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  • October 1, 2001 | The Recorder

    Midsize on the Rise

    Two years ago, traditional midsize firms were looking about as hip as a lime green leisure suit.But the lawyers who stuck it out at midsize firms may be having the last laugh. Firms wi

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  • December 18, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Law Firm Model Isn't Broken After All, Consultant Says

    The law firm model might be like a car that needs a tune-up, but it doesn't need to be taken to the junkyard, according to one national consultant. "Don't scrap the model because, while

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  • January 25, 2000 | Legal Times

    Handle With Care

    Industry maturation, increasing competition, and globalization are all contributing to the consolidation of major industries. From a macro perspective, mergers are designed to provide opport

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  • May 6, 2011 | Bloomberg

    Berkshire's board treats Buffett to whitewash

    The resounding condemnation of David Sokol by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is proving to be as strange as its initial pseudo-exoneration of him. Last week Berkshire released an 18-page rep

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  • August 12, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Law Firm's Layoffs May Be Sign Of Things To Come

    In what may be a sign of continued weakness in the commercial litigation market, one of Connecticut's largest grossing law firms confirmed Thursday that it is laying off as many as 4

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  • July 31, 2003 |

    Verizon, WorldCom Settle on Claims

    A settlement guaranteeing that one of WorldCom Inc.'s fiercest critics will not object to its reorganization plan won approval in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New Yor

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  • April 7, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Ira Millstein Senior Partner Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York, New York Q: What went wrong with corporate governance? A: The economic bubble of the l

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  • August 28, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Whistleblower at UBS gets rewarded with prison time

    If he had kept his mouth shut and his head low, Bradley Birkenfeld would be a free man today. He didn't, so now the former UBS AG banker wears an electronic bracelet on his ankle and, beginni

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  • June 1, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Firms Boost Summer Clerk Pay

    New Jersey's bellwether firms are willing to pay more than last year for summer clerks who may ripen into permanent hires. It's not as if the firms have a choice. With first-year assoc

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  • January 10, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    New Year, New Salaries

    As Texas firms mull over what to do about Vinson & Elkins' late-year decision to hike associate salaries by an abundant 10 percent, a Silicon Valley firm with an office in Austin raised stakes

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