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London Law Firms And Somali Piracy – The Strategist

London Law Firms And Somali Piracy – The Strategist
Note: I’m researching companies that provide ship owners and marine insurers with security, crisis management and legal services to help them deal with the Somali piracy threat. You’re a ship owner. One of your ships is sailing through …

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Law Department Management: Effective Billing Rates Adjusted For A

Law Department Management: Effective Billing Rates Adjusted For A
Rees Morrison, Esq., has consulted to more than 275 law departments over 22 years to help them better manage themselves and their law firms. Visit my website, email me, or call me 973.568.9110. …

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Law Firms Aren’t Serious About Change >> Slaw

Candy And Aspirin: What Do Law Firms Need To Know About Web 2.0?

Candy And Aspirin: What Do Law Firms Need To Know About Web 2.0?
Have had some interesting conversations with my colleagues in the Legal Solutions group over the last few months, as we explore the unique requirements of law firms in this new world of 2.0 and Social Media. …

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Wikisym 2009 Talk: Wiki For Law Firms

Wikisym 2009 Talk: Wiki For Law Firms
Abstract: This practitioner report gives an overview the experiences of a law firm with adopting Wiki Webs for knowledge management and collaboration over the last two years. Wikis created a business advantage for the lawyers through …

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The Harvard Law School Forum On Corporate Governance And Financial

The Harvard Law School Forum On Corporate Governance And Financial
In fact, the ratio of debt to firm value decreases by up to one-half after a right-to-work law is passed. These effects are again linked to variability in firm profits. While the ratio of debt to firm value decreases by up to one fifth …

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Law Firms Abound In Colonial Bancgroup Bankruptcy

Law Firms Abound In Colonial Bancgroup Bankruptcy
The two firms have not yet filed billing records with the bankruptcy court. But Colonial’s creditors matrix reveals other Am Law firm names, including Bryan Cave, Andrews Kurth, Duane Morris, GrayRobinson, and Jones Walker. …

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Taxprof Blog: Eric Posner’s Advice To Law Students: Do Not Take

Taxprof Blog: Eric Posner’s Advice To Law Students: Do Not Take
For most law students, who aspire to work in regular law firms, or in prosecutor’s offices and other government agencies outside the State Department, the chance that you will encounter the type of issue taught in a public international …

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Big Firms Cut Back On Law School Recruiting

Big Firms Cut Back On Law School Recruiting
Other law firms also have downsized their summer programs but are not publicly talking about their plans. Mayer Brown and Winston & Strawn declined to comment Monday and Jenner & Block did not return a request for comment. …

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Legal Blog Watch

Legal Blog Watch
What will we see in the law firm of the future? It is a question Richard Susskind considered more than a decade ago in his book, “The Future of Law,” and again in last year’s book, “The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal …

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