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November 09, 2010 | National Law Journal

Chicago took the biggest hit in headcount at NLJ 250 firms

Chicago experienced the biggest loss this year in attorney headcounts among NLJ 250 firms in major U.S. cities. Sliding by 6.8%, Chicago dropped 530 lawyers. Notable decreases occurred at Mayer Brown; K&L Gates; DLA Piper; Drinker Biddle & Reath; and Dykema.
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October 13, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Midsize firms see a silver lining

Midsize law firms across the country have found a silver lining in the dark cloud looming over Wall Street. Many smaller shops are hopeful that the slowing economy will actually be good for their business, as clients looking to cut their legal budgets may consider shifting work from larger, pricier firms in New York and other major cities.
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September 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Firms learn to cope with alternative billing plans

AS MORE CORPORATE clients are getting the alternative billing arrangements they want, they are claiming some pushback from law firms trying to make the best of the new deals. A mix of sky-high billing rates, ballooning associate salaries and pressure from company executives has heightened corporate counsel's demand for different ways to pay their outside law firms.
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May 12, 2008 | Law.com

Winging It: GC for Hooters Franchisee Leads Lobbying, Legal Teams

John Gessner is the GC and corporate secretary for Dallas-based Texas Wings, the franchisee of the Hooters restaurant chain, famous for its provocatively attired waitresses. Gessner handles conventional restaurant legal issues for Hooters, such as employment law matters, but also more idiosyncratic issues particular to the chain, such as navigating local government politics and keeping the chain's expansion plans on track despite critics who deem the restaurant immoral or exploitative of women.
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May 08, 2013 | Law.com

Amid Detroit's Fiscal Woes, City's Am Law Firms Press On

Faced with the possibility of becoming the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, the Motor City has taken heart in more promising news, such as the U.S. auto industry hitting a six-year sales peak in April. Meanwhile, Detroit firms are riding out the storm in the hopes they'll see better days.
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July 08, 2005 | The Recorder

Chicago Blows Into Firms' View

Since the start of 2001, 13 Am Law 200 firms have set up shop in Chicago, a city that has often been overlooked by the highest-grossing firms on both coasts.
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July 18, 2005 | National Law Journal

Wanted: leaders for new, very big firms

For most of the country's leading law firms, Chicago has never been the Second City. The highest-grossing firms on the coasts have expanded into each other's cities, but few have settled in Chicago.
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September 01, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

Fuzzy Math

Patents on
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August 25, 2003 | National Law Journal

Energy Clients Scramble for Counsel

As a congressional committee and a joint U.S.-Canadian governmental task force kick off fast-track probes of the massive Aug. 14 blackout, electric utilities and other energy companies are scrambling to line up teams of Washington lawyers and lobbyists.
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May 07, 2010 | National Law Journal

6th Circuit lets the dogs out in pet food opinion

"This is a contractual relationship gone to the dogs," wrote the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in the very first line of its May 7 opinion about a dispute between a pet food company and its Midwest sales rep. And that was not the last canine quip.
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