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May 31, 2005 |

Diverse Is Yet To Come

In-house lawyers have some blunt advice for law firms that say they are trying to diversify their ranks by hiring more minority attorneys: Try harder.
8 minute read
October 09, 2006 |

New Spitzer Biography Reveals 'Crusading Good Kid' With a Dark Side

Thanks to Eliot Spitzer's highly publicized attacks on fraud in the financial services industry, he's arguably the most famous New York-based prosecutor since Thomas Dewey. And he's the overwhelming favorite to win the Democratic nomination for New York governor. Attorney Michael Stern reviews a new Spitzer biography, "Spoiling for a Fight," by Brooke A. Masters, noting "there's a dark side to Eliot Spitzer the crusading Good Kid, of course, and Masters is scrupulous in painting that portrait as well."
10 minute read
April 01, 2006 |

Linguistically Insolvent

Kenneth Klee spent his early career as a congressional staffer, drafting the 1978 law that established the framework for the bankruptcy system. From 1992 to 2000 he served as legislative chairman of the National Bankruptcy Conference. A lifelong Republican who is now a professor at UCLA School of Law, Klee figured that legislators would want his input on the bankruptcy overhaul. He was wrong.
6 minute read
July 31, 2008 |

Associates Survey 2008

To find out how Midlevel associates rate their firms as workplaces, our annual midlevel survey examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. They include relations with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level asso-ciates have in their work, training and guidance, policy on billables, management openness about firm strategies and partnership chances, the firm?s attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and the respondents? inclination to stay at their firm for at least two more years. Respondents graded their firms on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. On this chart, firms with ten or more responses are ranked by their averages on those questions. Averages include responses from all participating of-fices. For definitions of national and international firms, and for other details, see our methodology
20 minute read
August 01, 2000 |

Caution! Falling Lawyers

Why are so many London branches of U.S. firms losing top partners? According to their British competitors, flawed strategies are legion: in lateral recruitment, in choosing market niches, and in finding a long-term strategy. Other than that, everything's going swimmingly!
9 minute read
November 27, 2000 |

Activists Can't Block Citi's Purchase

Citigroup's $25 billion acquisition of Associates First Capital is getting a rough reception from community activists, but sources familiar with the transaction said federal regulators should clear the deal by year's end. It has become a battleground for activists because it is the first contested deal to be reviewed under a revised approval process that appears to exclude community reinvestment issues.
5 minute read
March 31, 2005 |

GCs Call for Greater Diversity Among Top-Tier Firms

General counsel have some advice for law firms that say they are trying to diversify their ranks by hiring minorities: Try harder. Although many firms vow that diversity is a top priority demanding committee meetings, management strategy sessions and cut-throat recruiting, few are attacking the paltry numbers. Minority attorneys make up just 9.64 percent of the total number of attorneys in the nation's largest firms, according to The National Law Journal's most recent survey.
9 minute read
April 22, 2005 |

Recruiting Diverse Attorneys

Struggling to achieve a population of 10 percent diverse attorneys, law firms are partnering with law school programs and hiring full-time diversity professionals to meet their goal. The reason? Many firms today think that diversity is key for talent, business and quality of life. Therefore, many of the diversity initiatives focus on the retention of minority attorneys, as well as their recruitment.
7 minute read
December 14, 2007 |

EBay IP Guru's Next Step

Jay Monahan was on the cutting edge of IP and technology as eBay's vice president for intellectual property issues. Now he's the only lawyer at a startup that's wading into more uncharted waters.
5 minute read

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