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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.)

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The Work

Stuy Town Tenants Hire Paul Weiss

Paul Weiss is wading into the fray between tenants of Manhattan's largest apartment complex and bidders for the development that was returned to creditors last month. The firm is advising the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association on the sale of the properties.


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The Firms

Head Count 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.


Posted by Brian Baxter | Comments

The Work

Michael Jackson's Doctor Hires More Lawyers

Conrad Murray's attorneys are already receiving a huge level of media attention.


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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.


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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

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The 2010 Lateral Report: How To Launch A Boutique

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