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  • April 17, 2002 |

    Outgrowing the windy city

    With corporate HQs leaving the city, it is no surprise that Chicago's top tier firms are looking beyond their hometown. They know where they want to be; it is how they get there that they disagree on, says Felicity Clarke

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  • April 10, 2002 |

    Rider on the storm

    Only three years ago Simmons & Simmons was being written off as the next firm to disappear from the legal landscape. Today it appears confident with a much brighter future. Saira Zaki charts the firm's path through the storm into safer - but still hazardous - waters

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  • March 27, 2002 |

    Riding out the slowdown

    Things may be looking bleak for US firms in their domestic market, but there is likely to be no respite for City firms hoping that the slowdown affects US firms' activities in London. Philip Hoult talks to several international firms about their UK expansion plans

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  • March 27, 2002 |

    US firms hold nerve in London expansion

    Investment continues despite slowdown, but firms struggle to attract UK lawyers

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  • March 20, 2002 |

    The employee strikes back

    The UK's flexible employment laws have long left employees with little protection against the whims of the employer. But, with increasing legislation protecting the worker, that is all set to change. Jan Harvey looks at the implications for employment lawyers

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  • March 20, 2002 |

    The Big Question: Lapdancing clubs

    In association with EJ Legal

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  • March 13, 2002 |

    Consult staff on mergers, says EU directive

    Legal Week reports

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  • March 13, 2002 |

    East Coast firms raid the Valley

    McDermotts is the latest in a series of firms to strike weakened West Coast tech firms

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  • March 12, 2002 |

    Time to take stock

    The boom times have come to a close - at least for now. Derek Bedlow looks at what this means for law firms

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  • March 7, 2002 |

    Assault on the Valley continues with McDermotts raid

    Legal Week reports

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