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  • December 6, 2004 | The Recorder

    Listen Up

    Law firms are paying a lot of money to get answers to that perennial question: how to improve their relationships with clients.Prestigious firms such as Morrison & Foerster, Pillsb

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  • May 21, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Law schools must prepare graduates for all the options

    Arriving back at work following the annual NALP-The Association for Legal Career Professionals conference, I always feel an incredible amount of positive energy. This was especially true this

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  • February 26, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Memo to Firm Leaders: Don't Go Overboard

    "Women and children first." Most people would probably associate that phrase with the Titanic, where the men decided to save the women and children as the ship was heading

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  • November 29, 2005 |

    Be Careful About Commissions

    Commission wages present difficult problems for California employers and employees. Whether referred to as incentives, percentage of profits, piece work plus commissions, flat rate plus commis

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  • Augme Technologies, Inc., Plaintiff v. AOL Inc., Time Warner Inc., Platform-A, Inc., and AOL Advertising Inc., Defendants, 09 Civ. 4299

    Publication Date: 2012-07-02
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    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Robert Sweet
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Plaintiff By: Mark J. Abate, Esq., Calvin E. Wingfield, Jr., Esq., Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY. By: Scott L. Robertson, Esq., Jennifer A. Albert, Esq., Washington, DC. By: Michael G. Strapp, Esq., Boston, MA.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants By: Paul R. Gupta, Esq., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Los Angeles, CA. *1
    Case Number: 09 Civ. 4299

    Cite as: Augme Technologies, Inc. v. AOL Inc., 09 Civ. 4299, NYLJ 1202561160039, at *1 (SDNY, Decided June 20, 2012)District Judge Robert Sweetp clas

  • July 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Adding Value

    For 20 years, we've measured the economics of law firms, first with The Am Law 50 and 75, more recently with The Am Law 200. Throughout, we've kept to the same metrics: gross, revenue per lawy

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  • January 25, 2010 | The Recorder

    By Paring Back Pay and People, California Firms Held the Line on Profits

    Eyes fixed on costs, Northern California's leaner and meaner large law firms saw revenues, and profits, remain mostly flat in 2009. Gone are the days of double-digit increases. But gone too

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  • December 3, 2007 |

    Diversity, for Better or Worse

    One of the most interesting (and, from my perspective, unexpected) developments in the legal profession recently has been the enormous focus on diversity. Within the past few years, established and

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  • August 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Is this any way to recruit associates?

    It's a scary prospect, meeting with partners at a big firm about a job. But, as one law student who landed a summer position at Latham & Watkins quickly realized, the pre-interview jitters were

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  • June 21, 2000 | The Recorder

    Court Rehears Challenge to CBEST

    A closely watched case over standardized testing for California teachers will apparently come down to how well the test itself was tested.An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Cou

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