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  • April 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    All Business

    Four years ago, Kirkland & Ellis celebrated its 100th anniversary by issuing a glossy coffee-table book chronicling the firm's history. The book ended with a stiffly posed pi

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  • June 29, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    The 2011 Diversity Scorecard

    Each firm's diversity score was calculated by adding its percentage of minority U.S. lawyers to its percentage of minority U.S. partners. For an explanation of our methodology, a list of nonrespond

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  • February 5, 2008 | Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report Newsletter

    It's No Coincidence: The Successful Firms Have Strong Management and Leadership

    In a corporation, the person who has the most affect on the performance of the business is the chief executive officer. Although the practice of law is a profession, a law firm is a business. There

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  • April 28, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Summer Class Sizes Dip at Large N.Y. Firms

    Responding to continuing concerns about associate overcapacity, most of the city's biggest law firms have slashed the size of their New York summer associate classes, some by more than half.

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  • October 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    From Russia with Litigation

    In recent months the london offices of international law firms have been gearing up for the long-awaited upturn in litigation with a string of office openings and major hires. With the London Court

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  • May 1, 2001 |

    BSC, Medinol Talks Turn Ugly

    Contentious merger talks between Boston Scientific Corp. and its Israeli stent supplier, Medinol Ltd., appear to have broken down with the Natick, Mass., medical technology firm now seeking to

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  • July 20, 2007 | International Edition

    Profits at U.K.'s Top 50 Law Firms Hit Record Levels

    London's big four have secured their place among the emerging global elite after what will be seen as a breakthrough year for the U.K.'s leading law firms.Legal Week's 2006-07 results

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  • April 24, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Pepsi`s New Lawyer

    Former McCutchen Doyle Chairman Takes ChargeName and Title: David Andrews, senior vice president and general counselAge: 60The Business: Althou

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  • November 6, 2002 | Law.com

    COPY: Firm-by-Firm Survey Responses

    Allen & OveryInternational (London)Participating offices: London, New YorkNumber of respondents: 21National score: 4.19 (rank: 114th)(Score is on a 1-to-5 scal

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  • October 21, 1999 | National Law Journal

    CEOs Given Disclosure Latitude

    When a company has on-again, off-again merger talks, does it have a duty to disclose the negotiations? A recent appeals court ruling suggests that executives may have breathing room to say more tha

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