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  • September 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Closed Club

    When Joseph Ryan arrived at Marriott International Inc. back in December 1994 as its new general counsel, he inherited an Augean stable of well over 200 law firms. At the time, the bloated leg

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  • February 11, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    Rates Grow 10 Percent Despite Down Economy

    Janet L. Conley [email protected] For a year that began with a slowing economy and ended with a recession, the fees Atlanta lawyers charged their clients in 2001 held up

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  • August 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    IRS Offers Simplified Safe Harbor Home Office Deduction

    With the news that Weil, Gotshal & Manges has laid off 10 percent of its associates, and perhaps other firms will follow that lead, many attorneys might find themselves advising clients

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  • March 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    No Set Salary Rules Exist for Legal Support Staff

    Associate hiring and compensation are perpetually hot topics of discussion for most law firms, but what about those same issues with regard to support staff? Pennsylv

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  • July 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    The Road Less Traveled

    Lisa Cleary is pure kinetic energy. The Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler partner spins in her desk chair to retrieve a document from her office shelves. She whirls back with a checklist in h

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  • June 19, 2001 | Legaltech News

    Strategies for Building Your Firm's Extranet

    There is plenty of confusion about using extranets at law firms. Extranets seem to be perceived as some sort of "silver bullet" that can solve all kinds of challenges: A partner in proje

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  • May 18, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    You're Fired

    Remember all the publicity about law departments "firing" their firms? It certainly made the headlines and caused a good deal of hand-wringing at anxious firms. But the truth is not nearly so

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  • July 18, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Sincere Flattery

    More law firms are imitating their clients by hiring a general counsel, according to a new survey. The increase doesn't surprise those lawyers who hold the GC post at their firm. They say that

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  • November 6, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Panel Bars Intervention by Deceased Parent's Relatives The Family Court Act precludes the relatives of a child's deceased parent from intervening in child-protective proceedings

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  • February 24, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Like Bob Dylan said

    Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the b

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