• May 24, 2004 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKERMAN SENTERFITTAllan Katz, 57, has been named the managing shareholder of the Washington, D.C., and Tallahassee, Fla., offices of Akerman Senterfitt. Katz is the

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  • December 13, 2007 | Legal Times

    Fighting the Subtler Side of Sexism

    Lorelie Masters has her own theory about women's lack of progress in the legal profession. It isn't so much about telecommuting on Fridays or meeting draconian billable goals. The president of the

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  • August 8, 2011 | National Law Journal

    In Chicago, they like to do things in a big way

    City of the Big Shoulders definitely works as a metaphor for Chicago's legal scene. The city is one of the fastest-growing legal centers in the country, with an estimated 45,000 attorneys in

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  • November 17, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Representing Corporate New Jersey

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  • November 11, 2008 | Legal Times

    Obama Lawyers Ready Main Justice Plan

    For more than a month, a squad of lawyers has been gathering for the first Justice Department transition in the post 9/11 world. Now that their candidate has won, they’re at

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  • December 9, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firm Fees Defy Gravity, Annual Survey Shows

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

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  • August 1, 2011 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    LATERALS JONES DAY: Robert Kantner joins the firm's trial practice as partner in the Dallas office and will focus on intellectual pro

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  • April 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    $84 Million and Counting for Fees, Expenses in Record-Setting Bankruptcy

    The law firms working on various pieces in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy have begun submitting their fee applications, and the early returns are fittingly big for the largest and most c

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  • November 14, 2007 | Legal Times

    High court may shift in cases over bad lawyering

    The Supreme Court in 1984 established new standards for assessing whether a lawyer's performance was so bad that his or her client's right to a fair trial was compromised. "An accused

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  • August 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Seven Firms Handle HP's $10 Billion Autonomy Purchase Looking to expand its software business, technology giant Hewlett-Packard has agreed to purchase British software m

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