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Former Partners Sued for Post-Brobeck Profits
Nixon Peabody Goes to China
Brits vs. Americans: Who's Better Prepared to Weather a Recession?
Thelen Lays Off 26 Associates, 85 Staffers
Atlanta Lawyers Clean Up From Tornado
Early-Retirement Deal May Boost O'Melveny's Profits per Partner
Fulbright Adds Teams in Beijing, Hong Kong
Negligence Case Against Rawle & Henderson Can Continue
Jenner & Block Moves Some Partners to Nonequity Status
Merger-Seeking Wolf Block Grows Revenue 10 Percent
Dewey & LeBouef Adds to Warsaw Office
Are Law Firm Leadership Programs Worth the Money?
Cadwalader Shakes Up Top Management
Saul Ewing Revenue Up by 1.6 Percent; PPP and RPL Decrease
Buchanan Ingersoll Revenue Up 4 Percent, Profits Per Equity Partner 9 Percent
Wolf Block Still Keeping Its Eyes on the Merger Prize
Weil Reports More Than $2 Million PEP; Milbank Doubles Growth Rate
Baker Botts Reports 19 Percent Surge in Profits
Skadden Blog's 'Hot Associate' Contest Is Put on Ice
Closing Arguments Heat Up Duane Morris Malpractice Trial
Microsoft Lawyers Map Out the Bid for Yahoo
Settlement Agreement in Spotlight as Legal Malpractice Case Against Duane Morris Begins
Skadden, Simpson and Cadwalader Lead on Microsoft's $44.6B Yahoo Bid
D.C. Associate Bonuses 'Fairly Healthy' This Year
The Art of Retaining Laterals
Amid Attorney Departures, Akerman Senterfitt Offers Headhunters High Fees as Lure
Clifford Chance Joins Gulf Rush With April Launch in Abu Dhabi
Greenberg's Silicon Valley IP Chief Heads for Squire
London Firms to Redeploy Lawyers as Markets Shift
Baker & McKenzie Establishes Tokyo Antitrust Group
Paul Hastings Leapfrogs Pack With Pay Hike for Atlanta Associates
New Survey Shows Law Firm Leaders Gloomy About 2008
O'Melveny Says It's Sorry for Missing E-Mails
Milberg Weiss Denies Missing Fax Was Obstruction
Clifford Chance Overhauls Pension Plan to Comply With New Age Discrimination Laws
Dechert Opens Hong Kong Office
Midsize Firm Overhauls Traditional Class-Year Salary System for Associates
San Francisco Bay Area Law Firms Float on Turbulent Waters
Cadwalader Laying Off 35 in Wake of Slumping Markets
Veteran Cravath Litigator Leaves New York for London
Norton Rose Gains Partner in Hong Kong, Loses One in Singapore
Sullivan & Cromwell Suit Against Vendor Highlights Problems With E-Discovery
Holland & Knight Sued for Tortious Interference
Firm's Year-End Profits Payout Put on Hold During Dispute With Ex-Partners
Malpractice Suit Filed Against Weil Gotshal, Two Partners
China's Alpha & Leader Goes to California
N.Y. High Court: No LLP Shield in Disputes Among Law Firm Partners
Williams & Connolly Raises First-Year Salaries to $180,000
K&L Gates and Hughes & Luce Vote to Combine
Oracle's Takeover Bid Adds New Wrinkle to BEA Suit
Latham Ramps Up Parental Benefits; Will Other Firms Follow?
