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Summer Associates Survey 2011: A Season In the Sun
After two years of economic anxiety, summer associates rediscover their optimism.IP Practices Nurture Women With Science Backgrounds
There has been concern among firms that women lawyers are departing in greater numbers than men, leaving fewer in the partnership pool. But women who have deep scientific backgrounds seem to be the exception. They not only stay, but thrive. Many, including Fish & Richardson's Karen Boyd, who managed her first case as a third-year associate, say their scientific background gave them opportunities that weren't open to other junior attorneys, including client contact and close interaction with senior partners.Can the 'Jewish Law Firm' Success Story Be Duplicated?
Oops! Orrick Associate Lets Slip Mercury Backdating Document
A fourth-year associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe inadvertently disclosed a sensitive document about stock option backdating that the firm has spent the last five months fighting to keep under seal. The document -- a complaint in a shareholder derivative action against former executives of Mercury Interactive Corp. -- contains explosive allegations against the executives and quotes extensively from e-mails in which the executives allegedly discuss backdating their own stock options.Video Trains Lawyers not to be Boors
The scene is a client development meeting for which the four big-firm lawyers have arrived late. One of the lawyers launches into a canned spiel about the firm's capabilities. But as he continues, one of his colleague droops his head and whips out a Blackberry pager.Attorneys Look to Sabbaticals for Perspective
As Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass partner Tay Via prepares to embark on a sabbatical, other partners have been busy clearing her plate for the time she's away. But few enjoy such a luxury. The sabbatical is an uncommon practice in the legal profession. For one thing, lawyers can be hesitant to walk away from their book of business for a stretch of time. In addition, because sabbatical systems take a toll on hours, it can be difficult for a firm -- once it reaches a certain size -- to implement one.Am Law Firms Make Rain on Pair of Cloud Computing Deals
Wilson Sonsini and Gibson Dunn landed roles on Salesforce.com's $2.5 billion purchase of cloud-based marketing software company ExactTarget, while Cravath and Kirkland took the lead on IBM's reported $2 billion acquisition of cloud computing infrastructure provider SoftLayer Technologies.N.J. Firms Hike First-Year Pay, Bulk Up on New Hires
New Jersey's large firms are hiring larger classes of new associates and boosting first-year salaries by more than 10 percent, a Law Journal survey findsTrending Stories
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