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Recent data published by the American Bar Association shows that the percentage of 2015 law graduates who have found full-time, long-term employment in bar-passage-required or JD advantage positions has grown modestly in the last year, from around 69 percent in 2014...
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Latham & Watkins received 11 top-10 rankings, the most of any law firm, in The American Lawyer’s 2016 Corporate Scorecard, the annual compilation of transactional legal advisor activity during the previous year. Based on league table data, the firm’s stellar...
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has dramatically scaled back its global legal panel, with just six firms making the cut out of an original field of 250. Allen & Overy, Baker & Mackenzie, Clifford Chance, Eversheds, Norton Rose Fulbright and Reed Smith are the only...
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With the exclusion of fraud, proponents say most civil cases can be mediated Interview with Alexander Oddy, partner, Herbert Smith Freehills By Lauren Biszewski, Esq. A how did you get involved with the CPR (Institute for Conflict & Resolution) mediation guide?...
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A new survey from Bower Private Clients has found that 31 percent of lawyers feel apprehensive about their retirement planning, with 14 percent conceding they are ‘very unconfident’ that their retirement will go to plan. The report from Bower also found...