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Changes in Store for 'Above the Law'

Popular legal-gossip blog Above the Law will soon have a new editor in place of David Lat, the former federal prosecutor turned blogger who gained notoriety in 2005 when he was revealed to be the pseudonymous Article III Groupie who wrote the blog Underneath Their Robes. Lat is moving from D.C.-based pajama-blogger to New York City-based media honcho.

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The Evolution of Law Firm Lunch

Fulton County Daily Report

Recently, while enjoying a five-minute lunch break of chips and a beef stick at his desk, humor columnist The Snark heard the joyful laughter of a group of summer associates and their mentors heading off for an afternoon of lunching. Was he jealous of their frivolity? Nope, The Snark accepts that the days of daily group lunches are a distant memory. An associate's place in the lunch cycle can be articulated by a simple analysis of five factors at any one stage of a big-firm career, The Snark explains.
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Attorney Hopes to Be a Winner in Sports Law

The Recorder

In the run-up to next month's Olympic Games in Beijing, one piece of litigation that's made a lot of headlines is an antitrust and false advertising suit over Speedo's new LZR swimsuits. Adam Brezine, part of the Holme Roberts & Owen team representing USA Swimming and national team head coach Mark Schubert, tends to gravitate toward sporty assignments. He discusses the practice of sports law, how young lawyers can get into that type of practice and why July is his toughest month to get any work done.
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Latham Puts Lawyers in Mideast Offices

The Recorder

Latham & Watkins is relocating four partners to the Middle East and two to London. The partners will split time as needed between new offices in Doha, the capital of Qatar, and the eponymous main cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The relocations will bolster the firm's efforts to respond to "the increasingly important financial and banking nexus between London and the Middle East," said firm Chairman Robert Dell.
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2008 GC Compensation Survey: Party Like It's 2001

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel's 2008 GC Compensation Survey shows that top legal officers at Fortune 500 companies raked it in. And that was true even for those heading the law departments at financial institutions that are reeling after the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. Once again, general counsel can thank lucrative cash bonuses that swell year after year. The average bonus jumped 17 percent, to $1.1 million. That's double the average salary. But will the good times last?
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Women Lawyers Form Coalition on Recruitment, Retention Issues

The National Law Journal

Women lawyers in Chicago have come together from 31 law firms to form a new coalition that will seek to collaborate on supporting the recruitment, retention and promotion of women attorneys and on encouraging women's initiatives at law firms. The coalition has begun with 65 women lawyers and is seeking additional participation. The group was started with the help of Valorem's Nicole Nehama Auerbach.
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Former Tyco GC Joins Dechert

The American Lawyer

The former general counsel of Tyco International Ltd., who guided the company through the corporate accounting fraud scandal it became embroiled in six years ago, is joining Dechert. William Lytton will join the Philadelphia-based firm as senior counsel; he retired from Tyco last summer. Lytton previously served as deputy special counselor to President Ronald Reagan during the Iran-contra investigation and as general counsel for International Paper.
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