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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Weil, Gotshal and Manges won an important victory in the United States Supreme Court today for its client, Schindler Elevator Corp., in a case interpreting the public-disclosure bar of the False Claims Act (FCA). The case was closely watched by the business community and was of considerable importance to companies that do business with and receive...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP was ranked among the nation's top 25 corporate law firms in a recent study conducted by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting, Inc.
The 11th annual America's Best Corporate Law Firms study, which surveyed corporate directors of publicly traded companies across the country, ranked the firm 17th...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
McCarter & English has announced that Benjamin M. Hron has joined the firm as a special counsel in the Corporate, Securities and Financial Institutions Practice. Mr. Hron,co-founder of a boutique law firm serving emerging technology companies, focuses his practice on startups and emerging businesses. He joins the firm's Boston office and will also work...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Business Integrity's ContractExpress is a document assembly solution for improving the profitability of fixed fee and other alternative fee arrangements. Used proactively, ContractExpress not only improves partner profitability, but wins new clients and retains existing clients by making possible the compelling combination of better service at lower cost...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
King & Spalding is among the best law firms in the United States advising on corporate governance matters according to Corporate Board Member magazine's annual survey. The survey, which was conducted jointly last January by Corporate Board Member and global business advisory firm FTI Consulting, Inc., identifies the top 25 law firms for corporate...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Proskauer represented longtime client Hines, the international real estate firm, in the $485 million sale of 750 Seventh Avenue in New York City to Fosterlane Management Corporation.
The 34-story, 600,000-square-foot office tower, which is located between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan, was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architecture firm Kevin...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
On March 21, 2011, the nationally recognized team of pro bono attorneys at Williams Kastner successfully obtained asylum and withholding of removal for one of its Northwest Immigrant Rights Project clients. The client, a 25-year-old Somali national, fled his home in Kenya and spent six months travelling via smugglers through South and Central America before...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The 2011 edition of Chambers Europe: Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business includes 63 Jones Day lawyers, six of whom scored top honors in the "Band 1" category, along with 47 regional and local Jones Day practices.
For a complete list, visit http://www. jonesday.com/chambers-europe-recognizes-63-jones-day-lawyers-and-47-regional-and-local-practices...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Gregory S. Grigorian has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Real Estate practice group.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Washington DC Super Lawyers has recognized Wiley Rein Managing Partner Richard E. Wiley and Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Practice Chair H. Jason Gold as two of the District's "Top 100" lawyers. Laura A. Foggan, chair of Wiley Rein Insurance Appellate Group, was named one of the "Top 50" women lawyers in the District. A total of 22 partners were...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Weil, Gotshal and Manges won an important victory in the United States Supreme Court today for its client, Schindler Elevator Corp., in a case interpreting the public-disclosure bar of the False Claims Act (FCA). The case was closely watched by the business community and was of considerable importance to companies that do business with and receive payments...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Stradley Ronon has added former DLA Piper attorney Alycia M. Vivona to its mergers & acquisitions practice group. Joining Ted Segal, who came from DLA Piper to Stradley Ronon in January as chair of its M&A practice group, Vivona is the second significant addition to the group this year. With more than 17 years of experience practicing transactional...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Datacert, Inc. has announced that Passport, its patent-pending technology platform for consolidating andintegrating legal applications, is a Stevie®Award finalist in the New Product or Service of the Year - Computer Software category in the 2011 American Business Awards. Since Passport was launched in September 2010, it has experienced rapid market...
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Proskauer announced the continued expansion of its capital markets practice and securities regulatory capabilities with the addition of Partner Frank Zarb in Washington, DC, who brings a wealth of public and private sector experience to the firm's multidisciplinary platform.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Richard Nathan, principal at accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron LLP (MP&S), has been appointed to the Board of the New Jersey Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMCNJ) and will serve as its vice president. Mr. Nathan is also president and founder of Tailored Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MP&S that provides...
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Evidence Exchange has announced that it has been selected as one of kCura's first recipients of the Relativity Best in Service award in 2011. The Relativity Best in Service program recognizes those Relativity partners that are providing the best experience and highest levels of service and support to their customers. The Best in Service program establishes...
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. has announced that David I. Rosen, formerly of Littler Mendelson, joined the Firm and will be heading up the Employment and Labor Practice Group.He has practiced employment and labor law on behalf of management clients since 1977.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Patrick C. Dunican Jr., chairman and managing director of Gibbons P.C., will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award at the Seton Hall Law School Annual Alumni Dinner Dance on April 29, 2011, at the Hilton at Short Hills.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Jones Day is advising Texas Instruments Incorporated in its acquisition of National Semiconductor Corporation for $6.5 billion. The acquisition combines two industry leaders in analog computers.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
ZyLAB has announced the release of its state-of-the-art ZyLAB Audio Search Bundle, a desktop software product used to quickly identify relevant audio clips from multimedia files and from ubiquitous business tools such as fixed-line telephone, VOIP, mobile, and specialist platforms like Skype or MSN Live. The intuitive software enables technical and non-...
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP has announced that R. Blake Chisam has joined the firm as a partner based in Washington, D.C., to lead its Professional Practice and Government Relations Group. Mr. Chisam was previously Senior Counsel to the Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
King & Spalding advised AMB Property Corporation in the formation of a ¤470 million (US $648 million) Luxembourg-based joint venture with Allianz Real Estate to acquire, own and operate logistics real estate tied to global trade and located in major seaport, airport and distribution markets in the eurozone.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Fish & Richardson has announced that Ann Cathcart Chaplin, a member of the firm's Management Committee and the managing principal of the firm's Twin Cities office, has been named Litigation Practice Group Leader. In her new role, Cathcart Chaplin will be responsible for business and marketing strategies for the firm's premier patent litigation and...
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Monday, May 2, 2011
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RR Donnelley) has announced that it has acquired Journalism Online, LLC and its Press+ offering which enables publishers to seamlessly integrate an innovative paid content engine with their websites. Journalism Online's Press+ system supports publishers as they offer audiences a mix of free and subscription-based premium...
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP served as co-counsel to the Legal Aid Society in a successful bid to temporarily block New York City from ending a program that provides rent subsidies to formerly homeless families.
