• March 14, 2005 | Alm

    Churn: The Dark Downside of Expansion

    In 2000, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis sought to reinvent itself. The 250-lawyer Philadelphia firm, known mainly for litigation, wanted to expand its corporate department and its geograp

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  • December 21, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Big Law Expands Its Footing, Goes to Court in 2012

    From DOMA to Dropbox to discrimination, 2012 seemed to be the year of law being roped into lawsuits rather than filing them on behalf of clients.But litigation by and against law

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  • March 2, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News

    Events Bruce P. Matez, a partner with Borger Jones Matez & Keeley-Cain, is set to present a workshop titled "Alternatives to Divorce Litiga

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  • August 14, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Appellate Practice

    Unlike the Appellate Division which has broad jurisdiction to hear appeals from almost any order of the lower courts, final or not, the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals is narrowly circums

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  • January 11, 2011 | The Recorder

    E-Discovery Moves In House

    On Nov. 30, the AIIM Golden Gate Chapter in San Francisco hosted a high-profile panel of e-discovery experts including

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  • October 22, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Shearman, Willkie Counsel Bloomberg Acquisition of BusinessWeek Magazine Bloomberg L.P., has entered an agreement to purchase BusinessWeek magazine from its owner The Mc

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  • September 30, 2009 | Legal Pad

    Panel's Tax Plan Would Lay Levy on Lawyers

    Legal Pad: Focused on the bad news. Read the latest posts on the main page, or sample a la carte: a href="http://legalpa

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  • August 6, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Happy Associates Are Found Where Layoffs Are Not

    When news of layoffs started to become almost a daily event late last year, Gibbons made a point of telling associates that it was committed to avoiding staff or attorney cuts and so far management

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  • October 12, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Consultant: Legal Spending Tightening But Opportunities Exist

    Spending for legal services is set to increase by about 30 percent less in 2008 than what was anticipated for 2007, according to soon-to-be released research from BTI Consulting. Despi

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  • November 10, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    News in

    Committee Approves Fisher For 3rd CircuitWashington — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved state Attorney General D. Michael Fisher for a seat on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appea

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