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October 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Summer Associates Survey 2011: A Season In the Sun

After two years of economic anxiety, summer associates rediscover their optimism.
10 minute read
August 17, 2006 | Law.com

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.
7 minute read
May 10, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Can the 'Jewish Law Firm' Success Story Be Duplicated?

10 minute read
October 20, 2004 | Law.com

Market Forces

Once seen at only the largest law firms, chief marketing officers are catching on. Mehul Patel, the first CMO at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, is a former Cooley Godward associate and in-house counsel for PeopleSoft. But it wasn't his legal background that attracted Howard Rice; it was his business development work at CNET. Increasingly, law firms are seeking marketing talent beyond their own world -- in industries like consulting, investment banking and financial services.
5 minute read
September 02, 2003 | Law.com

The A-List

Who are the nation's true first-tier law firms? These days, money alone won't buy a place among the new elite. The American Lawyer tallied Am Law 200 revenue, pro bono scores, associate satisfaction, and its diversity scorecard to determine which firms hire the best people, serve the biggest clients, and seek -- by word and deed -- to uphold the highest standards of the profession.
11 minute read
February 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

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.
7 minute read
December 28, 2004 | Law.com

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.
5 minute read
July 28, 2006 | Law.com

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.
7 minute read
June 04, 2013 | The American Lawyer

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.
5 minute read
May 11, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

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 finds
6 minute read

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