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March 22, 2005 | Law.com

Clifford Chance Turns to Partner From London to Halt U.S. Slide

During the past five years, Clifford Chance, one of the world's largest law firms, has endured dozens of high-profile partner departures and a messy West Coast retreat. It was against this backdrop that global managing partner Peter Cornell relocated last month to New York, where he has swiftly made his presence felt. Cornell projects confidence and an eagerness to throw himself into the fray. But can anyone pull Clifford Chance's U.S. operation out of its downward spiral?
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February 03, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Rules Mean Lawyers Must Report Corporate Shenanigans

Lawyers doing securities work for public companies now have a greater obligation to report suspicions of violations of securities laws to corporate executives and boards under new rules approved on Jan. 23 by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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January 29, 2008 | New York Law Journal

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Class of Energy Traders Certified in Case Against Amaranth
Publication Date: 2010-09-29
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Manhattan district judge Scheindlin: "As I (and others) have repeatedly stated, the fact that damages must be calculated on an individual basis" is not fatal to class certification.

November 13, 2006 | Law.com

The NLJ 250 Chart (51-100)

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Reaches $25.5 Million Settlement with Satyam Securities Plaintiffs
Publication Date: 2011-05-02
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The proposed settlement comes two-and-a-half months after class counsel reached a $125 million proposed settlement with Satyam for alleged accounting fraud that earned the company the nickname, "India's Enron."

July 23, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Food Critic Makes a Good Argument

I must be near food at all times, says Vogue magazine food critic Jeffrey Steingarten. Steingarten, a former lawyer, is not your typical food critic. This Harvard Law School graduate, class of 1968, has free rein to travel the world and engage in a food lover's fantasy. As an epicurean adventurer, his palate has tasted such exotic delicacies as blue corn tortillas filled with green salsa and fried crickets in Mexico, bamboo worms in Thailand and turtle salad in Cambodia.
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March 08, 2005 | Law.com

Curtains Raised for Change at DOJ?

Here's what some people really want to know about the new attorney general, Alberto Gonzales: Will he take down the curtains? For three years, a pair of partially nude statues in the Great Hall of the Justice Department have been hidden, courtesy of Gonzales' predecessor, John Ashcroft, who felt that the statues were too risqu�. Such concerns might seem silly, post-Sept 11. But to many inside and outside the DOJ, the answer will symbolize whether Gonzales plans to change the partisan tone set by Ashcroft.
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May 04, 2000 | Law.com

Ditch the Tie, Don the Dockers

The seven-day casual trend has migrated beyond the Silicon Valley law firms, which originated it. Many New York firms are finding that dispensing with suits at least some of the time does not mean dispensing with professionalism.
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October 31, 2000 | Law.com

And the Winner Is

When the polls close Nov. 7, most of those active in mergers and acquisitions apparently will be rooting for George W. Bush to be elected the next president of the United States. Experts said the M&A community, like much of the business community in general, has embraced the notion that Republicans are better for business than Democrats, even if statistical data paints a far murkier picture.
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