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  • November 19, 2007 |

    Back to School

    Directors and senior management at companies these days face a daunting array of pressing issues when it comes to overseeing corporate activities. By definition these issues are equally import

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  • May 14, 2008 |

    Time to Bring Legal Work Inside?

    Little needs to be said about the constantly increasing cost of outside counsel, and there is little hope that the economic downturn will do anything more than temporarily slow the increases. Moreo

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  • August 26, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Small and Midsized Firms Find Safety in Numbers

    Hard times bring opportunities, and the network of small and midsized law firms called Meritas hopes that more general counsel come knocking as their companies look for ways to cut costs. Co

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  • October 11, 2005 |

    Tort Reform: A Role for GCs

    If you are like most general counsel and other in-house attorneys, you probably grumble from time to time about the inequities of the civil justice system in this country. This is particularly

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  • March 1, 2006 |

    Ethics and Outside Attorneys

    Not long ago, James Roethe, former general counsel at Bank of America and now a litigation partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and I sat down together to discuss a variety of ethical i

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  • March 11, 2008 |

    Lesson Plans

    Extensive research is not required; the media reports of corporate scandals continue apace. The allegations include a wide range of wrongdoing — from the relatively recent options backdat

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  • March 18, 2002 | Legal Times

    Branch Economics

    We are losing our shirt in the Washington office. I don't understand why we don't close it -- now.John said that he had a $1.2 million book of business when we started this office.

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  • May 11, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Diamonds Are a Law Firm's Best Friend

    Editor's Note: This is the first part in a weekly series examining the lasting effects of the current economy on the legal industry. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott Chief Execu

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  • June 30, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    The Scramble to Keep Women Partners

    Two years ago, Harry Reasoner, then managing partner of Houston's Vinson & Elkins, stood before his colleagues at the annual partnership retreat and clicked on a PowerPoint slide. It

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  • May 4, 2004 | Legal Times

    Orrick in Merger Talks With Swidler

    Washington, D.C.'s Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman and San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are in merger talks, according to lawyers close to the discussions.Though

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