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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
September 16, 2005 |

Ebbers' Lawyer: White-Collar Bar 'Rolled Over'

Government power over corporate America no longer benefits the public interest it portended to protect after recent corporate scandals, according to white-collar defense counsel Reid Weingarten, who recently represented WorldCom ex-CEO Bernie Ebbers. The Steptoe & Johnson partner told a group of general counsel Wednesday that the "white-collar defense bar has capitulated and rolled over." He said he wants to see more cases go to trial rather than end in deferred prosecution agreements.
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April 19, 2010 |

The Efficiency equation

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July 11, 2005 |

General Assignment Order

Notice to the bar.
10 minute read
July 19, 1999 |

Venturing Into The Unknown

Northern Virginia's blooming 'dot.com' sector is roiling the already competitive Washington area legal market. New businesses are drawing Silicon Valley law firms with a track record for representing emerging companies. Many firms are already finding it difficult to attract and hold on to the best and the brightest young lawyers.
8 minute read
May 24, 2007 |

McElroy Deutsch Buys Its Own Minority Firm

One of New Jersey's largest firms, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, has created a minority-owned subsidiary in an effort to attract business from Fortune 500 corporations eager to put diversity in their lists of outside counsel. Managing partner Edward Deutsch says his 230-lawyer firm is the first to acquire an ownership stake in a minority firm. The National Minority Supplier Development Council cautions that the goal should be to build true minority firms, not to enrich white majority firms.
8 minute read
October 05, 2009 |

Lockheed Rival Seeks to Toss $37 Million Verdict

A Texas defense contractor found by an Atlanta federal jury last spring to have misappropriated trade secrets from Lockheed Martin has accused Lockheed of intentionally withholding evidence critical to its defense. Attorneys for L-3 Communications Integrated Systems made the allegations four months after the jury awarded Lockheed $37 million in damages and legal fees that could total more than $16 million. L-3 Comm has asked a federal judge to toss the verdict and either dismiss Lockheed's claims or order a new trial.
5 minute read
August 11, 2004 |

Pennsylvania Bank Wins Lawsuit Over Domain Name Rights

When Pennsylvania Business Bank bought the rights to the trademark "BizBank," its owners had no idea their plans to launch a Web site would lead to a legal fight with a South Korean company over rights to the domain name www.bizbank.com. After a three-year battle, a federal judge has ruled that the Korean company's registration of the domain name bizbank.com was done in bad faith and that it must immediately transfer the site name to the Pennsylvania bank.
6 minute read
May 18, 2000 |

Bringing Clients In-House

If most tech start-ups fold within the first year, why would a law firm want to give them free rent and support services? "I think there's some pretty good potential if you are appropriately selective," says Kenneth Silverberg, a partner at Nixon Peabody in Washington, D.C., which will open an incubator for six to eight start-ups in its McLean, Va., office. "Some of these companies are going to mature into corporate clients that any law firm would be delighted to serve."
6 minute read
November 19, 2007 |

National Rankings

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