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The 2010 Lateral Report
Company Town
When The Am Law 200 shed 15 percent of their Charlotte lawyers, it wasn't just business, it was personal.
(Pictured here: McGuire Woods's John Fennebresque, left, with partner Scott Vaughn.)

The Firms
Headcount Drops at Texas Firms
A year after Texas firms's habit of keeping quiet about layoffs attracted attention, sibling publication Texas Lawyer delivers some hard numbers about just how much shrinkage the Lone Star state's largest firms have experienced.
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The Work
Michael Jackson's Doctor Hires More Lawyers
Conrad Murray's attorneys are already receiving a huge level of media attention.
Posted by Zach Lowe | Comments
The Life
Faegre & Benson Partner Dies in Air Crash
Robert Matthews, a commercial litigation partner in the firm?s Boulder office, died Saturday when a small plane he was piloting collided in midair with another plane some 8,000 feet over the Colorado city.
Posted by Brian Baxter | Comments
The Work
Discovering a New (Old) Constitution
Remember that story about a lawyer/researcher who found a previously undiscovered draft of the U.S. Constitution? It turns out that the discovery represents the final link in a chain of events that started when an Am Law partner's son decided a school research project was boring.
Posted by Zach Lowe | Comments
The Score
THE AM LAW 100: Revenue, Profits Down at Schulte
The New York firm, best known for its investment funds practice, reported a drop in gross revenue and profits in 2009. But Schulte isn't offering any apologies for the numbers. "We view last year--given what happened to the world and what happened to a lot of our clients--as an extremely strong year," says partner Alan Waldenberg.
Posted by Amy Kolz | Comments
The Work
Rakoff Chides SEC Lawyer at Hearing on BofA Settlement
Judge Jed Rakoff put a Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer on the defensive Monday over a proposed settlement that would resolve civil charges that Bank of America misled investors when it acquired Merrill Lynch.
Posted by Ed Shanahan | Comments
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The 2010 Lateral Report: How To Launch A Boutique
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