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September 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

Partners Approve Merger Between Dewey and LeBoeuf

Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae announced Wednesday that their partners have formally approved the combination of the two firms into Dewey & LeBoeuf, effective Monday. With 1,300 lawyers in 12 countries, the combination is the largest ever between two New York-based firms, both of which have taken active measures in recent years to bolster their competitive position in a crowded marketplace.
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March 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

Where Not to Open Overseas

U.S.-based law firms with visions of international offices got the inside scoop from foreign managing partners at the Law Firm Leaders Forum, held last week in San Francisco. What's the most "overlawyered" country -- and where should U.S. firms set their sights instead? These partners might have you rethinking your agenda.
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April 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

Schnader Harrison Increases Starting Salary

Salaries will be on the rise at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis in a few months. The firm will increase starting salaries from $125,000 to $135,000 in its Philadelphia office, and corresponding increases will be given in other offices as well. An increase to the firm's year-end merit-bonus pool has also been made. Schnader Harrison follows a slower-moving group of Philadelphia firms that have increased starting salaries this year as compared with last year's rapid succession of salary increases.
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November 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

Sheppard Mullin Women Find Artful Way to Build Clientele

From a discussion among several female Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton attorneys about how to develop business relationships came a recent event held at The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. The event drew more than 100 women attorneys, clients and friends. "It [was] something more than the standard [basketball] game as an official client development event," says Whitney Roy, the Sheppard Mullin associate who organized the event. "Not all women lawyers and clients want to play a round of golf."
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February 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

Lerach Seeks to Have Sentencing Documents Sealed

Securities plaintiffs lawyer William S. Lerach, who has pleaded guilty to one count of federal conspiracy in the government's Milberg Weiss investigation, is attempting to seal court documents related to his upcoming sentencing due to "personal and sensitive information," according to court papers filed on Tuesday. Prosecutors are claiming that the public should have access to most of the sentencing papers.
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August 31, 2007 | National Law Journal

Jones Day Raids Baker & McKenzie's Hong Kong Office

Jones Day has announced that four lawyers from Baker & McKenzie's China division will join the firm's intellectual property practice in Hong Kong. More than 20 of Jones Day's 265 intellectual property and patent lawyers are based in Greater China, including offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei. The firm has more than 2,200 lawyers in 30 worldwide locations.
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May 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

DLA Bags Two Reed Smith Partners

DLA Piper has lured away from Reed Smith two San Francisco corporate and securities partners, Dale Freeman and Garth Osterman, who joined the firm Thursday. Freeman represents public and private companies, with a focus on the life sciences industry, in corporate matters ranging from M&A deals to financings and IPOs. Osterman represents investors and companies, focusing on M&A deals, divestiture transactions and project finance.
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April 19, 2006 | National Law Journal

Merger Will Create Largest Law Firm in Japan

Nishimura & Partners has signed an agreement in principle to merge with Asahi Koma Law Offices, which would create the largest law firm in Japan. Asahi Koma Law Offices has more than 140 attorneys, and Nishimura & Partners has more than 200. Both firms are based in Tokyo.
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July 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

Following Other Texas Firms, Locke Liddell Hikes Associate Pay

Locke Liddell & Sapp on Thursday followed moves made earlier in the week by Houston-based firms Vinson & Elkins and Andrews Kurth, raising first- and second-year associate salaries in its Texas and Washington, D.C., offices to $160,000 and $170,000 respectively, effective Aug. 1. "It is always our intent to remain a competitive force in the marketplace," managing partner Jerry K. Clements wrote in an e-mail to associates. Locke Liddell is based in Houston and Dallas.
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February 04, 2008 | National Law Journal

Former Law Firm Partner Disbarred in D.C. for Insider Trading

Malcolm Wittenberg was disbarred Thursday by the D.C. Court of Appeals over his felony conviction for insider trading in California. He was a former partner in Crosby Heafey Roach & May's patent practice in Oakland, Calif., before the firm merged with Reed Smith in 2002. Wittenberg says he never challenged the D.C. Bar Counsel investigation and hasn't practiced in the District since the 1970s. He declined to comment on his felony conviction.
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