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September 15, 2004 |

Defending Detainees

One day he's on a brief with conservative scholar Richard Epstein, the next he's challenging the Guantanamo tribunals. Neal Katyal defies easy categorization. Just seven years after a Supreme Court clerkship, the young Georgetown University law professor has already figured in many important cases. Says a former deputy attorney general who supervised Katyal at the Department of Justice: "He is already a force, and he will be recognized as a national figure in the law."
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October 01, 2009 |

Abu Dhabi: The Desert's New Hot Spot

While tales of Dubai's excesses were de rigueur during the boom years, its neighbor Abu Dhabi, maintained a relatively low profile.
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January 08, 2004 |

Simpson Thacher Tops List of U.S. M&A Firms

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October 02, 2009 |

Deutsche Bank Relations in Spotlight After White & Case Departures

White & Case is working to renew its relationship in London with key client Deutsche Bank after six partners with links to the client left the firm's banking and capital markets practice over the past 18 months. After key relationship partner Mike Goetz quit for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in March 2008, a further five partners linked with Deutsche Bank in London have left. At its height the relationship was thought to be worth around $25 million a year to the firm's London office.
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May 20, 2002 |

Brobeck Ousts Former Chair After Abortive Move

Unprecedented Vote Spurred
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Assessing the SEC's Goldman Complaint: Is the Government's Suit the First Domino?
Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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Will the inflammatory allegations spur big investors who bought ill-fated CDOs to take action against Goldman and others?

November 05, 2004 |

Whistle While You Work

If 2004's summer associates had a collective motto, it might be the comment by an intern at Pittsburgh's Buchanan Ingersoll: "I loved coming to work every day." In the 2004 Summer Associates Survey, this year's crop of soon-to-be lawyers positively gushed over how much they liked their firms, their work and the lawyers they worked with. There was little angst voiced this year about getting an offer. Instead, summers knew what they wanted and felt more confident that they would get it.
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April 26, 2001 |

Who are the International Arbitration Elite?

Where are the arbitration stars of the future, and which firms will they call home?
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SEC Drops Steffelin CDO Case, Loses Bid to Revive Claims Against Tourre
Publication Date: 2012-11-19
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Within days of announcing big settlements with JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, the SEC was forced to abandon its case against Edward Steffelin, and then lost a bid to salvage part of its case against ex-Goldman Sachs bond trader Fabrice Tourre over the notorious ABACUS CDO.

Cravath, K&L Gates Fight to Lift Stay on Alcoa Foreign Bribery Case
Publication Date: 2011-11-04
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Aluminum giant Alcoa has had enough of waiting to defend itself against sensational bribery claims by a Bahraini rival while the DOJ and SEC build their own cases against the company. On Thursday Cravath's Evan Chesler travelled to Pittsburgh to make Alcoa's case for lifting a three-year-old stay in the civil suit so that it can seek dismissal, but federal prosecutors countered that allowing the case to proceed could threaten the government's investigation.

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