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August 12, 2008 | National Law Journal

Another law firm drops summer associate program

Arnstein & Lehr is the latest Chicago law firm to say it will abandon its summer associate program next year, explaining that the difficulty of estimating its hiring needs two years in advance so it can extend some of those associates job offers is more trouble than the program is worth.
2 minute read
October 24, 2005 | Law.com

Learning the Law Firm Ropes

New associates save time and embarrassment by gaining the trust of assistants, who often know more about the inner workings of the firm than the partners.
7 minute read
February 16, 2000 | Law.com

They're In the Money

Twenty law firms are set to share a staggering $175 million fee award for winning the settlement of a class action against drug manufacturers and wholesalers over their pricing practices. The huge fee award is likely one of the largest ever in a class action, and much of the money will go to the four firms that served as lead plaintiffs' counsel in the case.
3 minute read
January 11, 2002 | Law.com

Securities Fight Goes to 9th Circuit

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to resolve a dispute between class action behemoth Milberg Weiss and a California judge that revolves around a securities statute, but boils down to this: Milberg Weiss is crying foul because it represents the plaintiff with the most loss, but wasn't selected lead counsel. U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, asserting a "fiduciary responsibility" to the plaintiff class, says the firm was simply charging too much.
5 minute read
June 04, 2004 | Law.com

Class Action Yields $60.7 Million in Legal Fees

In a decision brimming with praise, a federal judge has awarded $60.7 million in attorney fees to the lawyers who brought an antitrust class action against the leading makers of corrugated paper products and secured some $202 million in settlements. Senior U.S. District Judge Jan E. DuBois granted the full amount requested by the team of over 200 lawyers who together logged more than 51,000 hours during six years of litigation.
7 minute read
October 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Smaller firms make big changes

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October 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

Midsize Law Firms Go for Big Changes

In recent weeks, some midsize firms have implemented drastic reductions to their billable-hour requirements for first-year associates in order to enhance training and to appease clients who are resistant to paying for new lawyers' starts and stumbles. Reducing billable-hour requirements has been discussed at Cincinnati's Dinsmore & Shohl, says Susan Zaunbrecher, head of the corporate department, though she says completely eliminating billable hours is counterintuitive to the business of running a law firm.
6 minute read
January 11, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Securities Fight Goes to 9th Circuit

A FEDERAL appeals court is to hear arguments next month over one of the more contentious issues currently facing the nation`s securities litigators.
5 minute read
April 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Not So Fast

In-house counsel suddenly face a spike in M&A litigation that could derail that big deal.
12 minute read
November 26, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Midsized Law Firms Go for Big Changes

Even as the number of large firms continues to multiply and as rumblings grow louder of yet another first-year associate salary raise among the profession's giants, smaller firms may well lie at the forefront of big changes in the profession.
6 minute read

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