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  • June 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Low, Low Price

    Convenience store clerks have long known the secret for pricing merchandise: No round numbers. Customers who balk at paying $2.00 for a bag of Doritos Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips will

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  • November 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Drop Zone

    THE MIDSIZED FIRM For Chadbourne & Parke, the damage done by the economic downturn settled right at unlucky 13. The New York firm saw 13% of its overall hea

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  • March 2, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Diversity Scorecard: One Step Back

    Large U.S. law firms became less diverse last year. That's the key finding to emerge from the latest version of our annual Diversity Scorecard, which counts attorneys of color in the U.S. offices of s

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  • October 25, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Labaton Seeks $55 Million in Fees, Expenses in Countrywide Class Action

    LOS ANGELES - The lead plaintiffs' firm that obtained a $624 million shareholder settlement against Countrywide Financial Corp. and KPMG LLP— the largest recovery to date in a securities

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  • May 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Losing Their Balance

    What has the world come to when Cravath, Swaine & Moore has a terrible year? The firm that has served for decades as the tou

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  • April 1, 2005 | Legaltech News

    New Low in the Sandbox

    It's bad enough that big firms too often don't post the names/bios/contact info of their C-level execs, but here's a new low: some firms are refusing to offer details about their associates, using the

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  • November 29, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Courts Tackle Internet Trademark Law

    In recent months, the 5th, 6th and 9th circuits have made significant rulings regarding the "initial interest confusion" doctrine, Internet search practices and "cyber-griping."

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  • September 13, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Fighting to restore copyrights

    When Danish woodcutter Thomas Dan carved out the fuzzy-haired troll doll in 1959 because he was too poor to buy his daughter a birthday gift, he probably never imagined his creation would wind

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  • August 11, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Law Schools See Signs of Better Job Market

    Emerging from one of the most dismal law firm recruiting seasons in years, law schools are preparing for what early signs indicate will be an improved job market for their students. The ann

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  • July 13, 2009 | National Law Journal

    India beckons U.S. lawyers

    Michelle Vega spent more than six years as a litigation associate at Kelley Drye & Warren in New York before leaving the firm to care sick relative. When Vega started looking

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