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February 07, 2000 |

One Part Lawyer, One Part Executive

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June 30, 2000 |

As ABA Debates, MDPs Are Spreading

Employment Law Training, the nonlawyer arm of San Francisco-based Littler Mendelson, is rapidly becoming the firm's largest revenue source. The half-owned subsidiary generates $200,000 a month in billings. It's hardly the only success law firms have had with side businesses, despite the supposed ethical restrictions on multidisciplinary practices. A survey by The National Law Journal of the country's largest law firms shows nonfirm businesses thriving.
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US v. James J. Treacy, 09-3939-cr
Publication Date: 2011-03-10
Practice Area: Criminal Practice
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Mclaughlin and Hall, C.JJ., and Restani, J.*
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For plaintiff: DEIRDRE A. MCEVOY, Assistant United States Attorney (Jesse M. Furman, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for Appellee.
For defendant: BRUCE C. BISHOP (Evan T. Barr, Reid H. Weingarten, on the brief), Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C., and New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellant.
Case number: 09-3939-cr

Cite as: US v. James J. Treacy, 09-3939-cr, NYLJ 1202485315438, at *1 (2Cir, Decided March 9, 2011)Before: Mclaughlin and Hall, C.JJ., and Restani, J.*p cl

Cleary Guides Alpha in $209 Million Deal over Massey Coal Mine Disaster
Publication Date: 2011-12-06
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In a non-prosecution agreement announced on Tuesday, Alpha Natural Resources agreed to pay $209 million to settle a federal investigation into a 2010 explosion at a West Virginia coal mine owned by Massey Energy Company. Cleary Gottlieb, which represented Alpha on its $7 billion acquisition of Massey earlier this year, advised the company on the agreement with the Justice Department.

June 28, 2004 |

Standing at the Floodgates

An Iraqi came to Michigan lawyer Shereef Akeel in March with a seemingly outrageous claim: U.S. soldiers and civilians at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad beat, sexually humiliated and stole from him -- and other prisoners were raped or fatally beaten. Akeel, who since the Sept. 11 terror attacks has represented Arab-American discrimination victims, was shocked -- but intent on finding redress for the prisoners. Then the Taguba report gave him the ammunition he sought.
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October 28, 2002 |

Chart: The Legal Times 100

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October 18, 2004 |

You're Fired

Yes, it's true that most GCs stay faithful to their long-time outside counsel -- but every once in a while a legal department scribbles a few Dear John letters. Last year, Albertson's Inc. printed them out like form letters. After appointing a new general counsel and revising its acquisition strategy, the food and drug retail chain operator slashed its roster of "primary" law firms and made significant additions as well. Who's in, who's out and who's waiting by the phone?
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Thank You, Bernie Madoff! In the Biggest Alleged Fraud in Wall Street History, There Will Be Lawyers
Publication Date: 2008-12-15
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From what we gather, accused swindler extraordinaire Bernard Madoff was an immensely charitable man. If we were the Psychology Daily we might suggest something about salving a guilty conscience, but we're the Litigation Daily. So instead we'll offer thanks to Madoff on behalf of the white-collar criminal defense and securities class action lawyers for whom his alleged $50 billion fraud--said to be the largest in Wall Street history--has already begun to provide gainful employment.

September 16, 2003 |

Two Major Business Cases on D.C. Circuit's Fall Docket

The cases to be heard by the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in its fall term once again point to the court's central role in deciding novel legal, business and social issues, many of which have a national impact. On the schedule for upcoming arguments are two important business cases: one involving the recording industry's efforts to stop Internet piracy, the other a suit against the government by a major law firm that lost out on a lucrative government contract.
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January 19, 2006 |

What Every Corporate Counsel Should Know About Non-Compete Agreements

Businesses can get a nasty surprise when they learn that a court will not enforce a former employee's non-competition agreement. To avoid this result, in-house counsel should carefully draft their non-compete clauses, with full awareness of the general principles and their state's laws. Provided here is a sample of different state courts' approaches to interpreting and enforcing non-competition agreements. Such information can also be important when considering new applicants, and in times of merger.
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