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  • May 31, 2000 | The Recorder

    Brobeck Leads Huge Surge in Lawyer Hiring

    Long past its adolescence, 74-year-old San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison is in the midst of a dramatic growth spurt.In the past eight months, the firm has hired 210 a

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  • October 16, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Top Lawyer Pay Craters in 2011: Setback or Trend?

    What a difference a year makes. This time last year, Charles Kalil was in the number 12 spot on Legal affiliate Corporate Counsel’s annual list of the highest-paid Fort

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  • October 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Faced With Data Explosion, Law Firms Tap Temp Attorneys

    To avoid being buried alive by the ever-rising piles of discovery documents that define today's litigation, many law firms are relying more than ever on temporary attorneys to help them make s

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  • January 28, 2002 | Law.com

    Mayer, Brown Seals Largest U.K. Merger

    Mayer, Brown & Platt has acquired 250-lawyer London firm Rowe & Maw in the largest American acquisition of a U.K. law firm to date.When the merger becomes effective Feb. 1, the combi

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  • September 4, 2007 |

    Looking for Lawyers

    How do in-house counsel go about selecting new outside lawyers? And what factors help outside firms either hold onto or lose corporate client business? These questions were the focus of a recent

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  • June 4, 2002 | The Recorder

    Merger Mania?

    Will 2002 turn into the year of the law firm merger? A flurry of recent deals suggests that a wave of consolidation could be nearing a crest. In the month of May alone, McCutc

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  • December 12, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    No Confidence

    It is important to consider the role of legal counsel. If a transaction is not illegal and has been approved by the appropriate levels of a corporation's management, lawyers, whether corporate

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  • February 21, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    So you've made partner...Now What

    Melanie A. Levs Special to the Daily Report When Kent B. Alexander made partner at King & Spalding in 1993, he bought a Lexus ES 300 for his wife-and paid cash. "That's some

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  • May 24, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    What Lawyers Aren't Learning, and Why It Matters

    I'm 58 years old. I'm a nice guy and a great lawyer. I have scores of trial victories. I don't understand the problem. Where's the business?We really heard this. Verbatim. The truth is

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  • October 17, 2005 | Alm

    Faced With Data Explosion, Firms Tap Temp Attorneys

    To avoid being buried alive by the ever-rising piles of discovery documents that define today's litigation, many law firms are relying more than ever on temporary attorneys to help them make s

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