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December 23, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Secret Santas

A shocking number of New York City lawyers have been less than truthful in recent encounters with Christmas party celebrants, especially when it comes to impressionable youngsters in attendance. Witnesses report that these suspiciously bewhiskered attorneys have disguised themselves in elaborate and colorful costumes, used exuberant voices and gestures and offered false identities.
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March 23, 2010 | The American Lawyer

THE AM LAW 100 2010 - A WORK IN PROGRESS

Ongoing coverage of 2009 financial results from the Am Law 100 /Second Hundred.
6 minute read
December 29, 2004 | Law.com

Video Trains Lawyers Not to Be Boors

The scene is a client development session for which big-firm lawyers have arrived late. As one attorney launches into a canned spiel about the firm's capabilities, a colleague looks down, intent on his BlackBerry. It's the moment that prompts the most groans of recognition from other lawyers, says Valerie Fitch of Pillsbury Winthrop, whose training video depicts a range of errors in judgment. The new breed of videos reflect firms' concern that their lawyers may not be on their best behavior in meetings.
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July 05, 2005 | Law.com

Mack Is Back at Morgan

John Mack's return to Morgan Stanley as chairman and CEO was made official Thursday in one of the most gleefully received management changes on Wall Street in years. "For the people he knows, he's the right guy for the job, and for those he doesn't know, he'll win them over," one Morgan Stanley banker said. But that could prove difficult. Mack is returning to a firm whose layout has vastly changed since his departure four years ago after losing a power struggle to former CEO Phil Purcell.
4 minute read
November 09, 2009 | Law.com

Despite Gains, Gender Parity in Partnerships Is a Long Way Off

As Sullivan & Cromwell celebrates the promotion of four women among five new partners, experts warn that more work needs to be done to shrink gender disparity in partnership ranks. The proportion of women partners has increased only four points to 19.2 percent in the last decade, according to NALP. And a recently released National Association of Women Lawyers survey found that the "vast majority" of part-time lawyers terminated by law firms in the last year were women, which the NAWL president calls a "disturbing trend."
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October 22, 2002 | Law.com

When Harvey Met Harvey

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August 26, 2002 | Law.com

Chief Operating Officer From Clifford Chance Is Off to Orrick

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has snagged Clifford Chance's Douglas Benson to fill the post of chief operating officer. Benson, who has been COO of Clifford Chance's Americas region for the past three years, will join Orrick's New York office Sept. 3. He replaces Bruce Boulware, who is leaving Orrick at the end of the month to join O'Melveny & Myers.
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March 27, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Corporate Scorecard 2009 Bankruptcy

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December 08, 1999 | Law.com

Fields Dreams of Internet Riches

The glow of Internet riches isn't just attracting associates away from law firms. Now it's top partners who are venturing out to become "dot.com" entrepreneurs. On Dec. 2, Richard Fields, a partner at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman whose insurance coverage group brings the firm as much as $50 million a year, left Swidler to launch a novel Internet start-up company -- a venture he hopes will permit legal claims against insurance companies to be freely traded like stocks and bonds.
7 minute read
November 14, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Simpson Thacher takes leads in M&As

SIMPSON THACHER BARTLETT just had the kind of summer that private equity lawyers dream about. The New York firm's two top private equity clients, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co. and The Blackstone Group, were on a dealmaking binge, and Simpson was at the center of the action. The deal that caught everyone's attention was the $33 billion leveraged buyout of hospital operator HCA Inc.
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