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Dicta
The Whole World Is Hiring
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The anxiety over the slowdown in new matters that began last summer continues at the nation's big law firms. But the work has only slowed, it hasn't stopped.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
Drawing a New Line
Monday, January 2, 2012
The Purpose-Driven Firm
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Long ago, in an otherwise forgotten law school class, I listened as the distinguished professor declared, with uncharacteristic emotion, "The purpose of a corporation is to make money." Across the room, a young woman raised her hand and suggested that the professor might not be correct.
The Young Lions
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
In mid-October The American Lawyer held its first conference for new partners, big-firm lawyers promoted since 2008. It was a bracing and satisfying experience to hear from a mostly optimistic group that also expressed a healthy and appropriate dose of worry.
Citi and The Am Law 100
Saturday, October 1, 2011
How wide is the gap between The Am Law 100 financial reports and the numbers that the Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group collects for its large-firm clients?
The Law School Troubles
Thursday, September 1, 2011
It's been another dreadful year for the public image of law schools.
Don't Look Down
Friday, July 1, 2011
Tom DeLong feels your pain. For much of his career, DeLong has been teaching and advising hard chargers, a personality he calls the high need for achievement professional. You know the type--the person in constant need of achievement and approval.
Time for a China Merger?
Friday, April 1, 2011
Like the apocryphal generals, we in the media frequently prepare to fight the last war. Such is the case with our interest in international law firm mergers. Let one Rust Belt Gargantua join up with an obscure City of London firm that boasts outposts across exotic lower Freedonia, and we will be happy for months.
Tolling the Bellow
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
At lunch recently with the son of a long-retired name partner of an Am Law 100 firm, he reminded me of the tortured relationship between big law firms and the reporters who write about them.
It's Not the Money
Saturday, January 1, 2011
A year ago, as the client-to-law-firm conversation had fully entered its give-me-a-discount or give-me-death phase, we put Amy Schulman, Pfizer Inc.?s general counsel, on our cover.
Law Firm Leaders Survey
Change You Can
Believe In
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
With tenure and comp structures clearly in play, partnership just ain't what it used to be.
Rare Birds
Monday, September 1, 2008
More men are taking paternity leave, but few are demanding the flexibility needed for increased responsibility at home.
DICTA: Filling the Vacuum
Friday, August 1, 2008
As the government's regulatory power has faded, federal prosecutors have stepped to the plate. Good thing they have big bats to swing.
DICTA: The Italian Job
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
A trial in Milan exposes the inner workings of a CIA antiterrorism operation-and the picture isn't pretty.
Death by Committee?
Sunday, June 1, 2008
It's hard to escape women's initiatives and committees -- almost every big law firm has one. Is the time you put into it worth it?
A Routine Question for Criminal Defense Counsel: Is My Client Paying With Dirty Money?
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Justice Department is prosecuting a Miami lawyer for money laundering. A defendant's right to choose counsel may be the ultimate victim.
On Life Support
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Work/life balance is crucial to how lawyers make career decisions. Are firms serious about this or just paying it lip service?
Ice Man Cometh
Saturday, March 1, 2008
"The Ballad of Billy McGee": A dispute with FEMA turns a Mississippi sheriff into a folk hero.
Failure to Delete
Friday, February 1, 2008
In which our hero learns that what you say on the Web doesn't stay on the Web. A case of e-blackmail.
Uncivil Action
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan says he draw inspiration from Abe Lincoln, but his actions are sending lawyers into the streets.
Dicta: Balancing Act
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Some suggestions for Michael Mukasey as he tackles the hardest job of his career.
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