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  • December 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Law firm fees defy gravity

    Despite the rancid economy of 2008, attorney billing rates continued their escalation trend, with nearly 71% of law firms reporting an increase in the amount that they charged clients compared

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  • December 10, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    M&A/Securities: J. David Kirkland Jr.

    J. David Kirkland Jr. Partner, Baker Botts Houston 54 J. David Kirkland Jr. is right at home in the world of big deals. In 2011, Kirkland served a

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  • November 29, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Tragic Loss Greg Coleman, a former solicitor general of Texas and a partner in YetterColeman in Austin, died in a plane crash Nov. 23 near Destin, Fla. Michele Nicholson, public informatio

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  • March 15, 2011 | Law.com Corporate

    James Bond, Esq.: License to Lose?

    I have had several conversations with associates about whether and in what context it is legal to record a telephone call or other conversation without the other person's knowledge. /p

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  • February 1, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    PROMOTIONS DYKEMA GOSSETT: Thomas R. Hill has been appointed leader of the firm's general litigation practice group. Hill, based in the Chicago

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  • February 17, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    No Plans Yet to Close Youth Facilities, Carrion Says The governor may take as long as June to reveal which juvenile offender facilities it wants to shutter, the head of

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  • December 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Economic Reality Bites Into Firms' Rates

    It took a global economic meltdown and a major upheaval of the legal industry, but law firms seemed to get the message that 2009 was not the year to substantially increase their billing rates.

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  • March 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Hospital Loses Tax Exemption for Not Being Charitable Enough

    In a decision that could having a chilling effect on nonprofit hospitals, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Catholic hospital wasn't charitable enough, so it took away the hospita

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  • January 8, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    After Hours

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  • March 30, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Charts: BigTex Firms Make Fewer Partners

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