• August 8, 2005 | Legal Times

    Chicago Hopes

    McGuireWoods can trace its Virginia roots back to before the Civil War. But the firm senses that it will need more than its 171-year legacy to remain competitive in the 21st-century lega

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  • April 19, 2010 |

    The Efficiency equation

    The profitability index looks at a firm's ability to convert revenue into profits. This metric seeks to demonstrate which firms best balance leverage and profit margin for the highest possible prof

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  • June 26, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    As Chinese Investment in U.S. Heats Up, M&A Lawyer Carves Out a Niche

    When Guanming Fang arrived in the United States from China at age 24, she did not think culture shock would be a problem. She'd majored in English literature at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, h

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  • January 5, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Beam Him Up

    "Laser: The Inventor, The Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War" by Nick Taylor (Simon & Schuster; 287 pages, $27.50)To many inventors, patents are all about the two mos

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  • December 29, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible: Holiday Cheer; Guantanamo Commissions; and More

    FIRMS PROVIDE CHEER � AND HOLIDAY CASH � FOR THE HOLIDAYS'Tis the season for law firms to spread their wealth around the city. Their lucky recipients? Nonprofits, legal se

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  • February 5, 2007 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    CHADBOURNE & PARKETwo associates have been promoted to counsel at Chadbourne & Parke.Ellen Farrell, 37, practices in the firm's insurance and reinsurance di

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  • August 1, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Saving life, fighting disease

    Name and title: William B. McKeown, vice president, general counsel and deputy secretary Age: 60 Saves wildlife and wild lands: One of the first cons

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  • July 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firms Joining the Drive to Go Green

    Not for nothing are law firms in New York and across the country finally stepping up in a big way to the "a class="linelink" target="new" href="http://www.abanet.org/environ/climatechallenge/

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  • May 23, 1999 | Daily Report Online

    ADA Ruling May Send Some Patients Home: Olmstead v. L.C.

    Calling the institutionalization of mentally disabled persons "a form of discrimination," the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday issued a ruling that may help more state hospital patients enter community-b

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  • April 4, 2011 | The Recorder

    Monthly Lateral Report

    California lateral partner movements in March 2011 Part

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