• December 11, 2001 | Legal Times

    Judgment Day

    Every in-house lawyer makes decisions every day: whether to call or write, research further or stop, caution a client or charge ahead, work on a file or kick back. Yet few lawyers realize that

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  • January 26, 2004 | The Recorder

    It's a Privilege

    Patent lawyers have long chafed under rules that require them to relinquish attorney-client privilege in certain patent cases.But that may change soon. The Federal Circuit U.S. Court

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  • February 14, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Growth strategy depends on laterals

    SONNENSCHEIN NATH & Rosenthal partner Kara Baysinger is on the road. Every week since July, she has landed in an airport far from her San Francisco Bay Area home, climbed into a cab, and

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  • April 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Combo Craze

    For some law firms, becoming bigger, which comes with a promise of additional practice offerings, more locales, and a higher ranking on The Am Law 100, remains a goal. This in part explains

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  • July 11, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Money flows to appeals race

    The money chase in the seven-way race for an open seat on the state Court of Appeals is creaking to a start, with one late entrant showing a willingness to self-finance at least some of his c

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  • September 19, 2006 | The Associated Press

    Sun CEO One of the Few Chiefs in the Blogosphere

    At the helm of Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz became "un blogeur" last week when he started publishing his blog in French and nine other languages. Schwartz, whose Web journal

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  • November 26, 2007 |

    In-House Counsel Go Back to School for Risk Management, Corporate Governance

    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 important f

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  • May 3, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Smaller Firms Are Finding Ways to Get Started in China

    While some of Philadelphia's largest firms are still looking for ways to navigate the onerous path to entering the Chinese legal market, two smaller firms have quietly found their place in the boom

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  • February 22, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    What's in a Name?

    Let's be honest. Is the title "chief legal officer" really necessary? Surely a CLO's job isn't any different from a GC's. Doesn't the CLO title just smack of self-importance or managemen

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  • May 1, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Bar Groups Offer Outsourcing Opinions

    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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