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Legal Marketing Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A panel of general counsel at the September meeting of Legal Marketing Association’s Metro Philadelphia Chapter told the audience that they REALLY crave better communications and efficiency from outside counsel. As reported on Law.com’s Small Firm Business by reporter Zack Needles, the GCs: Don’t Like: “centralized attorney structure” (where client must go through a senior lawyer not working on the...
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Portals and KM (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
As mentioned in my last post, I recently attended an event on knowledge management and web 2.0 held at a major Boston law firm for people who work in knowledge management at legal firms. I served on a panel, Blogging...
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Market Wire - Class Action (Free subscription) | yesterday
BALA CYNWYD, PA (MARKET WIRE) Law offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of Carter's, Inc. ("Carter's" or the "Company") (NYSE: CRI) between February 21, 2006 and July 24, 2007 (the "Class Period"). The class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of...
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Market Wire - Class Action (Free subscription) | yesterday
BALA CYNWYD, PA (MARKET WIRE) Law offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. ("Medicis" or the "Company") (NYSE: MRX) between October 30, 2003 and September 24, 2008 (the "Class Period"). The class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District...
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Portals and KM (Free subscription) | yesterday
I recently attended an event on knowledge management and web 2.0 held at a major Boston law firm for people who work in knowledge management at legal firms. I served on a panel, Blogging as Knowledge Management. Jack Vinson, who...
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Real Lawyers :: Have Blogs (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Sunday morning and Scott Greenfield is kicking out another gem. Today it's applying the adage, anything worth doing is worth doing right , to professionalism and the solo lawyer. The dilemma per Greenfield. One of the first observations one has of Biglaw is that they look professional. They look good. From their yellow pads to their redwelds with their firm name on the top, they exude professionalism....
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Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
We've been covering law firms' attempts to reassure associates in these troubled times. Because of their respected bankruptcy practice, we've assumed that all was well at Weil. Friday we received word that Weil isn't just doing "well." Apparently, "global financial crisis" is how you spell "straight cash homey" at Weil Gotshal. From firm chairman Stephen J. Dannhauser: To date, our representation...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Norsk Hydro said investigators submitted a report into former oil operations in Libya to the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime and to U.S. authorities. The investigation, by the law firms Wiersholm and Shearman & Sterling, found Norsk Hydro breached "ethical regulations" in February 2000 when it entered into an...
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DealBook (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Jonathan Glater, a DealBook colleague: Now this is the practice of law. The Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo legal hate triangle has offered up a screenplay-worthy rush of claims, counterclaims and all-night strategy sessions in law offices high above Midtown Manhattan. There have been hearings with lawyers on the phone from the other side of the world and [...]
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bizjournals (Free subscription) | yesterday
Heller Ehrman attorneys continue to land at other area law firms while more and more out-of-state shingles blossom on the Silicon Valley legal landscape.
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Business Week (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Wall Street Law Firms Face an Uncertain FutureThe current financial crisis has sent the sector into overdrive, but many see legal business drying up on a downsized Wall Street by Browse IssuesStory Tools Wesley BedrosianUntil recently, things were a bit too quiet for Mel M. Immergut, chairman of Wall Street law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. The yearlong credit crunch had dampened dealmaking,...
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Law.com (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The gender pay gap has always been a sore subject bubbling near the surface of law firms across the nation. Now it has boiled over the top. A recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that women lawyers still earn far less than their male counterparts. The statistic didn't surprise anyone, but it triggered a fresh round of debate. Arent Fox partner Bernice Leber says the salary gap won't shrink...
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Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
While law firms try to cherry pick Heller Ehrman's departing attorneys, some companies are also trying to pick up Heller Ehrman's business. But there is a way to be decent about these things. The people at VentureSource might need to brush up on their etiquette. The venture capital resource group sent out the following email to many of their subscribers, including some people who are still affiliated...
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Real Lawyers :: Have Blogs (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
A chief marketing officer for a large law firm back East asked me today for a quick top 10 mistakes law firms make when it comes to law blogs. As with writing a letter, I didn't have time to write a short one so I wrote a long list. Launch blog without longstanding first hand experience blogging or support from someone who does Unlike websites, your audience will find your blog right away Mark Twain:...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
BOSTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A 30-member panel comprising general counsels from major reinsurance companies, regulatory agencies, law firms, ratings organizations, financial firms and the media will gather at the Ritz-Carlton Boston Commons next week,
