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March 04, 2005 | Law.com

Atlanta Firm Acquires N.Y. Office of Jenkens & Gilchrist

Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders has acquired the 91-lawyer New York office of Dallas' Jenkens & Gilchrist. The acquisition is a bold move for Troutman Sanders, which has about 600 lawyers but has not previously had an office in New York.
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December 29, 2003 | Law.com

Enron Fallout Creates Chinks in V&E's Armor

It's been mostly business as usual this year for Joe Dilg, managing partner of Houston-based Vinson & Elkins, and formerly the lead V&E lawyer on the Enron Corp. account. But at the end of this year, one thing will be different for Dilg and the 798-lawyer firm: For the first time in more than a decade, V&E's revenues for the year will decline. And with revenues dipping, the firm with a reputation for invincibility is starting to show it, too, is vulnerable.
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June 27, 2005 | Law.com

DLA Piper Acquired Ernst & Young Law CIS

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May 12, 2005 | Law.com

Lawyers See Data 'Fear Factor' Rising

The recent wave of personal data thefts has lawyers bracing for a new round of lawsuits over how businesses safeguard the information. Attorneys say "fear factor" and negligence lawsuits are starting to hit the courts, as consumers sue companies for being careless with data, causing it to get lost or stolen and triggering fears of identity theft. Privacy experts credit a two-year-old California law with prompting companies to report the breaches.
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November 07, 2009 | National Law Journal

Branch Offices of the NLJ 250 Firms

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November 01, 2004 | Law.com

Cola Wars

N august, pepsiCo Inc. announced that Larry Thompson would become its general counsel in February. Thompson, 58, formerly the second in command at the U.S. Department of Justice, also will head the government relations department at the Purchase, New York-based company, which reported $27 billion in 2003 revenue. He will replace David Andrews, who is retiring, and report directly to PepsiCo CEO Steven Reinemund. After leaving the Justice Department a year ago, Thompson taught at the University of Georg
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December 19, 2000 | Law.com

Jury Trial Seminar Sends Judges off the Bench

Two sets of judges stepped off the bench last week and became litigators for a day. Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court and State Court judges squared off at a jury trial seminar at Emory University in Atlanta. The Superior Court judges prevailed. While the trial, complete with voir dire, witness cross-examination and jury instruction, was as realistic as time allowed, the order of the day was fun.
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August 22, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Coudert Brothers Partners Vote for Breakup

Partners at pioneering international law firm Coudert Brothers have voted to let the firm break up after failing to reach a merger agreement with another firm.
5 minute read
September 26, 2003 | Law.com

Akin Gump, Shaw Pittman in Talks

Two of Washington, D.C.'s largest firms -- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Shaw Pittman -- are reportedly eyeing each other as potential merger partners. Akin Gump Chairman R. Bruce McLean confirms that the two have had "preliminary discussions," but stresses they cannot be "accurately described as merger discussions," while a source familiar with both firms says, "The industry shouldn't be surprised if they pull this off where others haven't."
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February 05, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

State Tort ActionRaising Federal Issue Belongs in State Court

Federal jurisdiction cannot be based solely on the presence of a federal issue raised in a defense, Judge William H. Yohn Jr. wrote in Howard Medical Inc. v. Temple University Hospital, et al.
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