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  • May 15, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Striving for Quality on Road to Profits

    AKE A LOOK at one of today's large Wall Street law firms, and you will see that it bears almost no resemblance to the firm it was 40 years ago. The summer associate class alone at a top New York fi

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  • March 16, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Summer Hiring Is Heating Up

    Several of the nation's top law firms are hiring more summer associates for the upcoming season, with a few bringing aboard significantly greater numbers of would-be lawyers than in years past.

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  • April 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Dirty Companies For Sale

    Halliburton inc. announced this year that it is seeking a buyer for its Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., engineering business. The name may ring a bell for a number of reasons. KBR can't stay o

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  • July 5, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas Appellate Court Blocks Quantum Meruit Claim Based on Sovereign Immunity

    A recent Texas state ruling by Houston's 1st Court of Appeals blocks quantum meruit claims against local governmental entities. In a 3-0 decision on June 21, the 1st Court decided two is

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  • January 18, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    'Boom-Year' Bonuses Become Routine

    The boom-year bonus has evolved from a surprise dividend to an expected part of associate compensation. The dilemma for law firms seems to be whether to hand out bonuses -- for an aggregate

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  • April 19, 2010 |

    TWo firms fall below $2 Million

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  • February 2, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Bankruptcy lawyers seeking $18.50/minute

    Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis, home to former Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr, are asking as much as $1,110 an hour for bankruptcy work while creditors are recovering less of their loans th

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  • April 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    American/US AirwaysWilliam Douglas Parker finally signed up an agreement to merg irways Group Inc. with another major airline after years of trying. Th

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  • August 26, 2002 | Legal Times

    On the Record

    Robert Lavet is senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Sallie Mae in Reston, Va., which he joined in 1992. A past president of the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel A

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  • June 26, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Attorneys Ask $19 Million in Chrysler Fees

    Jones Day, Schulte Roth & Zabel, and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel have submitted applications for nearly $19 million in attorney's fees in the Chapter 11 case of the company formerly

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