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Who Protects Innovation in America 2009: Which Firms Got the Work
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Fenwick & West partner William Schreiber found that in shepherding FiberTower's merger with First Avenue Networks, cookie-cutter contracts just wouldn't cut it.Flash Memory Boon For the LawyersSanDisk needs cash to embark on a manufacturing partnership with Toshiba. The company turned to O'Melveny & Myers to handle the debt offering.
Oil-spill suits pit BP against old foes
BP is facing many of its old foes in the rising litigation over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. More than a dozen plaintiffs' firms pursuing BP, Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton Energy Services Inc. have a history of trying to make the defendants pay for safety violations and the resulting harm.Money, Promotions and Work-Life Balance
These days, law firm managing partner Kathleen J. Wu, who technically falls into the Baby Boomer demographic, finds that Gen X'ers are more passionate about the "work-life balance" issue than the older generation. And that's not a bad thing. But it gets tricky when the yearning for this balance isn't accompanied by downscaled career expectations -- both professional and monetary.Number of Big-Firm Minority Lawyers in Austin Increases
Austin`s largest firms continued to show slight gains this year in the number of minority lawyers employed, leaders of two minority attorney groups say. Of the almost 1,200 attorneys employed by Austin`s 26 largest firms, 126 - or 10.6 percent - are African-American, Hispanic, Asian or Native-American, according to figures compiled by the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin and the Austin Black Lawyers Association. That`s up from 9.8 percent in 2001, says ABLA vice president Brian Jammer, deputy general cThe NLJ Client List�Who Represents Corporate America
The National Law Journal and Corporate Counsel magazine surveyed the legal departments of the Fortune 250 companies and reported on which law firms they use most often.
The Competitive Art of Outearning Your Colleagues
As associate salaries continue to rise, firms are full of groups of associates discussing their options behind closed doors and of partners discussing their options behind other closed doors. Winstead Sechrest partner Tom Alleman wonders when the cash flow will run empty. And in the tradition of 19th-century English poet John Keats, Alleman expresses his thoughts with "An Ode on What Associates Earn," reminding young associates that being a lawyer isn't about the pay but about the service.'Survivor' Lessons for New Women Lawyers
In a way, observing a law firm's new associates feels like watching the first episode of "Survivor." The legal profession can be harsh, competitive and, at times, downright unpleasant. But the rewards for those who stick it out are worth far more than $1 million. For the women in this crop of new lawyers, there are some obvious lessons to be learned from "Survivor."Trending Stories
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