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June 30, 2004 |

The Am Law 100: Compensation All Partners

34 minute read
March 17, 2003 |

Inadmissible

8 minute read
August 23, 1999 |

A Tale of Three Cities

A two-tiered playing field has emerged in high-tech meccas across the country: In Washington, D.C., Austin, Denver and Seattle, native firms serving the cities' traditional client base are meeting the Silicon Valley firms competing for emerging companies' business. When the Silicon Valley gunslingers come to town, everything changes. For Washington, D.C., the latest darling of the Silicon Valley set, the question looms: How will the new arrivals shape the competitive landscape?
6 minute read
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.
6 minute read
September 18, 2009 |

Law Firm Allows Full-Time Parenting in the Workplace

Roxanne B. Conlin and Associates, a Des Moines, Iowa-based plaintiffs firm, is one of only a handful of firms in the country that allows parents to bring their babies to the office. This is not on-site day care; it is full-time parenting in the workplace. In Roxanne Conlin's experience, parents are so happy to keep their kids nearby that they are motivated to perform at the top of their game. And because they aren't constantly worrying whether their child is being fed or changed, they are better able to focus.
5 minute read
December 07, 2012 |

Suits by Baseball and Hockey Fans Against Leagues Allowed to Proceed

Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin, in a 53-page ruling released on Dec. 5, refused to dismiss claims that the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball stifle competition by blacking out games in certain geographic regions.
3 minute read
June 06, 2006 |

Being GC of KB Toys Is More Than Fun and Games

Scott Hochfelder is general counsel and secretary of KB Toys Inc., which runs about 650 stores in 44 states, Guam and Puerto Rico. Hochfelder is helping the company move forward after emerging from its 2004 bankruptcy. He says his legal department's greatest challenges include converting its mind-set from "playing defense" as a Chapter 11 debtor to operating more as an "offensive player" and a "profitable player in the retail industry." And yes, Hochfelder does have toys in his office.
10 minute read
August 04, 2008 |

Paycheck Report 2008

34 minute read
May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
28 minute read

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