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June 28, 1999 |

New York Lawyers: Are They That Bad?

They're known to be arrogant, loud and pushy. They frown if you can't keep up with their pace, and look down on you if you're from out of town. Are New York attorneys really that bad? Lawyers from all around the country describe their experiences with their Big Apple counterparts in a National Law Journal survey. Some lawyers still have rankling memories of being condescended to; others admire the way New York lawyers bring energy and excitement to any deal.
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Clifford Chance Off the Hook in DVI Securities Fraud Class Action; Third Circuit Endorses High Bar Second Circuit Set in Refco Case Against Mayer Brown
Publication Date: 2011-03-29
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Shareholders can't pin blame on law firms unless they can attribute alleged misstatements directly to the lawyers, according to a Third Circuit panel.

Defendants Racking Up Wins over 'Abstract' Patent Claims
Publication Date: 2012-10-08
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Section 101 of the Patent Act--which holds that laws of nature and abstract ideas can't be patented--is getting a workout these days.

June 28, 1999 |

New York Branches Bear Fruit in 98

Texas firms have long recognized that they can't run with big boys like Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom unless they beef up their presence in New York. They have been shelling out for people and office space, and it's working. Branch offices in New York turned over a major chunk of their profits during the last fiscal year.
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May 04, 2000 |

Making Gains, But Still Far to Go

As recently as the 1970s, African-American lawyers were routinely mistaken for messengers by co-workers. Into the 1980s, women lawyers were asked to fetch coffee for male counterparts. The dozen or so minority and woman lawyers who were among the first to reach partnership status in Washington, D.C law firms all have stories like these to tell. Today, minorities account for 3.3 percent of partners in major firms in the District and women make up just over 15 percent of the city's partners.
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May 04, 2000 |

Labor Practices Boom With Economy

A series of key U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the booming national economy have fueled an increasing demand for employment lawyers nationwide. In Washington, D.C., rapid high-tech expansion is pushing the growth in employment practices to a new level. D.C. powerhouses have steadily added employment lawyers to work on behalf of corporate clients and have seen those practices grow as much as 500 percent in recent years. Some out-of-town firms building their D.C. offices aren't far behind.
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February 28, 2013 |

Sandy's Aftermath

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October 17, 2011 |

Summer Associates Survey 2011: A Season In the Sun

After two years of economic anxiety, summer associates rediscover their optimism.
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Litigator of the Week: Orin Snyder of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Publication Date: 2012-10-25
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If you ignore all the sideshows--the zombie protestors and the mid-trial melodrama--the story of how Cablevision won a $700 million settlement from Dish Network is pretty simple. Cablevision interpreted a contract with Dish one way. Dish interpreted it another way. Snyder made sure Dish's interpretation looked like the tougher sell.

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
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