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August 03, 2007 |

Alston & Bird Raises First-Year Pay to $145K

Alston & Bird is raising pay for its Atlanta associates, effective next January, with first-years getting a bump from $130,000 to $145,000. But not everyone's happy. Visitors to the Above the Law blog contended that associate pay in Atlanta lags behind that of comparable markets -- and others criticized Alston for pay compression, pointing out that the firm isn't increasing pay for more senior classes by the $15,000 figure that first-years will enjoy. "First years get a 15K raise. I get 5K," groused one.
6 minute read
September 07, 2007 |

Desperately Seeking Seniors

No longer is the 60-plus set just taking a pension and slinking off into the sunset. Lawyers are living longer and healthier, and many want to stay professionally active well into their 70s. Law firms are split regarding enforcing mandatory retirement policies. Economics are driving the split, since younger attorneys want to make more money, be the primary client contact or be lead trial counsel. But kicking out profitable partners is "just lunacy," says Cadwalader Chairman Robert Link Jr.
7 minute read
November 03, 2004 |

Urge to Merge: More Firms Seeking Global Presence

Leigh [email protected] YORK-With a more-is-better philosophy, national practices increasingly want to lock arms with foreign law firms in mergers to create a global presence. If only it were that simple. Whether troubles arise from differences in management styles or pay structures, recruitment practices or even dress codes, transcontinental mergers can have super-sized portions of the problems found in domestic mergers.
9 minute read
September 29, 2010 |

Brazilian Bar Concludes Foreign Law Firm Alliances Break Rules

The legal market in Brazil has been particularly active in recent months, with firms like Milbank and Gibson Dunn announcing they were opening Brazilian offices. But a recent ethical and disciplinary panel opinion of the Sao Paulo Bar illustrates the mounting tension over the influx of foreign firms into one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Although only advisory, the opinion indicates where a more formal ruling might fall if a case were brought against major U.S. firms operating in Brazil in alliance with local firms.
3 minute read
December 20, 2010 |

Big Term Seen for Class Actions at U.S. Supreme Court

In the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act, Congress, heeding the pleas of the business lobby, altered the class action landscape by shifting much of that litigation from state courts to federal courts. Now, business hopes the Supreme Court will take the next step.
7 minute read
October 06, 2005 |

Legal Marketing

Joy Newton Martini, U.S. Chief Marketing Officer of Lovells, writes that with lateral movement, firm mergers and dissolutions continuing at a dizzying pace, clients are finding it more and more difficult to articulate differences between firms. Identifying that "certain something" that sets a firm apart is absolutely critical to long term success.
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Proskauer Steps Up for MLB in Latest A-Rod Legal Drama
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Proskauer Rose has been retained by Major League Baseball to fight the scandal-soaked suit filed Friday by embattled New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and his lawyers from Reed Smith, Gordon & Rees, and New York's Tacopina Seigel & Turano.

December 20, 2004 |

It Was Their Year

The players who will chalk up 2004 as one of the best years ever.
2 minute read
June 22, 2007 |

Sun Microsystems Shines On Select Law Firms

Five years ago, Sun Microsystems Inc. worked with about 400 different outside law firms. Now the company's general counsel is trying to bring some sanity to the inside-outside bond.
3 minute read
December 14, 2009 |

INADMISSIBLE

An honor for a late Chief Justice; the view of honest services looks different from the assistant AG side; patent moves from Pillsbury to Womble; Jones Day takes up residence in the Supreme Court; SEC loses two lawyers; all-access to White House visitor logs; and both Huntsworth and Dutko benefit in this week's column.
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