• June 2, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Learning the Deferred Associate Shuffle

    One of the great truisms of life is that, just when you think things cannot possibly get any worse, they will. If the economy were a Looney Tunes cartoon, this would be the point when, after

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  • May 29, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Procurement 101: The Two-Step Process

    There can be no doubt that the economic crisis we are experiencing is forcing corporate general counsel to scrutinize their legal spending in ways they have never experienced before. The troubling

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  • November 15, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Marketing Change — Differentiation Amid Upheaval

    Recent news reports suggest that large groups of outraged consumers, even those lacking an articulated vision and clear agenda, can influence the pricing policies of large businesses and f

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  • September 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Brother, Can You Spare 20 Hours?

    Connie Fratianni was a model citizen. When she wasn't at her desk logging 2,200 hours as a Shearman & Sterling bankruptcy/restructuring partner, she was running a Girl Scout troop in Manha

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  • December 2, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    An Increase in Hourly Rates? Get Ready for a Fight

    Last month, Susan Blount, the general counsel of Prudential Financial, sent a letter to the 60 law firms the insurance giant uses regularly. The letter addressed the general economy and the need to

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  • April 13, 2009 |

    Pressure Time

    Confronted with orders to control legal costs and rein in expenses, general counsel throughout California are now taking dramatic steps that were virtually unheard of only a few years ag

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  • May 16, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Can the 'Jewish Law Firm' Success Story Be Duplicated?

    To many, perhaps most, observers of today's legal scene, a "white shoe" law firm is nothing more than a large, prominent firm serving a primarily corporate clientele. But those who entered t

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  • November 1, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    Pro bono service emerges as a "beacon of opportunity," U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Frank M. Coffin has written. "[A]n opportunity to work one-on-one with human clients, to gather new experienc

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  • December 7, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Buyer's Market

    Last month, Susan Blount, the general counsel of Prudential Financial, sent a letter to the 60 law firms the insurance giant uses regularly. The letter addressed the general economy and the need to

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  • December 4, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Increase in hourly rates? Get ready for a fight

    Susan Blount, the general counsel of Prudential Financial, sent a letter last month to the 60 law firms the insurance giant uses regularly. The letter addressed the general economy and the need to

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