• December 8, 2008 | The Recorder

    Pulling Up the Ladder

    New partner announcements are starting to come in, and things aren't looking so good. Thirteen Am Law 200 firms in California have announced new partners so far, and eight of those firmw

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  • November 21, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Mergers & Acquisitions

    J&J To Pay $21.5B for Guidant, $3.9B Less Than Previous Pact Johnson & Johnson of New Brunswick, the health-care product company, announced last Tuesday it has re

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  • May 3, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Guidelines for Outsourcing Grow

    Responding to a growing trend of outsourcing legal services to other countries, three bar associations in the last year have issued opinions that aim to provide ethical guidelines for lawyers.

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  • March 17, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Court to Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases in May The Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in four same-sex marriage cases on May 31. The Court has "boxed" on its calenda

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  • April 19, 2007 |

    Making Forensics Elementary at Your Firm

    The electronic-discovery phenomenon is here to stay -- and the industry is still exploding. The percentage of electronically-stored-information evidence in the standard case has increased ex

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  • December 13, 2004 | The Recorder

    Paralegal Prognosis

    In many ways, Stephanie Persi's career as a paralegal is ideal.She graduated from California State University-Hayward with a degree in English. She then obtained a paralegal certificat

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  • February 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    Firms question cost of handling corporate RFPs Law firms are increasingly questioning the practice of spending tens of thousands of dollars responding

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  • January 14, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    In 2008, Cadwalader Saw 30 Percent Drop in Profits

    Following a year that saw structured finance deal work crater because of the ongoing financial crisis, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft said Monday that its average profits per equity partner fell

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  • January 13, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    THE AM LAW 100: Cadwalader Profits Fall 30 Percent

    Following a year that saw structured finance deal work crater due to the ongoing financial crisis, Cadw

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  • April 14, 2009 |

    Cost Controls

    Reducing outside counsel expenses is a much-covered topic. In the challenging economic environment in which most companies are currently operating, the subject is getting increased at

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