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  • April 28, 2004 |

    Self identity

    As the world's biggest law firms struggle to make their presences felt in their secondary markets, Mark Greene and Gavin Ingham Brooke look at how the distinctive cultures of US and UK law firms can be used to their advantage in carving out a niche in one another's markets

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  • April 28, 2004 |

    Under pressure

    Although implementing cutting edge software has helped firms and the lawyers within them, many have fallen back on old systems they are most familiar with. John Rogers looks at what can be done

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  • April 21, 2004 |

    DLA SINGAPORE ADDS TO LITIGATION GROUP

    In Brief

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  • April 14, 2004 |

    Bakers opts for London-based CIO as firm rolls out Hummingbird DM5

    US giant names London-based IT director latest CIO, the first time the top job has gone to a local head

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  • April 7, 2004 |

    Dispute Revolution

    The figures are clear: the use of international arbitration is increasing worldwide. What was until a decade ago strictly a niche practice area is fast becoming the standard way of settling the growing volume of international commercial disputes, and firms are responding to this growth with ambitious plans to capture the market. Sophie Evans reports

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  • March 31, 2004 |

    Commentary: Cadwalader failing to break the enigma

    Evidence of instability at New York firm's London HQ has clouded success of its restructuring practice

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  • March 31, 2004 |

    Property: Money talks

    MIPIM brings 20,000 of the world's leading property executives flocking to Cannes each year, as they look to generate more business from the major players. But it is not all work, work, work, as Paul Hodkinson reports

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  • March 24, 2004 |

    The Big Question: Bakers beats Skadden to win best US firm in London tag

    Bakers leads Skadden and Jones Day in Legal Week's survey of the best US firms in the City, while Shearman rolls in a disappointing fourth

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  • March 24, 2004 |

    The Global Question: Bakers beats Skadden to win best US firm in London tag

    Bakers leads Skadden and Jones Day in Legal Week's survey of the best US firms in the City, while Shearman rolls in a disappointing fourth

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  • March 24, 2004 |

    Down, but not out in New York

    IT departments are still hampered by strict cost-cutting, but some are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Kieran Flatt reports from the Legal Tech conference in New York on what is in store during the coming year

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