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  • May 16, 2001 |

    Forum: the rate of law firm mergers

    According to last week's Legal Week/EJ Legal Big Question, the rate of law firm mergers is set to increase. Steven Fogel,whose firm recently completed its own transatlantic union, explains why firms will not be able to resist the urge to merge

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  • May 9, 2001 |

    Clifford Chance in office talks with Slaughters

    Legal Week reports

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  • May 9, 2001 |

    Broadening the bench

    So long as the senior judiciary continues to exclude women, ethnic minorities, solicitors and academics, the public will always see judges as unacceptably out of touch, says Margherita Rendel

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  • April 25, 2001 |

    Looking into the Maxwell house

    External advisers, including Clifford Chance and Linklaters, were criticised by the DTI's long-awaited report into the collapse of Robert Maxwell's empire. But, says John Malpas, the in-house lawyer did not escape unscathed

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  • April 11, 2001 |

    When it's right to speak out

    John Malpas assesses the role of Robert Maxwell's in-house counsel in the Mirror Group pensions fiasco

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  • March 20, 2001 |

    CLIENT RELATIONS: It's all in the details

    The use of customer relationship management systems is raising a number of important issues about the way law firms work and how they can best deal with valuable information about their clients, says Jane Dudman

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  • February 21, 2001 |

    Double whammy that threatens to scupper Docklands venture

    Saira Zaki finds that lack of space is threatening to leave CC isolated at the Wharf

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  • January 10, 2001 |

    Fingers crossed for health of UK private equity

    Commentary

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  • January 10, 2001 |

    Addleshaws secures fast-growing MWB

    Property- Client acquired after advising on purchase of 90-year leasehold interest in Marble Arch Tower

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  • October 26, 2000 |

    Dechert installs sales database

    Achiever database is being customised for legal sector to help fee earners pitch for work

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