• February 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Economy Model

    Daralyn Durie, Mark Lemley, Michael Page, and Ragesh Tangri started kicking the idea around almost 20 years ago, when all four were students at UC Berkeley School of Law. They’d start their o

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  • June 5, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Firms See More Layoffs, Departures of Staff and Associates

    As one law firm leader put it, 2008 is a good time to look at current staffing issues, and that has resulted in a few local firms shedding either staff or associates. Only

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  • March 31, 1999 | The Recorder

    Law Firm Mergers Face a Big Hurdle: Lawyers

    When it comes to the future of law firms, here's one word for you: Mergers. Or so many in the legal community are predicting. But the collapse of negotiations for what would have been

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  • June 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Eric Holder: Duty Calls

    In the late eighties, as many of his colleagues from the Public Integrity Section were cashing in on their white-collar criminal experience, Holder applied to become a Washington, D.C., superior c

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  • October 20, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Barack Obama as a role model? Opinions abound.

    The most prominent minority lawyer in the country right now is, of course, Barack Obama. What lessons do partners of color at the nation's top firms see in his career? Several offe

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  • August 19, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Coudert Breakup Voted After Merger Talks Fail

    Partners at pioneering international law firm Coudert Brothers have voted to let the firm break up after failing to reach a merger agreement with another firm. "After exploring variou

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  • January 1, 2011 | Focus Europe

    Opening Statements: United Kingdom

    Are corporate takeovers in the United Kingdom like taking candy from a baby? Just ask chocolate maker Cadbury plc, which was gobbled up by Kraft Foods Inc. in a $19 billion hostile takeover last Ja

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  • March 2, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Quinn Emanuel Hits London Streets

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges certainly is doing its best to join the fabric of London legal society. Its office is right across from The Old Bailey, England's highest criminal court,

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  • January 9, 2009 | Legal Times

    Interview musts for lateral moves

    An economy in recession. Corporations cutting back on outside counsel. Law firms announcing layoffs. This is not the best of times to be an associate seeking a lateral move. So what can you d

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  • October 20, 2003 | Legal Times

    Return Engagement

    Call it the three-year itch.With just over 14 months left in the Bush administration's first term, the trickle of top administration lawyers heading back to private practice is s

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