Cadwalader Bolsters Fledgling IP Practice
Trustee Says Pillsbury Should Return Fees
Dewey & LeBoeuf Expands Frankfurt Office
Morrison & Foerster Finds Conflict in SCO Patent Case
Judge Rips Milberg on High Fee Proposal
International Firms Gaining Ground in Italy
Am Law 200 Managing Partners Issue Fog Advisory for 2008
A Partnership Born of Necessity
Leading Lobbyist to Leave Patton Boggs for Father-Son Venture
Thacher Proffitt Warns Associates of Looming Layoffs
Latham & Watkins Opens Rome Office With Team From Bonelli
Coughlin Stoia Seeking Nearly $700 Million in Enron Fees
Pillsbury Feeds Corporate-Conscience Trend With New Hire
Winston & Strawn, Partner Settle 'Decompression' Suit
Cozen O'Connor: Lawyer Suing for Sex Discrimination Was Fired for 'Poor Judgment'
Freshfields and Allen & Overy Latest to Enter U.S. Bonus War
Chadbourne & Parke, Watson Farley Merger Talks Collapse
Magic Circle Firms on Pace to Become Among World's Most Profitable
K&L Gates Abolishes Mandatory Retirement Policy
NLJ 250 Shows Big Growth Spurt for Law Firms
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COVER STORY
 Law Firm Inc.'s Innovators of 2008 /May-June 2008
Everyone knows that law firms are slow to change, old-fashioned, and mired in tradition, right? Don't believe that for a second. At least not in this highly competitive era. In this first annual Innovators issue, Law Firm Inc. celebrates the smart, inventive, and practical business problem solvers in the C-suites of Am Law 200 law firms.
By Erik Sherman
What's in a Name?
Jolene Overbeck launches a corporate-style rebranding effort at DLA Piper.
The Electronic Mentor
How Scott Westfahl automated career development at Goodwin Procter.
The Human Touch
How Cathy Benton boosted attorney retention and cost savings at Alston & Bird.
The Wired Library
How Mary Kay Jung improved her update service online at Thompson Coburn, more than doubled its output, and cut costs in half.
Fixing The Feedback
How Jeff Berardi of K&L Gates reengineered business development processes after the 2007 merger.
MANAGEMENT
Once Burned, Twice Shy/May-June 2008
How firms are learning from their past mistakes in hiring lateral partners.
By Arthur Jones
How Does Your Firm Analyze Profitability?
/May-June 2008
Several Law Firm Inc. readers agreed to participate in regular Roundtable discussions on topics of common C-suite interest. Here, edited for style and length, are their responses to our first question.
CHAT WITH
Dodging Bullets /May-June 2008
Chat with David Strumeyer
By Geoffrey N. Smith
EDITOR'S NOTE
Changes... /May-June 2008
This whole issue of LFI is about changes: some made by a few of our manager/readers that deserve a big round of applause.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
COVER STORY
Numbers Game /March-April 2008
Client analysis technology can make firms far more efficient. But it takes work.
By Erik Sherman
REAL ESTATE
The Other Office /March-April 2008
Moving support staff offsite may soon start to make sense. The big question is: Where?
By Arthur Jones
EDITOR'S NOTE
Blue Skies /March-April 2008
or our inaugural survey of law firm chief financial officers, we asked award-winning lawyer-journalist Joseph Rosenbloom, a former senior editor of Inc. magazine, to write the feature.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
COVER STORY
All for One /January-February 2008
Dickstein Shapiro's tightly knit C-Suite has been together for years, and reports directly to the managing partner. Here's how they make it work.
By Arthur Jones
TECHNOLOGY
Attention Shoppers /January-February 2008
One of the biggest cost savings opportunities for may firms is vendor sourcing. Top firms are shaving up to 10 percent off costs
By Dale Buss
EDITOR'S NOTE
Tigers by the Tail /January-February 2008
Discretion is obviously the better part of valor for C-Suite managers. However frustrating, or challenging, their situation may be, they soldier on in silence, with smiles on their faces
By Geoffrey N. Smith
COVER STORY
Thinking the Unthinkable /November 2007
Disaster planning became a top priority at all New York firms after 9/11, but Cravath, Swaine & Moore brought it to a whole new level.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
Holding It Together /November 2007
Basic steps to take in preparing your firm for the next big emergency.
By Erik Sherman
MANAGEMENT
Speed Traps/November 2007
As mergers, overseas expansion, and lateral hiring continue apace, firms are racing to make sure their insurance coverage keeps up.
By Arthur Jones
EDITOR'S NOTE
Physician, Heal Thyself /November 2007
Law firms are now realizing that the risk profile of their own profession is changing.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
COVER STORY
Making A Merger Work/October 2007
K&L Gates is approaching its one-year anniversary as a combined entity. A behind-the-scenes look at how the legacy firms were put together.
