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September 28, 2012 |

Burr & Forman Absorbs 23-Lawyer Tampa Firm

The Birmingham, Alabama–based Am Law 200 firm said Friday it is combining with Tampa firm Williams Schifino Mangione & Steady in an effort to both expand its reach in the Southeast and better serve clients in the banking and financial services industries.
4 minute read
June 22, 2007 |

Sun Microsystems Shines On Select Law Firms

Five years ago, Sun Microsystems Inc. worked with about 400 different outside law firms. Now the company's general counsel is trying to bring some sanity to the inside-outside bond.
3 minute read
March 03, 2005 |

Law Firms Mull 'Gen Y' Equation

Some call them slackers. Others are more diplomatic. But whatever the moniker, Generation Y associates are getting a bad rap for what some say is a flabby work ethic and an off-putting sense of entitlement.
5 minute read
January 14, 2005 |

Mississippi No Longer a Mass Tort Haven

Several actions last year by the Mississippi Supreme Court scaled back the state's joinder rules, which have attracted mass tort plaintiffs nationwide. As a result, three trial court judges issued orders last month that may lead to the dismissal of thousands of asbestos claims by plaintiffs from other states. Many other mass torts will likely be affected, according to defense lawyers. "Mississippi has done ... what many states have not had the backbone to do," said one defense attorney.
4 minute read
December 06, 2005 |

Grappling With Doomsday Scenario For U.S. High Court

Call it coincidence, but in the same week that a big chunk of marble fell from the front facade of the U.S. Supreme Court, a heavyweight panel of thinkers convened in Washington, D.C., to contemplate what would happen if all nine justices of the Supreme Court were to be killed at once.
5 minute read
September 15, 2005 |

Firms Heed Wal-Mart's Call for Diversity Action

Firms have begun to respond to Wal-Mart's urgent call for diversity action. Almost all of Wal-Mart's 100 largest outside counsel have submitted slates in response to Wal-Mart's requests for three to five potential relationship partners, which are to include at least one minority and one woman. And firms are showing other "good faith" pro-diversity efforts, such as pitching in to assist a Future Latino Leaders Law Camp.
4 minute read
September 20, 2007 |

Lawyer's Layers of Experience Led to GC Job

Burl M. Finkelstein started out as an engineer with Kason Industries. As his management responsibilities grew, so did the legal complexity of the business of inventing, patenting and manufacturing the company's products. So he went to law school at night for four years while working full time as a company vice president. He never expected to become a lawyer, but doing so has helped him solve problems, protect patents and settle disputes in the company's favor.
5 minute read
June 17, 2013 |

Review 100: The Dance Is On

As law firms become eager to grow, they begin to pursue partners. Or sometimes, they are the pursued.
8 minute read
April 01, 2003 |

Mississippi Adopts 'Tort Reform'

6 minute read
February 01, 2007 |

PRO BONO SCORECARD 2007: Scoring the Firms

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