• November 7, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    A Reunion at Jenner

    Sometimes patience pays off. For Chicago's Jenner & Block, a firm that has long been litigation-lopsided, taking its time and sticking to its strategic plan to grow a corporate practice se

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  • March 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Six Firms Advise on Tyco Flow Control Sale Valued at $10 Billion

    Golden Valley, Minnesota-based water pump and filter company Pentair, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Tyco International Ltd.'s Flo rol business, known as Tyco Flo

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  • September 27, 2007 | The Recorder

    Managing to Survive

    Being in charge of an office full of lawyers may be about as close to thanklessness as a job gets."It's not truly a thankless job, because everybody says, 'Thank God you're doing that,

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  • May 3, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    City Bar Pro Bono Society FormedCity Bar Pro Bono Society FormedEarly this year, Evan A. Davis, President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York

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  • July 6, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    ALM Sold to Incisive Media

    ALM, publisher of The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and 30 other national and regional publications, will be sold to London-based Incisive Media for $630 milli

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  • August 3, 2000 | The Recorder

    Shearman's Second Act

    Gaining a stronghold in Silicon Valley should have been a snap for Shearman & Sterling.The fifth-largest U.S. law firm, Shearman is closely linked to the Valley's investment banker

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  • July 23, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Death of a 'Pac-Man'

    Indianapolis doesn't spring to mind when we think of cutthroat lateral hiring. But Johnson Smith has long been that town's rebel, regularly raiding the larger firms for top talent. The "Pac-Ma

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  • February 3, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Inside Info

    We're No. 1The Dallas and Houston offices of Cleveland-based Jones Day helped the national firm maintain its standing as the No. 1 legal adviser in the mergers and acquisitions world, m

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  • February 15, 2000 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Keeping Pace

    Recent spurts in starting salaries at New York and Silicon Valley firms are forcing some New Jersey firms to consider recalibrating their first-year associates' paychecks A few firms -- like

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  • November 6, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Contract lawyers become firm's new tier of associates

    WITH SOARING ASSOCIATE SALARIES, rising litigation costs and general counsel's resistance to it all, something has to give. While some firms quietly turn to contract attorneys or even

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