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August 03, 2007 |

Alston & Bird Raises First-Year Pay to $145K

Alston & Bird is raising pay for its Atlanta associates, effective next January, with first-years getting a bump from $130,000 to $145,000. But not everyone's happy. Visitors to the Above the Law blog contended that associate pay in Atlanta lags behind that of comparable markets -- and others criticized Alston for pay compression, pointing out that the firm isn't increasing pay for more senior classes by the $15,000 figure that first-years will enjoy. "First years get a 15K raise. I get 5K," groused one.
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April 30, 2010 |

Cozen O'Connor Regains Spot on Am Law 100, Ballard Spahr Drops Off

Pennsylvania firms held their own on the Am Law 100 with even the firms that fell down the chart only losing a few spots, according to reports released Thursday by Legal affiliate The American Lawyer .
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October 01, 2009 |

The 2009 Global 100: The Great Game

The American Lawyer's 2009 Global 100 rankings, compiled in conjunction with London's Legal Week, provide a glimpse of the far-reaching impact of the financial meltdown on the world's largest firms. In many cases the effect is profound: Clifford Chance's profits per partner, for example, fell by 41 percent, while Latham & Watkins' dropped by 20.5 percent. Such results are a far cry from the steep upward trajectory that global firms have long enjoyed.
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Clawback Controversy Now Clouding Dewey Bankruptcy
Publication Date: 2013-10-24
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The fight over the validity of so-called unfinished business claims in law firm bankruptcies is heating up in courts on both coasts this week.

June 09, 2006 |

DLA Piper Takes Four From Smith Gambrell

Smith, Gambrell & Russell partner Michael Rubinger has left the firm for DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary's new Atlanta office, joining as a partner in the corporate and securities group. Richard Greenstein, the partner in charge of Smith Gambrell's franchise and distribution-law practice, will also join DLA Piper along with two other partners. Smith Gambrell managing partner Stephen Forte says the firm is "enjoying a record year ... . I don't see any of these partners leaving derailing these accomplishments."
2 minute read
October 05, 2007 |

Havertys' GC Fashions Department to Fit Her Style

Before graduating first in her law school class and working for 12 years at King & Spalding, where she rose to partner doing mergers and acquisitions, Janet E. Taylor was in the fashion business. But after several years of negotiating modeling contracts with cosmetics giants, Taylor tired of sending her deals off to lawyers for review and went to law school. Now, as GC of Haverty Furniture Companies Inc., she has come full circle. Furniture, Taylor explains, "is a fashion business."
6 minute read
August 22, 2006 |

Cooley Godward and Kronish Lieb Agree to Merge

Leading Silicon Valley law firm Cooley Godward has agreed to merge with New York litigation boutique Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman to create a national firm of 550 lawyers, effective Oct. 1. Although the 440-lawyer Cooley has made no secret of its merger ambitions and its quest for a substantial New York presence, Kronish Lieb is something of a surprise partner. The 110-lawyer firm has long been regarded as one of the city's most fiercely independent firms.
5 minute read
July 23, 2003 |

Gathering Storm

Business advocates nationwide are gearing up for a legal and lobbying battle over the Alien Tort Claims Act now being invoked to hold multinational corporations liable for human rights abuses committed by government officials around the world. Meanwhile, labor and human rights activists, religious groups, environmental organizations and plaintiffs' lawyers are mobilized to defend the statute.
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July 01, 2003 |

Bay Area Backslide

Hammered by the sour stock market and dismal economy, California's elite technology firms continued their slide among the nation's top grossing firms. The annual rankings of the 100 highest-grossing U.S. firms, published Monday in Recorder affiliate The American Lawyer magazine, shows that firms like Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich and -- of course -- the now-defunct Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison sank in both revenue and profitability last year.
5 minute read
October 20, 2005 |

New Law Firm Targets E-Discovery Angst

In a fitting response to the burdens of electronic discovery, four far-flung experts launched a "virtual" law firm Monday, hoping to capitalize on the growing anxiety at legal departments and boardrooms across the country. A partner at Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner says the new firm will offer strategic advice on management of digital information, responses to e-discovery requests and the risks involved in the integration of information systems in the aftermath of a merger or acquisition.
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