodate boomers who want to keep working and how to ensure a smooth succession to the next generation. And as firms move away from strict retirement regimes, managing partners say flexibility is key.
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Another Judge Sides with Bond Insurers, Rejects Banks' Causation Argument in MBS Wars
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U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty in Manhattan ruled that, to put EMC Mortgage on the hook to repurchase failed loans underlying a mortgage-backed security, Syncora and its lawyers at Patterson Belknap need only show that EMC misrepresented the quality of the loans when the security was issued.

February 02, 2005 | Law.com

Bingham Still Seeks Growth Binge

Bingham McCutchen is run as close to a corporate model as any Am Law 100 firm. Let the traditionalists cluck, but at Bingham McCutchen it works quite well. With 850 lawyers and offices in 11 cities, Bingham's revenues more than tripled from 1999 to 2003. During that time it rocketed from No. 81 to No. 26 on the Am Law 100 list, the fastest rise of any firm. Along the way it's gobbled up five firms, and and it doesn't appear that the acquisition spree is over.
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