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August 12, 2005 |

WorldCom Fraud's 'Architect' Receives 5-Year Prison Term

Scott Sullivan, the ex-chief financial officer of WorldCom who was described by a federal judge as the "architect" of the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. Judge Barbara Jones gave Sullivan credit for his cooperation in unraveling the WorldCom fraud and also took into account his "extraordinary family circumstances." Sullivan's wife, who suffers from severe diabetes, has been hospitalized, and the couple has a 4-year-old daughter.
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February 02, 2011 |

Unified eDiscovery as a Replacement for Disparate Modules: Fact or Fiction?

More than the sum of its parts: Corporate counsel have to understand that unified eDiscovery can be a replacement for disparate modules. • ALSO SEE: Just Be SMART About It | Expert Archive • Get Out of It — Welcome to Dodge City, Old Chap • Oh, Excuuuuuse Me! Listening In, ARE We?
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August 21, 2000 |

Dechert Boosting Salaries to Lure Best and Brightest Law Graduates

In the battle for top-drawer associates in New Jersey, the firm long known as Dechert, Price & Rhoads has raised starting pay and bonus in its Princeton office by $20,000 and has borrowed an idea from military recruiters: Join Dechert and see the world. Thanks to last month's merger with Britain's Titmuss Sainer, the firm is offering associates a chance to work in the London office.
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April 04, 2006 |

In California push, Mintz Levin acquires Reed IP Law Group

Boston-based Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo wants to make a big push into California, and it is getting started with the acquisition of the Palo Alto-based Reed Intellectual Property Law Group.
4 minute read
May 03, 2000 |

Big-Firm Associates Hang Out Shingle

Christopher Parnagian and Robert O'Hare did not leave big firms because they had to. They left because they thought they could make a start-up firm a success. Six months later they have no regrets and much advice for associates who are willing to keep up the hard work but want to do so on their own terms.If you are not forced out and do not hate big firm culture and you are interested in starting your own firm, you cannot wait too long to leave," O'Hare said.
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December 06, 2011 |

How to kill the holiday party fun

With so many rules, and so little fun the Carriest wonders what happened to the raucous holiday party?
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July 02, 2012 |

Madoff's Brother Pleads Guilty, Faces 10-Year Sentence

An emotional Peter Madoff pleaded guilty on Friday to charges he doctored documents, but insisted he knew nothing about his brother's historic fraud. "My family was torn apart as a result of my brother's atrocious conduct," he said. "I was reviled by strangers as well as friends who assumed that I knew about the Ponzi scheme."
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October 04, 2004 |

'We Treat Them Like Adults'

Arent Fox trusts its associates to balance the world of gardening, Hebrew classes, and martial arts with the world of work. In other words, they're treated like adults.
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March 08, 2007 |

Bankruptcy star Harvey Miller returns to Weil Gotshal

Harvey Miller, who built Weil, Gotshal & Manges into a bankruptcy powerhouse before he left in 2002, is rejoining his old firm. But he's going back to a much different Weil, one whose bankruptcy department has been suffering through a long cold spell since he left the firm.
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July 05, 2005 |

Law School to Launch Law Practice Technology Program

New York Law School's Institute for Information Law and Policy plans to launch an honors program in September for students proficient in matters such as electronic litigation, online transactions and the latest in courtroom technology. The school hopes the program will make a select group of students extremely attractive to law firm recruiters. "For lawyers, having a 21st-century literacy in this area is essential," said Beth Simone Noveck, the institute's director.
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