• October 26, 2000 |

    MANAGEMENT:Waivinggoodbyes

    The fast-moving world of IT suffers from an unusually high staff turnover, and companies involved in IT disputes can be left exposed by the departure of key staff. So, say Anna Cook and Charlotte Giller, firms must take protective steps...

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  • October 25, 2000 |

    The perfect adviser

    What do in-house lawyers expect from their external advisers? Linda Tsang speaks to those in the know in the dotcom industry and finds that commercial awareness and a knowledge of e-commerce issues come top of the list

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  • October 25, 2000 |

    A learning curve

    With the well-publicised dotcom failures recently, Brett Israel writes that e-entrepreneurs are realising

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  • October 18, 2000 |

    Herbert Smith woos Bird & Bird IT head

    Legal Week Reports

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  • October 18, 2000 |

    KLegal busts City pay rates

    Legal Week Reports

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  • October 18, 2000 |

    Staying alive

    Forget mega mergers, tripartite mergers and mergers of equals. The most painless way for firms to grow is by snapping up niche practices, argues Jon Robin

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  • October 11, 2000 |

    Bird & Bird in Swedish merger

    Legal Week Reports

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  • October 11, 2000 |

    E-signatures become law in the US

    Legal Week Reports

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  • October 11, 2000 |

    Taking a lead from the land of make-believe

    Michael Gerrard talks to barrister-turned-comedy writer Clive Coleman to see whether TV legal dramas have any influence on people wanting to carve out a career at the Bar

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  • October 11, 2000 |

    Changes roll on with the good times

    When today's law students graduate they will be greeted by a very different legal landscape. But there is nothing to fear, says Derek Bedlow, who reveals how law firms are transforming themselves to keep up with the times

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