By Dale Buss
EDITOR'S NOTE
In Praise of Webbed Feet /October 2007
What looks effortless on the surface often requires effort behind the scenes.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
OPERATIONS
Small World /October 2007
Going global means a lot more than just opening an office in London or Beijing, says White & Case CFO Greg Dolan.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
AM LAW TECH SURVEY 2007
Digital Dialogue/September 2007
Firms connect with online collaboration and wireless tools.
By Bob Violino
Satisified CIOs /September 2007
For the most part, technology executives at law firms are a remarkably satisfied bunch.
The Survey/September 2007
Collaboration
Basics
Communications
VoIP/IP Telephony
Financial Stats
Software
Quality of Life
EDITOR'S NOTE
Devilish Notions /September 2007
Getting partners to accept technology.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
MANAGEMENT
The Big Squeeze /September 2007
With clients scrutinizing costs more closely, and competition rising, CRM tools can help squeeze more business out of existing clients. So why are the partners resisting?
By Arthur Jones
CRM's New Sidekick /September 2007
Law firms are always investing in building "relationships"
COVER STORY
Degree of Difficulty: 10/July-August 2007
Electronic research was supposed to replace books, and lower costs. It's done neither. And librarians aren't happy about it.
By Alan Cohen
The Numbers/July-August 2007
What librarians are saying.
The Librarian's Expanding Role
Finances
Electronic Research
Staffing
Resources
EDITOR'S NOTE
Anger in the Library /July-August 2007
You don't normally think of law firm librarians as an especially volatile group. But they sound frustrated this year.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
COVER STORY
The Spies Who Came in From the Net/June 2007
How competitive intelligence is transforming the way law firms do business.
By Arthur Jones
The Old-Fashioned Way/June 2007
Reed Smith's Martha Candiello goes right to the source.
By Arthur Jones
The Tools of the Trade /June 2007
Todays' CI tools can held firms find new clients.
By Larry Bodine
EDITOR'S NOTE
Dog Eats Homework /June 2007
The painstaking investigative work that lawyers do has been justifiably celebrated by Hollywood for generations, from Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird to Willy Beachum in Fracture.
By Geoffrey N. Smith
COVER STORY
The New Breed/May 2007
Three law firms that truly get marketing.
By Karen Dean
MANAGEMENT
The Reluctant Leaders/May 2007
In an "eat what you kill" world, leadership courses for lawyers walk a delicate line.
By Arthur Jones
COVER STORY
Data, Data Everywhere/April 2007
How top law firms are capitalizing on the explosion in electronic data discovery.
By Alan Cohen
OPERATIONS
Dangerous Liaisons/April 2007
Why unfunded pension plans have their defenders.
By Tamara Loomis
ON MANAGEMENT
Sweet-C-Team /April 2007
How to build--and keep--an effective C-level.
By Richard Gary
EDITOR'S NOTE
The Corporate Eye /April 2007
Why pick a business journalist, with an MBA instead of a law degree, to edit Law Firm Inc.?
By Geoffrey N. Smith
COVER STORY
After the Fall/March 2007
When firms suffer public embarrassments, they can move quickly to stop the damage--or watch the blood pool at their feet.
By D.M. Osborne
ON MANAGEMENT
20/20 Foresight/March 2007
Refine your firm's business intake processes now--or regret it later.
By Richard Gary
THE COO SURVEY
The View from the Director's Chair/January-February 2007
It's a year to manage growth, measure performance and find reliable competitive intelligence. All that plus keeping the partners satisfied.
By June D. Bell and Aric Press
The Director's Cut/January-February 2007
For some, a paycheck a partner might envy.
By June D. Bell
Knowing Their Place/January-February 2007
For COOs, there's a time to lead and a time to heed.
By June D. Bell
COVER STORY
Culture Club/November-December 2006
At seven years and counting, Alston & Bird has become a fixture on Fortune's annual ranking of the "100 Best Companies to Work for." With the 2007 list due in January, we take a look at how the firm continually makes the cut.
By Tamara Loomis
Fortune Telling/November-December 2006
How the "100 Best" are chosen.
By Tamara Loomis
NEWSFRONT
How Do You Define a Blog?/November-December 2006
New rules in N.Y. may subject blogs to new scrutiny.
ON MANAGEMENT
Lateral Partners /November-December 2006
Are they worth it?
By Richard Gary
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