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September 03, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

New York Firms Taking Different Tacks on Sept. 11 Foreign Offices

As Sept. 11 approaches, New York`s major law firms are wrestling with how to mark the solemn anniversary.
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June 28, 2001 | Law.com

High-Tech Fallout

Small investors burned by the Internet stock market crash are joining a wave of class action suits filed against recently public high-tech companies and the blue-chip underwriters that took them to market. The suits allege that underwriters illegally manipulated initial public offerings in technology and Internet companies to artificially inflate stock prices.
7 minute read
December 10, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Tactics Shift in War on Terrorism

Since Sept. 11, 2001, government lawyers have argued that normal rules of law do not apply to terrorists -- whether they are picked up on the battlefield or inside U.S. borders.
10 minute read
January 16, 2007 | Law.com

Suit Charging BAR/BRI With Antitrust Breach to Proceed

A New York federal judge has ruled that the BAR/BRI bar exam review comprises separate state-specific and multistate components that could potentially be tied and forced on consumers in violation of antitrust laws. Between 80 percent and 90 percent of those who take a bar preparatory course take one offered by BAR/BRI, a unit of Thomson Corp. The plaintiff in the case claims the company used its dominant position in state law courses to force him to also buy its multistate course.
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August 17, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Regulators lack key tool to unwind big banks

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December 17, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Real Estate Marketplace

Taconic Investment Partners inked four lease deals totaling nearly 11,000 square feet at 450 Park Avenue, and investment bank Jefferies Group Inc. sublet 26,786 square feet at 520 Madison Avenue from the insurance, banking and asset management firm ING. Read about the New York lawyers that made it all possible.
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February 21, 2007 | Law.com

Oops! Orrick Associate Lets Slip Mercury Backdating Document

A fourth-year associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe inadvertently disclosed a sensitive document about stock option backdating that the firm has spent the last five months fighting to keep under seal. The document -- a complaint in a shareholder derivative action against former executives of Mercury Interactive Corp. -- contains explosive allegations against the executives and quotes extensively from e-mails in which the executives allegedly discuss backdating their own stock options.
7 minute read
December 07, 2005 | Law.com

Boston Scientific Betters J&J Bid

Just three weeks after Johnson & Johnson finally seemed ready to complete its roller-coaster merger with Guidant Corp., another suitor for the troubled medical device maker has roiled the waters with a $25 billion bid. Boston Scientific Corp. disclosed Monday it is willing to pay $72 a share for Guidant -- a 14 percent premium over J&J's latest offer -- and to divest a large chunk of the company where the companies have overlapping product lines.
4 minute read
October 21, 2002 | Law.com

Aftershocks of Sept. 11

The Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center sent shock waves through Cushman & Wakefield, the New York-based commercial property management, brokerage and real estate service provider. GC Kenneth P. Singleton did legal work to bring its damaged buildings back into service, relocate affected tenants and prepare insurance claims for lost revenues of the properties directly affected by the attack.
7 minute read
October 18, 2004 | Law.com

Market Forces

The title of chief marketing officer used to be found at only the very largest of law firms, but now the trend is really catching on. Last year, the 138-lawyer Howard, Rice launched a national search for its first CMO. Six months later they found Mehul Patel who had done business development and strategic marketing for CNET. Increasingly, firms are looking for marketing talent beyond the legal world -- to industries like consulting, investment banking and financial services.
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