• May 23, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Panel Is Tasked to Suggest Ways to Enact Pro Bono Requirement

    Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman yesterday announced the creation of an advisory committee that will make recommendations on how to implement a new pro bono service requirement set to become a pr

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  • February 15, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Raiders of the Lost Genome

    "Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA"By Kevin DaviesThe Free Press; 251 pages, $25The media's usual metaphor for mapping the entire DNA sequ

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  • November 14, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    The Collapse

    Many firms will want to put a bold asterisk on 2001 annual financial reports. The aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will deserve blame for having turned a mediocre year into somethin

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  • April 5, 2004 |

    New Name in Top Law Schools

    The latest law school rankings from U.S. News and World Report show Yale holding its

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  • September 12, 2011 | Alm

    Work ethic pays off for 2011 summer associates

    Summer associate class sizes may not be back to their lavish pre-recession levels, but one element of the law firm recruiting process appears to have returned in full force: the rate at which

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  • April 10, 2012 | The Recorder

    Privacy Suits Slamming App Developers

    Even the slickest mobile app can get caught in a privacy debacle. The blogosphere erupted in outrage in February after a blogger discovered San Francisco photo-sharing app Path was downloadin

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  • September 20, 2006 | The Recorder

    Pushing Legal Research Beyond Google

    When it comes to sleuthing for information there are no hard and fast rules for paralegals, except maybe this one: Don't ignore the Internet.The courts may notice if you do.Last y

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  • February 10, 2005 | The Recorder

    Ex-Lab Scientist Helps Latham Clinch Pharma Deal

    Before he became a lawyer, Latham & Watkins partner Charles Hoyng was a scientist at Genentech working to develop Activase -- an important drug in the treatment of heart atta

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  • September 9, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    DEALS & SUITS

    Apache, Ecopetrol & Talisman BP Apache Corporation agreed to pay BP p.l.c. $7 billion for oil and gas assets in Texas, New Mexico, Canada, and Egypt

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  • November 6, 2012 | Legaltech News

    Lexis Practice Advisor Counsels GCs

    LexisNexis Legal and Professional, a legal research, software, and service provider, introduced on November 1 a Lexis Practice Advisor module for corporate counsel transactions. The new Corpo

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