• December 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Conservatively Optimistic

    No doubt about it, leaders of Am Law 200 firms are upbeat about the future. Eighty-nine percent of respondents to our annual firm leaders survey said they are optimistic about 2006, almo

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  • May 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    A Guide to Our Methodolgy

    HOW WE REPORT LAW FIRM FINANCIALS The Am Law 100 is reported by staff members at ALM’s publications throughout the United States, including The American Lawy

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  • May 25, 2005 | Alm

    Assessing Pitfalls of Mandatory Law Firm Retirement

    Even as Sidley Austin Brown & Wood and the government battle over whether 31 attorneys should get damages resulting from the firm's mandatory retirement program, many law firms are stickin

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  • January 13, 2006 | Alm

    Attorneys' Bonuses Increase With Profits

    Associates at several big law firms across the country welcomed the new year with hefty bonuses that were moderately higher than the year before, a reflection of the legal industry's recent pr

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  • June 27, 2011 | National Law Journal

    REGGIE WALTON

    For years, Judge Reggie Walton of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has seen the effects of drugs on the Washington community. A federal trial judge since 2001, Walton i

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  • March 16, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Philip Morris Suit Proceeds Against Sales on Internet

    Tobacco giant Philip Morris USA won a legal victory this week in its attempt to crack down on sales of its cigarettes that are manufactured overseas but sold over the Internet to U.S. customer

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  • November 23, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Why the Norton Rose 'Merger' Debate Misses the Point

    What makes a merger? That's the question being asked this week, after U.K. firm Norton Rose announced deals with Canada's

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  • March 20, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Eric Groten has joined Vinson & Elkins in Austin as an administrative and environmental partner. . . . George S. Christian has joined Cantey & Hange

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  • June 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Third Circuit Could See Rise in Pay-for-Delay Litigation

    The ultimate winner in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that pharmaceutical pay-for-delay settlements are subject to antitrust review might not be the Federal Trade Commission or dr

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  • October 12, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    DISTINCTIONS CARLTON FIELDS (Tampa, Fla.): Nathaniel L. Doliner, managing partner of the firm's Tampa office, has been named chair of the

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