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The Firms

Ruden McClosky: "We're Not Dissolving"

The firm has lost more than 50 lawyers since early last year, including dozens to Adams and Reese. But rumors of its demise are false, the firm says.

The Work

The Lehman Examiner's Report Will Not Be Public...For Now

A 2,200-page report compiled by Jenner & Block chairman Anton Valukas, court-appointed examiner in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, is under seal. But that could change before a scheduled bankruptcy court hearing early next month.

The Score

THE AM LAW 100: Litigation, IP Prop up Perkins in 2009

Perkins Coie reported a modest revenue increase of 2.06 percent in 2009, while profits per equity partner declined a quarter of a percentage point at the Seattle-based firm. Work in litigation and IP, as well as cost cutting measures, were key to the firm's flat financial performance.

The Work

Cravath Calls Airgas's Claims a Bunch of Hot Air

Lawyers representing Cravath, Swaine & Moore have denied that the firm breached its fiduciary duty to industrial gas producer Airgas by representing rival Air Products on a $5.1 billion takeover offer for the company.

The Work

The "Amateur" Sports Chronicles: An Academic and Olympian Look at Sports and the Law

We talk to an O'Melveny partner who carried the Olympic torch on Monday in British Columbia and examine some of the thorniest legal issues college athletics.

The Score

THE AM LAW 100: At Buchanan, Revenue Down, PPP Up

The Pittsburgh-based firm posted a 3 percent dip in revenue and a 10 percent drop in the number of full-time equivalent lawyers for the second year running.

Featuring the winners and finalists from our fifth biennial competition. Hear from each of the finalist firms about their most high-profile cases of 2008-09 in our exclusive Web videos.

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