• January 16, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Breaking Away

    Jonathan Putnam was no stranger to competition when he joined Kirkland & Ellis in 1993. He beat out 500 students to graduate first in his class from Harvard Law School, won a coveted posit

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  • February 24, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Top Cases of 2003: Corporate Crime

    Martha StewartAmid the waves of corporate scandals that crashed on the doorsteps of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan over the last two years, the case that received t

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  • May 28, 2002 | The Recorder

    Survey Looks at Pay for Legal Assistants

    A study conducted by the Legal Assistant Management Association shows legal assistant managers nationwide have an average salary of $81,151 this year.Meanwhile, legal assistant-p

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  • January 18, 2001 |

    Let's Make a Deal

    Last fall, when FMC Corp. decided to file a patent suit against another company, the old economy chemicals and machinery supplier went new economy in the way it decided to retain a law firm. T

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  • January 24, 2007 | Legal Times

    Remarks on Detainees Cement Bond Between Firms and Corporate Clients

    It's a rare day when law firms get called out for their pro bono work.But that's exactly what happened when Pentagon official Charles "Cully" Stimson rattled off a list of firms represen

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  • March 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Running in Place

    As soon as Duane Morris gets as big as it can, it turns around and gets bigger. In 1997 the Philadelphia-based firm had about 225 lawyers. By 2002 it had doubled in size. Today Duane Morris ha

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  • February 25, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Lateral Hiring Charts

      Lateral Hiring at Large Firms in T

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  • May 24, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    WaMu Plan Gets FDIC's Approval, but Bondholders Still Angry

    Last week, when we reported that Washington Mutual Inc., the parent company of Washington Mutual Bank, had filed a new global settlement with a Delaware bankruptcy court, a href="http://bit.ly/9RH18m

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  • March 29, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Employment Law

    Over the last decade, the Supreme Court has issued several opinions interpreting the scope of liability and available relief under �502(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,

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  • January 16, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Donald E. Hill of Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo has been promoted to partner. His practice focuses on litigation and insurance law. William D. Cramer, a registere

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