• May 16, 2007 | Legal Times

    Hogan, Akin Gump Fire First Shots in New Round of Salary Wars

    This time, angry area managing partners and general counsel can blame Hogan & Hartson. The firm placed Washington, D.C., at the heart of the latest round of the salary wars when it annou

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  • June 9, 2006 | Accounting And Financial Planning For Law Firm

    Safeguarding Confidential Employee Records

    Because information has become increasingly easy to obtain and transfer, employers must take precautionary measures to ensure that confidential data is adequately protected. This applies not just t

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  • November 13, 2002 | National Law Journal

    GOP Targets Judicial Jam-Up

    The coming change in control of the U.S. Senate promises to pop the cork on judicial nominations bottled up by Democrats during the last 15 months, according to Senate staff members and expert

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  • October 11, 2000 | Corporate Counsel

    Is Mum the Word or What?

    The Securities and Exchange Commission may have struck a blow for the common man when, on August 10, it enacted Regulation FD -- a.k.a. Regulation Fair Disclosure -- which prohibits companies

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  • May 18, 2006 | The Recorder

    Firms Break Into Showbiz

    When it comes to entertainment law, the big legal players have traditionally emerged from firms that sprung up in Los Angeles, the industry's hometown. But increased lateral movement, couple

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  • August 19, 2003 | Legal Times

    Ashcroft On the Lookout for New No. 2

    WASHINGTON -- In the Justice Department, all roads lead to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General. The attorney general may lead the department, but the DAG runs it.Ev

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  • December 13, 1999 | Legal Times

    Northern Virginia Salaries Head North

    Firms in Northern Virginia jumped headlong into the salary wars in 1999. It's been building for a few years, but now it's official: The job market for associates in Northern Virginia looks

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  • February 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Space Case

    While riding the Tiburon ferry one recent morning, Ira Rosenberg met a fellow lawyer and happened to mention he was looking for office space.The other lawyer was only too happy to obli

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  • July 6, 2006 | The Recorder

    No Pain in This Carve Out

    Carve-out acquisitions, where a company acquires a unit or units of another company, are always complex deals to negotiate. As PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN partner David Lamarre

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  • October 1, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

    Insuring Deep Pockets

    Demutualization. Now there's a good word for hypnotists to use on their subjects -- but only on the right ones. While repeatedly chanting the D-word will make most eyelids droop, its mere ment

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