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  • September 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Pro Bono, A Diverse Agenda

    Two years ago, in Atkins v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the execution of the mentally retarded. Since then a handful of Am Law 200 firms in Pennsylvania have use

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  • November 28, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    The Billable Hour: Are Its Days Numbered?

    For about 50 years now the billable hour has been the dominant feature of the legal profession. And for just as long lawyers have been trying to kill it. A group of litigators who usually coul

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  • July 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Waiving Privilege Good-Bye?

    One lawyer calls it the corporate fraud case that has everything � from a securities investigation and federal indictments of corporate officers to class action, shareholder, and employee laws

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  • August 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Big Firms on Campus -- and Ready to Recruit

    Law firm recruiting partners have gazed into their crystal balls, and what they see is a promising future for would-be associates from the class of 2013. Firms across the country report a st

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  • April 25, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Subprime Crash May Be a Boon to Attorneys

    Dykema Gossett attorney Richard Gottlieb traveled last month to the lonely offices of an Irvine, Calif.-based subprime lender. A floor of the building that Gottlieb said buzzed with 150 analysts la

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  • December 21, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Lax Oversight Of Finances Led to Crisis

    The Legal Aid Society's announcement yesterday that it has avoided bankruptcy and is heading toward a more stable future by restructuring its finances, eliminating its debt, and overhauling it

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    Clifford Chance (U.K.)3011$6,36522 Allen & Overy (U.K.)29227,65111 Linklaters (U.K.)26342,58384 Allens Arthur Robinson (Australia)144122,740712 Freshfi

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  • October 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATEDaniel R. Murdock and Philip M. Smith joined Fulbright & Jaworski from Winston & Strawn. Murdock will serve as of counsel and Sm

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  • July 6, 2006 | National Law Journal

    When Does a Logo Become a Walking Billboard?

    While tennis players battle on the courts of Wimbledon's All England Lawn Tennis Club, a different sort of court battle has been growing in the Court of Chancery in London. The legal dispute

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  • March 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Obama ready to fill slot if Stevens retires

    The White House appears ready to move quickly on a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court should Justice John Paul Stevens decide to retire before the end of the term. The vetting of the

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