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  • December 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Law Firm Leaders: 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, almost exa

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  • July 22, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Training Lawyers to Lead

    Ten years ago, Frank Burch was running Piper Marbury, a 250-attorney firm with most of its lawyers in Baltimore. Today, he's running all right, but from coast to coast and country to country a

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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Manatt Is Second L.A. Firm to Boost Starting Pay to $145K

    A year after first-year pay raises swept the Los Angeles market -- and then the nation -- L.A.'s Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is boosting starting salaries to $145,000. "We are recruiting a

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  • February 29, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    Let the Games Begin

    The first move goes to Andrews & Kurth. The 251-lawyer Houston-based firm announced Feb. 23 it is raising its associate base salaries by 20 percent across the board in all U.S. offices, effecti

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  • March 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    New Business

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  • May 5, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    How Does Your Firm Rate?

    At long last, many firms have embraced the client survey as one of the most effective tools for ensuring client satisfaction and improving marketing efforts. Once you've decided to conduct a c

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  • May 4, 2000 |

    In-House, In the Money

    After becoming one of the highest-paid in-house lawyers in California, what's Robert Hinckley going to do next? Go to Disneyland? Well, maybe. At the age of 51, he's retiring from his genera

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  • March 9, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Vacates $135 Million Motorola Settlement

    In a victory for Motorola, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the company's request to vacate a $135 million settlement between unsecured creditors and lenders of a bankrupt satellit

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  • December 23, 2009 | The Recorder

    Federal Circuit Affirms $290 Million Judgment Against Microsoft

    The Federal U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided against celebrated patent lawyer Matthew Powers and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday, affirming an injunction and a $290 million patent judgment against th

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  • May 30, 2006 |

    Avoiding In-House Conflicts

    In the aftermath of the recent corporate scandals, investigations, criminal trials of senior management and settlements of shareholder class actions, one question often heard is, "Where were t

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