Troika atop M&A plaintiffs' bar - The Deal Pipeline

Troika atop M&A plaintiffs' bar
The Deal Pipeline
I sympathized with the arguments to push Delaware law toward giving shareholders a greater voice." To that end, Lebovitch became a litigation associate in Skadden's New York office after his clerkship because of the firm's orientation toward ...

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Less Than Meets the Eye: Robert Caro's Master of the Senate - Huffington Post (blog)

Less Than Meets the Eye: Robert Caro's <i>Master of the Senate</i>
Huffington Post (blog)
900) Johnson's office set up a lunch meeting with them which I attended. Johnson quite typically talked non-stop -- but not about Hells Canyon -- while the five senators ate. When they started to leave, I asked "What about Hells Canyon?

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FORMER RESEARCHER FOR BOB WOODWARD CLAIMS BEN BRADLEE HARBORS DOUBTS ABOUT ... - Politico

FORMER RESEARCHER FOR BOB WOODWARD CLAIMS BEN BRADLEE HARBORS DOUBTS ABOUT ...
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I had also gotten to know Carl Bernstein, who called often and sometimes stayed in the guest bedroom on the other end of the third floor. I still remember the charge I got out of relaying Carl's phone messages -- Bernstein for Woodward.

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This Day, May 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
He compiled the first codification of Jewish law, called Sefer Halachot. It still appears today in every volume of the Talmud. Joseph Caro later used it as a basis for his work. Sefer Halachot was the most important codex until Maimonides' Mishna Torah ...

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This Week in Small Business: Where Is the Recovery? - New York Times (blog)

This Week in Small Business: Where Is the Recovery?
New York Times (blog)
Jared Bernstein summarizes the economic impact of raising taxes on high-income households. Social Security's projected shortfall date is moved up to 2033. President Obama slow jams the news. Russell Investments updates its state-of-the-economy ...

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Lawrence to be first Brandeis president to live in Waltham - Brandeis University


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Lawrence to be first Brandeis president to live in Waltham
Brandeis University
President Fred Lawrence fondly remembers his walks along the Potomac River when he lived in Georgetown and commuted on foot to the George Washington University Law School, where he served as dean. Soon, he will enjoy strolling along the riverbank in ...

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This Day, May 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
Of the 23 cannons adopted by the Council of Toledo, the fourteenth canon “forbade Jews to have Christian wives, concubines, or slaves, ordered the children of such unions to be baptized, and disqualified Jews from any office in which they might have to ...

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