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  • October 12, 2012 | National Law Journal

    'Garage Inventors' in California to Get Pro Bono Boost

    California inventors with limited resources to pay big firm legal bills can look forward to the October 23 launch of a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office-backed pro bono patent prog

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  • February 14, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Alternative fees are not the enemy

    A curious irony in the current discussion of the billable hour is that the popu and widespread use of the hourly fee arrangement arose from increased client demand. Clients saw c

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  • January 28, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Gathering Dust

    The question is a simple one: Would you rather research law firms with a few clicks of the keyboard or pore through a 4-inch-thick hardcover book? Increasingly, law firms are forsaking

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  • January 1, 2009 | Focus Europe

    La Dolce Vita?

    Italian lawyers have a history of finding international law firms as unpalatable as a drop of cream in their afternoon coffee. Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, McDermott W

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  • June 20, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    The Billable Hour's Staying Power

    As Abraham Lincoln once said, "A lawyer's advice is his stock in trade." That short phrase has been repeated by attorneys throughout the years and is etched on brass plaques hanging in law firms wo

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  • June 20, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    The Billable Hour's Staying Power

    As Abraham Lincoln once said, "A lawyer's advice is his stock in trade." That short phrase has been repeated by attorneys throughout the years and is etched on brass plaques hanging in law firms wo

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  • September 28, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    2009 Ineligible List

    Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a) SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2, the Trustees of the New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (Fund

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  • October 24, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    Two hundred lawyers representing 40 private firms and corporate law offices were honored earlier this month by MFY Legal Services for their volunteer counsel to indigent

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  • August 4, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Online Divorce Services Spark Debate

    You might think a couple wanting a quick divorce would first stop at a lawyer's office � or maybe two lawyers' offices, one for each. Not necessarily. Their first stop may be the computer. Wel

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  • June 28, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    An A-List Firm Takes the Road Less Traveled

    Lisa Cleary is pure kinetic energy. The Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler partner spins in her desk chair to retrieve a document from her office shelves. She whirls back with a checklist in hand.

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