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June 21, 2004 |

High Court Clerks Show Market Clout as Firms Boost Bonuses

The annual competition to nab elite Supreme Court law clerks is reaching new heights, with some firms dangling hiring bonuses of $150,000 and up. Such figures, plus base salaries in the third-year associate range, mean some clerks may clear $300,000 the first year they leave the Court. By contrast, Chief Justice William Rehnquist is paid $203,000 a year. News of the soaring bonuses comes as the Court signals discomfort with some firms' recruiting tactics.
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December 07, 1999 |

Charles R. Morgan, BellSouth Corp.

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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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June 27, 2011 |

Judge orders DLA Piper to give documents to Roger Clemens

Lawyers for Roger Clemens won access to information the law firm DLA Piper wanted to keep secret from the defense team on the ground the attorney work product doctrine shielded the documents from disclosure.
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April 19, 2010 |

The Efficiency equation

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April 30, 2010 |

Well, It Could Have Been Worse: Lessons of The Am Law 100

That's the best that can be said for The Am Law 100 law firms last year. Three of four key categories fell, while profits per equity partner edged up by 0.3 percent (thanks to aggressive cost-cutting). And the tough choices are just beginning ...
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June 01, 1999 |

The Gamble on Contingency Cases

Mark Lipowicz persuaded senior partners at Philadelphia's Duane, Morris & Heckscher to join the stampede of state tobacco cases, as co-counsel to the state of Pennsylvania, on contingency. The assignment was atypical for Duane, Morris, a general practice firm that had grown up on the backs of local banks, manufacturers, and insurers. In the end, Duane, Morris didn't have to bet the ranch. As part of the $206 billion tobacco settlement announced last year, the firm will pocket $25 million.
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March 01, 2008 |

The Lost Generation?

Demoralized and dispirited, big-firm associates are defecting in droves. Here's what firms, and their clients, can do about it.
9 minute read
June 21, 2004 |

Firms Dangling Record Bonuses Before Law Clerks' Eyes

The intense annual competition to lure elite Supreme Court law clerks to top law firms is reaching record heights this year, with some firms offering jaw-dropping hiring bonuses of $150,000 or more. The bonuses, added to base salaries in the third-year associate range, make it likely that some of the court's 35 law clerks this term will be paid upward of $300,000. News of the stratospheric hiring bonuses comes even as the court itself is signaling discomfort with some law firms' clerk-recruiting practices.
8 minute read
April 19, 1999 |

Assault on the Vault

While Glendale Federal's recent $909 million victory against the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims received wide notice, little attention has been paid to a key factor in the California bank's success: the sophisticated collaboration among lawyers representing plaintiffs in Glendale and about 120 other related cases.
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