• August 18, 2009 | National Law Journal

    In this Recession, Litigation Isn't a Savior

    What happened to the wave of litigation that was supposed to swamp corporate America in 2009? A year ago, as the economy began its freefall, corporate law departments were preparing for an

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  • December 17, 2008 | The Recorder

    Latham's Salary Freeze May Launch Trend

    Latham & Watkins said Tuesday it will freeze associate salaries in response to "challenging economic times," a move that could signal the rest of the industry to follow suit, observer

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  • November 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Firms Losing Top Talent to Clients

    Law firms that have watched their attorneys move to in-house jobs with their clients traditionally have viewed such departures as an endorsement of their services and a way to re-enforce their

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  • March 1, 2009 | Legaltech News

    Celebrate!

    Winners of the 2008 LTN Vendor Awards were chosen by LTN's subscribers, via a secure, webbased poll. Seven other awards recognize the achievements of individuals, firms and law depar

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  • June 16, 2006 | National Law Journal

    New Competitive-Intelligence Positions Coming From Ranks of Librarians

    Competitive intelligence has long been a standard practice in industry and in consulting firms, but has only recently begun to come to the fore in private law firms. A variety of business drivers h

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  • November 22, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Firms Losing Top Talent to Clients

    Law firms that have watched their attorneys move to in-house jobs with their clients traditionally have viewed such departures as an endorsement of their services and a way to re-enforce their

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  • June 11, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    What happens to summer associates next year?

    James R. Woodward hopes he doesn't have to taste some of his own medicine. While in law school at the University of Virginia, Woodward worked as a summer associate for two years at Hu

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  • March 10, 2006 |

    Law Firm GCs Continue to Multiply

    Dan Carroll receives nearly a dozen phone calls and e-mails every week from one of his biggest clients. Raising complicated questions about everything from liability matters to ethics issues, t

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  • April 16, 2009 |

    Patent Litigation Weekly, April 6-10

    This week: The empires strike back--Cisco Systems and Citibank file counter-suits against the patent holders making claims on videoconferencing and check-imaging, respectively; a defunct company wi

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  • September 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Is Associate Pay on the Rise Again?

    With some evidence that associate salaries are on the rise, one might start to think that it's a case of back to the future. But this time around firms appear to be treading lightly. After a

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