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October 18, 2004 |

Reaching Across Oceans

International unions are hot, but at the same time, U.S. firms must remember they're blending two cultures.
9 minute read
August 15, 2008 |

10 N.Y. Firms Listed as Best for Women

Roughly half of the law students across the country presently involved in on-campus interviews have a personal stake in this question: Exactly which large firms are best for women? Conveniently, the second annual survey by Flex-Time Lawyers and Working Mothers Magazine was released Tuesday, listing the nation's top 50 shops in terms of work-life balance, mentoring opportunities for women, retention of female attorneys and family accommodation.
8 minute read
December 20, 2010 |

The Cultural Theory of Plane Crashes and Witness Disasters

Picture this: An airplane is in a holding pattern over New York for more than one hour because of fog limiting arrivals into John F. Kennedy International Airport. During this hold, the aircraft was exhausting its reserve fuel supply, which would have allowed it to divert to its alternate, Boston.
8 minute read
August 27, 2010 |

Behavioral Interviewing Gains Momentum in Law Firm Hiring

As on-campus recruiting season hits top gear, potential law firm hires might not notice anything unusual about the questions they are asked, but the underlying goals of law firm interviewers have shifted.
5 minute read
September 11, 2006 |

GC Ann Baskins Faces the Eye of the HP Storm

Ann Baskins has spent almost her entire career at Hewlett-Packard, and has been GC for the past six years. Now she's very near the center of a growing storm over the boardroom investigation at the computing giant. Newspaper stories detailing the crisis place Baskins at several key junctures in the ongoing saga questioning the investigative techniques used concerning press leaks by board members. Though the drama has yet to play out, there are already calls, in some quarters, for Baskins to be fired.
3 minute read
March 20, 2007 |

Chicago Lateral Market Is Reaching a Fever Pitch

While there are typically some lateral moves early in the year after attorneys get their year-end bonuses, the changes in Chicago this year are at a higher pitch, say attorneys and recruiters, who attribute the exceptional flow to openings of new firm offices in the city, industry merger mania, growth by some firms and the dissolution of smaller ones amid increased competition. "These are some of the best opportunities we've seen in this city in years," says one recruiter.
2 minute read
February 03, 2010 |

Dechert Bolsters Restructuring Group With 2 Partners From Goodwin Procter

Dechert on Monday added two restructuring partners from Goodwin Procter, including the co-head of that firm's practice. Allan S. Brilliant and Craig P. Druehl joined Dechert in an effort to enhance the firm's New York business restructuring and reorganization capabilities. In the last two years, the pair have represented ad hoc bondholder groups in the CIT Group Funding Co., Builders First Source and Motor Coach Industries bankruptcies.
1 minute read
February 23, 2006 |

Wolf Block Expands IP Practice in N.Y.

Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen has expanded its intellectual property practice in New York with the addition of five attorneys from the Manhattan-based boutique Steinberg & Raskin. Wolf Block Chairman Mark L. Alderman said the group would supplement the firm's pre-existing patent prosecution and copyright and trademark capabilities while adding the patent litigation link that was missing in the New York office.
4 minute read
December 20, 2010 |

Law Profs Win $5 Mil. Defamation Verdict Against West

West Publishing was hit with a verdict of more than $5.1 million in a defamation suit brought by two law professors who claimed their reputations were damaged when West falsely identified them as the authors of a poorly researched treatise update.
4 minute read
June 06, 2007 |

Calif.'s Biggest Firms Receive Poor Marks for Minority Hiring

The grades are in on workforce diversity, and if this were school, the state's largest law firms would barely be passing.
3 minute read

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