• August 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb to Merge

    Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae have agreed to merge, creating a firm of more than 1,300 lawyers.Expected to become effective by October, subject to partner approval,

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  • December 2, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Damages Sought in Judge Selection Suit

    When the Brennan Center for Justice filed a federal lawsuit against the Board of Elections more than 18 months ago, the goal was clear: replace the much-criticized convention system at the hea

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  • March 22, 2000 | Alm

    Higher Associate Pay Viewed as Win-Win Opportunity

    Buckle up Associates! You're the most informed lawyers the profession has ever seen. Thanks to the Internet, you can watch law firms around the country announce increases in starting salaries, like

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  • May 10, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Can the 'Jewish Law Firm' Success Story Be Duplicated?

    To many, perhaps most, observers of today's legal scene, a "white shoe" law firm is nothing more than a large, prominent firm serving a primarily corporate clientele. But those who ent

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  • May 8, 2008 | Law.com

    Top 50 IP People Under 45

    A note on our survey from IP Law & Business editor Pamela Sherrid: I have never sat on an admissions committee for Harvard or Princeton, but I now have much more empa

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  • October 20, 2004 | The Recorder

    Market Forces

    The title of chief marketing officer used to be found at only the very largest of law firms, but now the trend is really catching on.Last year, the 138-lawyer Howard, Rice, Nemerovski,

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  • September 2, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    The A-List

    Once there was an age, the old-timers say, when lawyers could tick off by rote the names of the nation's leading law firms. They were dotted across the land like regional royalty. Within the l

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  • September 10, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Out-of-Town Firms Import Talent to Boost N.Y. Efforts

    Law firms eager to expand in the New York market from elsewhere have long bemoaned the fiercely competitive local market for lateral partners. The firms want big-name New York lawyers who will brin

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  • October 3, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Don't Call Them Slackers

    "Today's associates are a bunch of slackers." It's a gripe we've heard countless times from law firm leaders. Associates work fewer hours than they did, they say. They're less committed -- most exp

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  • December 18, 2006 | The Recorder

    Survey: Companies Not Happy with Outside Counsel

    Corporate America isn't very happy with its law firms. In fact, only 32 percent of executives responding to a recently released client service survey said they would recommend a firm that worked fo

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