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May 01, 2009 |

Losing Their Balance

Cravath, Swaine & Moore suffered a 13 percent drop in revenue and a 24 percent plunge in profits per partner in 2008. As Cravath goes, so go New York's top firms?
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April 01, 2011 |

Equities: Back in the Running

The highly anticipated "great recovery" of 2010 turned into the humdrum recovery of 2010. Still, one sector of the American economy came close to living up to the hype: equity markets.
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In BofA's Very Litigious Week, $4 Billion Case Against Bear Stearns Survives Motion to Dismiss
Publication Date: 2009-10-02
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If revenue is down this year among Am Law 100 firms, don't blame Bank of America. BofA is doing its best to boost the fortunes of America's big-firm lawyers, as evidenced by a particularly litigious week in which the bank faced an amended securities class action complaint, stepped up the defense of its soon-to-be-former CEO, settled an employment dispute, and got some good news from a Manhattan federal district court judge not named Rakoff.

August 27, 1999 |

Federal Judge Proposes 'Stopgap' Solution

U.S. District Judge Franklin S. Van Antwerpen believes that federal trial judges should be allowed to write opinions that explain their rulings after an appeal is filed -- as some state court trial judges do -- so that appellate judges won't be forced to guess or remand the case for t-crossing and i-dotting. Antwerpen and others argue that a simple rule change would significantly reduce federal appellate judges' workload and act as a stopgap to save the courts from a deluge of cases.
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April 19, 2010 |

The Efficiency equation

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October 01, 2010 |

New Business

New work landed by major firms, including high-profile deals, �lawsuits, and other matters announced in August 2010.
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February 08, 1999 |

On Second Thought: Area Code of Conduct

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled against the challenge to the FCC's authority to call the tune on enforcement of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. How close did Justice Scalia's opinion in AT&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Bd. bring us to a resolution of the basic issues between the FCC and the Baby Bells?
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July 16, 2012 |

INADMISSIBLE

Morvillos keep it together; attorney/client difficulties at Gitmo; Freddie Mac has a new GC; looking deeper into Gray; former senator leaves Holland & Knight; the call is coming from inside the CFPB; and your new host on satellite radio in this week's column.
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JPMorgan Agrees to Pay $154 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Claims Over Failed CDO
Publication Date: 2011-06-21
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Without admitting or denying any wrongdoing, JPMorgan agreed to pay $153.6 million--including a $133 million penalty--to resolve allegations that it marketed an ill-fated collateralized debt obligation without disclosing the role of a hedge fund that was shorting assets in the CDO.

April 24, 2009 |

Flash training 2010 Test: Part 2a

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