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“once-in-a-lifetime” – Valorem Law Group
As Nicole Nehama Auerbach joins Valorem, she says:
“I saw Valorem as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to really make a difference in the way litigation is handled… I was captivated by the firm’s commitment to provide real value to business clients, and, in particular, its emphasis on alternative fees. Alternative fees are more important than ever
Diversity – Call To Action (CTA) Summit
General Mills’ Roderick Palmore
According to Roderick Palmore, executive vice president, general counsel and chief compliance and risk management officer at General Mills Inc:
"The statistics speak for themselves. They say our progress in the profession has been disappointing."
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What do Bear Stearns and Enron have in common?
The Services Safari Blog posted this yesterday:
Calling all Lawyers… The Bear Stearns Collapse
The following is an excerpt:
Shareholder litigants are going to be talking about this one tonight and tomorrow. Let’s recap the fall of Bear Stearns stock price and market value the last year:
Stock price last year: $159/share – market cap:
Answer Your Outsourcing Questions
Answer Your Outsourcing Questions
- Why do some corporations and law firms outsource legal work while others do not?
- What ethical issues arise in outsourcing legal services?
- Who is doing the outsourced work and what qualifications do they have?
- What type of legal work is being outsourced? What are the concerns regarding the outsourcing of patent
“economically-irrational” associate salaries hit ceiling
The Wall Street Journal has a post called: Big-Law Associates Facing 2008 Salary Cap by Dan Slater.
Here is a key paragraph from that post from which my title was derived:
"We called around to firms to find out whether associate salaries, called economically-irrational in some quarters, have finally (or, at least, for now) hit
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Don’t let your “winning streak” become a “losing streak”
Confidence, Kanter, “Losing Streak”, “Winning Streak”, Recession, “Managing Partners”
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Recession-Proof your Law Firm
The worst market crisis in 60 years: "recession or worse"? Says who? The 80th richest man in the world, George Soros, (estimated net worth of 8.5 Billion according to Forbes). Is Mr. Soros toying with the "D" word: "Depression" when he says "recession or worse"?
I recommend that you read the entire Financial Times
The Edge International Managing Partners Strategy Summit
Gary Wingens of Lowenstein Sandler and Frank Burch of DLA Piper listen to Dan DiPietro of Citibank forecasting a tough 2008 at the Army and Navy Club in Washington DC during The Edge International Managing Partners Strategy Summit
Last week, my Edge International partner Robert Millard and I hosted a very private, personal, invitation only,