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  • January 7, 2002 | Legal Times

    Lessons of the Last Recession

    "If the performance in the first quarter continues, the firm will not be able to survive in its present form."The managing partner of a large Washington, D.C., firm issued that g

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  • January 2, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Pro bono as crisis management

    The legal profession had cause for pride, but not complacency, in its dedication to pro bono service in 2005. The pride comes from attorneys like those we honor with our 2005 Pro

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  • April 1, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    The Perfect Storm

    It's the start of a new decade, and deal work is in the dumpster. In Washington, President Bush is sending troops abroad, while Wall Street struggles to cope with a recession and a stagn

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  • January 23, 2002 | The Recorder

    Enron Mess Gives a Boost to MDP Foes

    The controversy over Arthur Andersen's handling of Enron Corp.'s books may not only stain the accounting giant's reputation, but could be a fatal blow to a marriage between the accountin

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  • August 12, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Subpoenas Fly In at Firm While Clients Clear Out Amidst Political Scandal

    California Attorney General Jerry Brown Jr. has subpoenaed records from Best Best & Krieger in an investigation of the pay packages for city officials in Bell, Calif., where

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  • February 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Patently Successful

    Seven years ago, ann Cathcart Chaplin, then a fourth-year associate at Fish & Richardson, sat in a conference room in Michigan, waiting to depose a witness in a patent infringemen

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  • May 30, 2006 | The Recorder

    Mini-Boutiques Carve a Special IP Niche

    Two years ago, Palm Inc. General Counsel Mary Doyle spent 20 hours combing the Web for patent lawyers. Her target was the smallest of IP boutiques, with no more than three to six lawyers. Today, th

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  • February 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    The Great Unknown

    Ah, if only they'd known.By the time a lawyer "makes partner," it's been years since that first-year associate feeling. And for the more than 270 lawyers elevated in California since l

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  • September 30, 2013 | National Law Journal

    D.C. Law Firms Are Learning to Love Austerity

    Among Washington's largest law offices, more grew and fewer cut lawyers in 2012 than in the previous year, the annual Legal Times 150 survey shows. But even firms that expanded th

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  • May 26, 2008 | National Law Journal

    The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America

    First, a reality check: At last count, a mere 5.4% of partners at U.S. law firms were members of minority groups. For women of color, the figure was fewer than 1.7%, according to the legal pl

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