http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/index.jsp The daily source for legal business news, analysis and intelligence from the editors and reporters at The American Lawyer. en-us 07 Feb 2012 01:46:36 -0500 Copyright 2009. Incisive Media US Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.law.com/img/tal/tal_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/index.jsp After declining sharply in 2010, lateral activity bounced back to prerecession levels by increasing 22 percent last year. Read the complete report from the February issue, including charts that rank the firms that added and lost the most partners, as well as our list of the year's star laterals. http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202477103222&rss=tal 1202477103222 The recession has helped usher in a new era. Better to embrace it than yearn for the good old days. http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202434161591&rss=tal 1202434161591 Top in-house lawyers fear that diversity efforts among their outside counsel will suffer as jobs are cut. And our latest minority Experience Study suggests there's reason to worry. http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202434265982&rss=tal 1202434265982 In our annual midlevel associates survey, third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates rate their firms as workplaces. We examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. Access the full report, including all the charts and feature stories, here. http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202432530618&rss=tal 1202432530618