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  • December 9, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firm Fees Defy Gravity, Annual Survey Shows

    Despite the rancid economy of 2008, attorney billing rates continued their escalation trend, with nearly 71 percent of law firms reporting an increase in the amount that they charged clients compar

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  • January 17, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Learning from jurors' reactions to trial counsel

    A senior trial lawyer we know enjoys recounting in detail his favorite experience from his days as a young associate at a litigation powerhouse. Like many young litigators, he was eager to ga

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  • March 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    Correction: In the original online and print versions of this story, the section related to the Fairfax Financial v. S.A.C. Capital Management, et al. litig included incorrect inform

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  • October 2, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Declines to Hold Former British Gambling Executive A Queens judge on Friday cleared a former British betting-company executive to return to London after Governor George E.

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  • August 6, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Abbott GC Heads In-House 'Midsize Firm'

    MAJOR PHARMA Abbott Laboratories is a major manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and other medical products, including nutritionals, devices and diagnostics. Abbott employs more

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  • November 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Reverse Commute

    Peter Lichtenbaum, who had been vice president for regulatory compliance and international policy at BAE Systems, Inc., joined Covington & Burling as a partner i

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  • May 2, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    New Positions . . . Robert F. Corrigan Jr. of Houston has become vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Baylor College of Medicine. . . . Terry G. Free

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  • February 2, 2004 | Legal Times

    The Human Touch

    Those decorous partners at Alston & Bird must be pouring something mighty potent into the office water cooler. In the past two years the Atlanta-based firm has grabbed first place an

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  • August 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Her kind of town

    Name And Title: Mara S. Georges, corporation counsel Age: 43 Big City: Chicago, the largest city in the Midwest and the third-largest in the United S

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  • January 30, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Cadwalader Partner Joins Chadbourne & Parke John Finnegan has joined Chadbourne & Parke in New York as a partner in the insurance and reinsurance practice. Mr. Finnegan,

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