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September 13, 2007 |

New Deals

RBC Centura Banks Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, has agreed to purchase Birmingham-based Alabama National BanCorporation for $1.6 billion. Also, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited has agreed to acquire Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation, the largest regional railroad in the U.S., and its subsidiaries for $1.48 billion.
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May 01, 2008 |

Analyzing Profitability

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September 26, 2005 |

2005 Revoked List

Notice to the bar.
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July 27, 2009 |

ABA Seeks to Shore Up Waning Membership

ABA membership isn't growing at the same rate as the profession, according to its incoming president, a White & Case partner, who notes that the association doesn't even represent half of all U.S. lawyers anymore. Tracking member revenue on a daily basis, the organization so far expects a decline of between 2,000 and 4,000 members this year. When the ABA gathers for its annual meeting in Chicago on Thursday, its board of governors will weigh a key question: How does the association get membership climbing again?
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July 19, 2007 |

11th Circuit to judges: No revivals, please

PREACHERS-NOT JUDGES-should lead revivals, Judge William H. Pryor Jr. wrote recently.Pryor's message, on behalf of a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was to ward off district court judges thinking they could save the soul of a lost case.It was perhaps an odd metaphor given the subject of the July 2 opinion, the deadline for filing interlocutory appeals of class certification rulings.
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July 20, 2007 |

11th Circuit: Judges Can't Revive Interlocutory Appeal on Class Ruling

Preachers, not judges, should lead revivals, 11th Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr. wrote recently. Addressing an issue of first impression, an 11th Circuit panel has ruled that district court judges may not attempt to revive an otherwise untimely interlocutory appeal from a class certification ruling by renewing the denial order and thus resetting the filing deadline. Pryor, writing for an 11th Circuit panel, noted that plaintiffs may still appeal the denial when the case is completed.
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August 17, 2012 |

Merrill Lynch Prevails in More Cases Stemming From Auction-Rate Securities

The graveyard of auction-rate securities claims against Merrill Lynch & Co. got a bit more crowded this week, with two decisions in the space of two days dismissing suits by ARS investors.
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August 06, 2008 |

ABA to Tackle Controversial Conflict-of-Interest Issues

At the American Bar Association's 131st annual meeting, a six-day event starting Thursday in New York, the ABA's House of Delegates is set to vote on a contentious proposal that would ease the conflict-of-interest rules regarding attorneys who switch jobs from one private law firm to another. The proposal would enable a firm to "screen" the incoming attorney from the rest of its attorneys and to continue representing its client without the consent of the incoming attorney's former client.
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December 26, 2006 |

In the Business of Doing Good

When he became managing partner of Bingham McCutchen's New York office two years ago, Robert M. Dombroff's mandate was to hire more attorneys and raise the outpost's profile.
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