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December 11, 2009 |

Associate Pay Cuts Here to Stay, Say Firms, Analysts

A growing number of managing partners and management consultants say recent cuts to associate compensation aren't a temporary phenomenon. And some predict an even more significant correction to entry-level lawyer salaries coming in the year ahead. Since February 2009, at least 19 Am Law 200 firms have rolled back entry-level pay. And the pace of change appears to have picked up in recent months, with some global firms announcing far-reaching changes. Even at Wall Street firms, change is in the air.
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The Global Lawyer: Exporting the First Amendment
Publication Date: 2012-10-30
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Media law exports come in two main packages—a free press, and freedom of information—and both are usually marked "Return to Sender." A new book, Exporting the Matrix: The Campaign to Reform Media Laws Abroad, describes some recent small victories achieved in pro bono projects around the world.

November 15, 1999 |

John S. Russell, Quintiles Transnational Corp.

John S. Russell is senior vice president and general counsel of Research Triangle Park, N.C.- based Quintiles Transnational Corp., the world's largest pharmaceutical outsourcing services company.
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June 30, 2004 |

The Am Law 100: Compensation All Partners

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July 22, 2004 |

The Changing Face of Vietnam may Mean Business for Firms

Western lawyers trying to function amid stifling red tape and corruption in Vietnam have long given that market negative reviews. The obstacles to progress are myriad -- trials that are not transparent, limited access for counsel to proceedings and criminalization of commercial transactions. But rumors of the demise of the private sector are exaggerated, thanks, in part, to its new Criminal Procedure Code. If this is finally the "Vietnam spring" investors have been waiting for, what's in it for lawyers?
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September 30, 2011 |

Diversity Digest: Up Through the Ranks

PepsiCo's general counsel explains how she got where she is.
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September 07, 1999 |

A Look Inside The Big Five

The Big Five accounting firms are not only raiding the partnerships of major law firms for tax professionals, but are hitting law schools also, with stepped-up recruiting programs to hire young lawyers at the earliest opportunity.
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January 04, 2005 |

Making a Move

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's old San Francisco office was old money: The former Federal Reserve Building on Battery Street. Last summer, Orrick moved to South of Market into a building conceived in the new-money boom, that -- thanks to the bust -- was available for a reported $27 per square foot. Orrick is just one of a handful of large firms that have repositioned themselves amid the Bay Area real estate downturn.
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August 24, 2007 |

How Much Will 'Best Law Firms for Women' List Influence Attorneys?

Female law students entering the recruiting season have another weapon for their interviewing arsenal: a list of the 50 U.S. firms deemed most woman-friendly. The survey by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers covers benefits and compensation; parental leave and policies; child care; workforce profile; flexibility; and retention and advancement. Some women in the profession, however, question how much of an impact the list might have on a newly minted attorney's employment decisions.
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August 01, 1999 |

Power

What is power? How do you know when you've got it in today's legal profession? How do top-ranking women lawyers view their jobs, lives, and young female colleagues? To find out, Corporate Counsel selected nine highly placed women lawyers and asked them to talk about life at the top.
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