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October 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

Modest Growth for Most Firms

Law firm leaders say they don't grow just to grow and they don't set any target for head count, but the numbers suggest that the race is on for firms to reach critical mass in their D.C. offices. The D.C. metro area's legal market grew in 2006 at a healthy, if modest, 2.3 percent, approximately the same amount it did in 2005, but the market dynamics underlying the growth were markedly different.
6 minute read
September 12, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers Flood AG With Queries To Defend Georgia In Water Wars

Lawyers who want to defend Georgia from Florida's impending lawsuit over water rights range from a former U.S. solicitor general who regularly charges more than $1,100 per hour to a recent law school graduate who offered to work for free.
11 minute read
June 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

Full Disclosure

As the Senate takes aim at car makers, oil companies and refineries for high emissions and gas prices, energy companies are pushing back, hiring firms to deal with the legislative backlash. Plus more news and notes from K Street...
5 minute read
April 09, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Georgia to court: Revisit history

On the cover sheet of the brief Georgia's water-wars lawyers filed in federal court last year was a 1940s photo of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' sign at Lake Lanier's construction site. Clearly displayed on the sign, just below the words "Buford Dam" and "U.S. Army" are these words: "Primary Purposes: Flood Control-Power-Water Supply-Increased Flow for Navigation.
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August 27, 2007 | Law.com

Washington Kept Outside the Magic Circle

Like their colonialist ancestors, the U.K.'s Magic Circle firms have spread around the world, jointly employing more than 10,000 lawyers and grossing more than $5 billion last year. But the London giants are struggling to figure out the U.S. market. Emblematic of the struggle is that, while most of the big London firms have New York offices, only Freshfields and Clifford Chance have ventured into Washington, despite the District's reputation as a lawyer's paradise. One has to wonder: What's wrong with D.C.?
8 minute read
September 25, 2007 | National Law Journal

Mukasey's first task as AG: Filling ranks

Now that President George W. Bush has nominated Michael Mukasey to succeed Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, the question is how much influence the retired federal judge -- widely viewed as a consensus nominee who will be confirmed -- will wield in filling the unusually high number of vacancies at the Department of Justice. Former Justice officials and past administration appointees say Mukasey may have an opportunity to put his stamp on the department. That is, if the White House allows him to.
6 minute read
October 05, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Appeals Court Considers Tankleff's Bid for New Trial

Seventeen years after Long Island teenager Martin Tankleff was convicted of brutally killing his parents, his case reached the Appellate Division, Second Department, for a second time yesterday. Before a courtroom filled to capacity with Mr. Tankleff's supporters - including actor James Gandolfini and the Innocence Project's founder Barry Scheck - Mr. Tankleff's attorneys argued for a reversal of Suffolk County Court Judge Stephen Braslow's denial last year of his motion for a new trial.
4 minute read
April 17, 2006 | National Law Journal

Business Lobby Lines Up Against Reform

Suddenly, many of those who were clamoring for reforms in the way the United States approves takeover deals betwen foreign and American companies are keeping quiet.
7 minute read
January 30, 2012 | Legaltech News

True Grit

Scrapping for e-discovery clients, firms seek the right mix of people, processes, and technology.
17 minute read
September 26, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Law Firms Massing to Help War Vets

Wilmer Cutler attorney John Harwood, who was a Marine Corps platoon leader in the Vietnam War, and Nicholas Henry, a third-year law student and an Iraq veteran, don't know each other, but they have a common mission: providing legal services to wounded veterans. They're not alone. Law firms, corporate legal departments and law schools are setting out to help thousands of disabled soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan receive fair and timely benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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