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  • February 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    This Time It's Personal

    If 2010 was a year for staying put, 2011 was the year that partners jumped back into the lateral market with full force. In the 12-month period ending September 30, 2011, 2,454 partners left

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  • August 31, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Computer voir dire

    A new computer software program that helps weed out biased jurors is raising a dilemma for lawyers: Should they go with their gut instinct when picking jurors, or listen to a computer?br

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  • June 1, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Kid-friendly

    NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT The seeds of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America were sown in 1860 by a group of women in Hartford, Conn. They established the first Boys Club to provid

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  • March 5, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Experts Say Airline Merger Means More In-House Work

    If Delta and Northwest airlines merge, the combined company is likely to have more work for in-house lawyers, not less, according to those familiar with the aviation industry."What I would s

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  • December 3, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Online Games' Worlds Imaginary -- But the Property Isn't

    Years from now, it may be that "Second Life" could be as prominent on bar exams as contract law. This isn't a prediction of a New Age approach to torts. "Second Life" is an online role-playing

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  • November 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    'He had the ability to do anything'

    The raid took place after dark in a remote corner of northwestern Afghani­stan. The target: a drug and weapons bazaar, where the proceeds from selling opium help fund the Taliban i

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  • December 14, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Sutherland Asbill Launches Mock Courtroom

    Sutherland Asbill & Brennan's transactional lawyers are as happy about the firm's new mock courtroom as its litigators. Until now the litigators have had to use the firm's conference rooms to p

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  • December 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Eight Is Enough

    ow lawyers do their jobs—from the type of advice they give clients to the calculation of fees—moves to the fore in the new U.S. Supreme Court term in eight cases that could dram

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  • May 3, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Key Player: Cari Dawson

    Among a sea of dull gray suits, Alston & Bird partner Cari Dawson stood out in the California courtroom. Not only because she was a woman in a cheerful skirt or one of the very few minorities,

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  • June 1, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Tough Economy Takes Heavy Toll on Summer Associate Classes

    After a season of layoffs and furloughs in tough economic times, most of the largest private New York law offices also have reduced the size of their incoming summer associate class size

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