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  • August 7, 2002 | The Recorder

    Pro Bono Bonanza

    In law school, George Parker envisioned himself doing a satisfying mix of pro bono projects and billable mergers and acquisitions work.But the Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati corp

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  • October 20, 2003 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    THE BILLS ARE IN, AND COOLEY'S NEAL IS THE CHAMPLawyers are usually pretty mum about their billing rates.But those working on PG&E Corp.'s bankruptcy have had to lay

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  • September 27, 2001 | The Recorder

    High Anxiety

    Just two years ago, they were all the rage and associates were demanding access. But like the stock market and the economy at large, law firm investment funds just aren't as hot as they used t

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  • August 13, 1999 | The Recorder

    Portfolio Plunge

    The stock market's summer doldrums have made the icing a little less sweet for Silicon Valley lawyers awaiting stock distributions from firm investment pools.Lawyers at Cooley Godward, for e

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  • January 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Prescription for the Smaller Pharma? Add a GC

    To cut costs, small pharmaceutical companies have been outsourcing science and insourcing law. With billing rates skyrocketing and Sarbanes-Oxley creating more legal work, three growing pharma

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  • October 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

    New York Law Moves to Dismiss Suit Over Allegedly Misleading Information

    New York Law School on Thursday filed a motion in state Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by three former students who claimed the school inflated its post-graduate employment rates and sa

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  • February 2, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Fresh Round of Litigation Targets 12 Law Schools Over Jobs Data

    Note: This report has been updated to include comments by plaintiffs, their attorneys and two of the targeted law schools.The team of lawyers behind proposed class acti

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  • February 1, 2012 | National Law Journal

    New Litigation Targets 4 California Law Schools over Jobs Data

    The team of lawyers behind proposed class actions against Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and New York Law School have followed through with their threat to sue even more schools. New Y

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  • August 28, 2007 | The Recorder

    The Devil's in the Billing Details

    Older attorneys remember the days when clients would get a bill with just a dollar amount and two simple words: "services rendered." "They don't put up with anything close to that anymore,"

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  • February 1, 2002 | The Recorder

    Brobeck Boots Associates, Staff

    After months of publicly avoiding it, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison finally dropped the ax Friday, laying off 54 associates and 85 staff.The move came two months after 82 associate

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