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  • March 3, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Firms Aghast at Generation Y's Supposedly Terrible Work Ethic

    Some call them slackers. Others are more diplomatic. But whatever the moniker, "Generation Y" associates are getting a bad rap for what some say is a shoddy work ethic and an off-putting sense

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  • May 18, 2006 | The Recorder

    Firms Break Into Showbiz

    When it comes to entertainment law, the big legal players have traditionally emerged from firms that sprung up in Los Angeles, the industry's hometown. But increased lateral movement, couple

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  • May 13, 2002 | Legal Times

    The Final Frontier Is Here

    By Anthony LinAmerican Lawyer MediaAs executive director of New York's Dewey Ballantine, Dennis D'Alessandro draws up the firm's budget, negotiates its key operational contracts, and

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  • June 12, 2001 | The Recorder

    Singapore Strategy

    When San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe opened its first international office five years ago, it didn't go to one of the European glamour capitals like London, Paris or Ber

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  • June 18, 2004 | Alm

    Lawyers See Turbulence In SEC's Crackdown On White-Collar Crime

    Defense attorneys say they've thought for some time that the Securities and Exchange Commission has been overzealous in pursuing high-ranking executives suspected of white-collar crime. Their

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  • September 17, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Biovail Rehires Kasowitz Benson

    Biovail Corp. has taken a page from the George Steinbrenner/Billy Martin playbook in order to reignite its well-publicized conspiracy suit against short-sellers and analysts. The Canadian drugmaker

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  • September 23, 2004 | The Recorder

    Bar Stars Shine in $82 Million Patent Case

    A case pitting two of the biggest names in IP law against each other came to a head Tuesday, when an Oakland, Calif., jury awarded $82 million to a San Jose, Calif., company, finding that Sony

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  • May 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

    New Breed of Law Firm Touts a Shift From Big-Firm Tradition

    As far as Mark Harris is concerned, the recent round of pay hikes for first-year associates at some of the nation's biggest law firms is the equivalent of applying a Band-Aid to a head wound.

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  • January 18, 2000 | The Recorder

    Networks Offer Firms a Global Reach

    With the threat of competition from multidisciplinary practices looming on the horizon, mid-size law firms know they may face a tenuous future. As their clients flourish and expand, they are findin

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  • November 14, 2002 | The Recorder

    Banking on the Future

    Debt was the fast and easy way for law firms to pay for new partners, scores of additional associates, and posh new offices during their 1990s expansion.But flat or declining revenues

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