• October 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Ice Storm

    On October 6, 2008, Iceland's then–prime minister, Geir Haarde, went on television to tell his countrymen that the nation's financial system was on the verge of collapse. Haarde ex

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  • January 25, 2000 | Legal Times

    Handle With Care

    Industry maturation, increasing competition, and globalization are all contributing to the consolidation of major industries. From a macro perspective, mergers are designed to provide opport

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  • November 3, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible: LeBoeuf, DOE; Freddie Mac; and More

    NEW LIFE IN LEBOEUF'S BID FOR $16.5M DOE CONTRACTLeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae is getting a second chance to win a $16.5 million contract to provide legal services

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  • January 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Getting Fired: Don't Deal With the In-House Counsel and Deal With It Publicly?

    This is the kind of bad review that in-house counsel never want to hear. Although, hey, it's impossible to please everybody right? Waaaaaay back in May 2008, Paul Hastings fired senio

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  • December 7, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    What's a Law Firm to Do?

    No matter the survey, the data look about the same when it comes to rates charged by law firms in 2010. And the trend is up. That has some general counsel looking down at the decisions of law firms

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  • October 2, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Untold Hazards of Telecommuting From Home

    In this high-tech day and age, there are many careers, including numerous legal positions, that can be performed in part or in whole from the comfort of one's home. For example, I am the executive

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  • August 22, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Pro Bono Pros

    Many attorneys are not comfortable dealing with child custody or landlord-tenant matters. In fact, that discomfort is one of the primary barriers to getting attorneys involved in pro bono work

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  • December 17, 2008 | The Recorder

    Latham's salary freeze may launch trend

    Latham & Watkins said Tuesday it will freeze associate salaries in response to "challenging economic times," a move that could signal the rest of the industry to follow suit, ob

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  • November 14, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    As part of a board-approved restructuring of the Legal Aid Society, pro bono is being given a high priority. The plan is to involve the private bar in the full range of society projects.

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  • July 10, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Clinical Trials: More Texas Firms Volunteer to Staff Legal Services Clinics

    Lawyers at Houston trial firm Beirne, Maynard & Parsons had been casting around for a while for a meaningful pro bono project, when two lawyers from the firm heard that the city needed a l

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