• January 26, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Dechert Associates, Don't Spend the $15 all in one Place

    PHILADELPHIA -- In December 1999, Dechert announced a special retention bonus program for its associates in which the firm's policy committee set aside $50,000 of its investment in high-flying

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  • July 23, 2007 | Legal Times

    Technology May Reduce Associate Attrition

    Associate attrition at top U.S. law firms has reached critical levels. According to a recent survey by the National Association for Law Placement, 78 percent of associates leave their firms by

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  • December 20, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Maria Lourdes Costilla and Leandra Costilla Ortiz have joined the Law Office of Frank Costilla in Brownsville as civil practice associates. .

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  • September 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firms fall in and out of love

    It's a given that many law firm mergers flame out before they ever get off the ground, but reports of unsuccessful pairings have been particularly prominent in recent weeks. Some of th

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  • April 8, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    The Brobeck Exodus

    Several firms -- notably Clifford Chance, Dewey Ballantine, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld -- skimmed talent liberally from the foundering Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison before its co

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  • July 24, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Mergers & Acquisitions

    Church & Dwight Buys Orange Glo Church & Dwight, a personal-care and household-products maker in Princeton, announced last Monday that it would acquire Orange Glo Int

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  • April 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace: Massive Hudson Yards Project Moves Forward

    Hudson Yards, the development currently under construction on Manhattan's West Side bordering Midtown and Chelsea, has captured the attention of several high-profile companies. Industry leade

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  • August 23, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Show me the money: GC pay soars with stock

    A QUICK LOOK at the salaries of general counsel across the Southeast might give the impression that nobody's getting any raises. Don't be fooled. Though base pay and bonuses are

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  • January 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    Client: Lawyer overcharged

    It's been nearly 11 years since federal agents shut down a massive cocaine smuggling ring operating throughout the Southeast and the Caribbean, sending seven co-conspirators to federal prison

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  • September 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Fuzzy Math

    Patents on The Pulse Case: Masimo Corporation v. Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc., and Mallinckrodt Inc. (Central District of California, March 2004) Award: $

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