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		<title>Adams and Reese Expands to South Carolina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(COLUMBIA, SC) - Recognizing the opportunity to expand to one of the fastest growing metro areas in the Southeast &#8211; Columbia, South Carolina, the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP has announced a merger with Ellis Lawhorne, effective June 1, 2013. With the addition of 23 attorneys in Columbia, Adams and Reese will have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amy Williams Joins Carothers DiSante</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, Calif., May 20, 2013 &#8211; Carothers DiSante &#38; Freudenberger LLP (CDF), a leading California labor and employment law firm, welcomes Amy Williams as senior counsel to bolster the firm&#8217;s class action litigation defense group at its expanding Orange County office. Williams brings nearly a decade of proven experience in wage and hour class action [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Natural Resources Lawyer Joins Wiley Rein</title>
		<description><![CDATA[\Washington, DC &#8212; Veteran natural resources lawyer Steven Richardson has joined Wiley Rein as a partner in its Environment &#38; Safety Practice in Washington, DC.&#160; Mr. Richardson&#8217;s practice focuses on regulation, public policy and litigation in complex, high-profile matters involving water, wetlands, hydroelectric, land, energy and environmental law.&#160; &#8220;We are delighted to welcome Steven to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kasowitz Opens LA Office with Oshinsky, Kornfeld</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 - Kasowitz, Benson, Torres &#38; Friedman LLP is pleased to announce that nationally renowned insurance recovery litigators Jerold Oshinsky and Linda Kornfeld are joining the firm&#8217;s insurance recovery group as partners and will launch the firm&#8217;s Los Angeles office. &#160;The move reunites them with Robin Cohen, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 500 Lawyer Limelight: Robin Cohen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robin Cohen, the head of the&#160;insurance recovery group at&#160;Kasowitz Benson Torres &#38; Friedman, had an impressive strings of trial victories in 2012, starting with a favorable ruling in January for client Visa Inc. in its coverage action against Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London. Cohen also secured a decisive jury verdict in November on behalf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appleby Reports Offshore M&amp;A Activity for Q1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York, May 16, 2013 &#8211; While the first quarter of 2013 saw the lowest number of deals in the offshore region since Q1 2008, the offshore M&#38;A market has performed better than the global average, according to a report released today by Appleby, one of the world&#8217;s largest providers of offshore legal, fiduciary and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the 500 Vault: David Katz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVID KATZ, partner at Wachtell Lipton Rosen &#38; Katz in New York and a longtime member of the Lawdragon 500 guides for his handling of large and complex mergers and acquisitions.&#160; &#160; Nothing screams for the weekend like the photograph of an attorney behind a pile of papers. We have taken many of these over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keller Rackauckas Expands With Umberg, Zipser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, CA, MAY 8, 2013 &#8212; Four nationally prominent attorneys have joined forces to form a new law firm, Keller Rackauckas Umberg Zipser LLP (&#8220;KRUZ&#8221;) that was formally launched today. Jennifer L. Keller, Kay Rackauckas, Thomas J. Umberg and Dean J. Zipser will be joined by several other attorneys who were colleagues at their former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brunner Named Head of Law Foundation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, CA, May 15, 2013 &#8211; Alison Brunner has been named the new executive director of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, a 39-year-old nonprofit legal services organization.&#160; Brunner succeeds James K. Bower, who announced his retirement in October 2012 and recently stepped down from the position after 14 years. &#8220;The Law Foundation is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latham Handles William Lyon Homes IPO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Lyon Homes has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,700,000 shares of the Company&#8217;s Class A Common Stock at a price to the public of $25 per share, as detailed in the press release below issued by the company.&#160; A total of 6,525,000 shares are being offered by the Company, and [...]]]></description>
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