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  • April 26, 2004 | National Law Journal

    E.U. firms seek U.S. attorneys

    With globalization and international expansion by U.S. firms, there has arisen a need for legal services to go hand in hand with this change. The globalization of business means that law

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  • November 6, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Experts: Lower associate pay is here to stay

    Fifty-five percent of participants in an online seminar on associate compensation last week believe associate salary cuts are temporary. But the two Altman Weil consultants presenting the we

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  • July 9, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono

    State Bar Honors ThreeThe Department of Pro Bono Affairs for the New York State Bar Association recently honored three attorneys � one posthumously � for outstanding serv

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  • September 28, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Lawyers on the Fast Track

    The 2010 Lawyers on the Fast Track Cather

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  • December 4, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    An Increase in Hourly Rates? Get Ready for a Fight From GCs

    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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  • September 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Internal Value Challenge: New Strategies for Law Dept. Structure

    Cue the sound bites: "Law firms don't get it." "Their fees for legal work are exorbitant." "General counsel refuse to pay the billing rates for $160,000 first-year associat

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  • September 15, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Pro Bono: Time Well Spent

    Have you ever heard anyone say pro bono work is a bad thing? Representatives from the 20 firms that supplied their 2002 pro bono statistics to Texas Lawyer say they believe in giving ba

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  • April 18, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

    All Systems Go

    When a lawsuit comes to the attention of General Electric Co.'s litigation group, the Early Case Assessment (ECA) process springs into action. The matter gets logged into the legal department

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  • 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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