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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: corporate law firms

corporate law firms stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Top law school grads are competing this fall for just half the number of entry-level positions big firms offered last year, in what the New York Times calls the most difficult employment season in half a century. One of New York's biggest firms has cut its hires by more than... More »

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employment • recession • law school • corporate law firms • law firm • recession depression • hiring

OPINION

 All Those Years 
 We Were Racing 
 to Nowhere 
 

Investors Wasted 12 Years

Apr 9, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - For years, denizens of Wall Street have been living a frantic existence, sleeping, eating and otherwise living at the office, “because whatever it is that had to happen had to happen immediately, or yesterday,” writes Elizabeth Wurtzel in the Wall Street Journal. And what did this feverish... More »

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Wall Street • mergers and acquisitions • corporate culture • corporate law firms • law firm • financial crisis

(Newser) - A venerable New York law firm is scrambling to do damage control after passengers on an Acela train heard about planned layoffs before the associates targeted for downsizing, Above the Law reports. A Pillsbury Winthrop honcho "was talking so loudly that I think most people in the car were... More »

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New York City • layoffs • Washington DC • gaffe • corporate law firms • public spaces • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman • mobile phones • Robert Robbins • Acela • commuter train • conversation

 Recession Hits Law Firms 


Jan 26, 09 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Law firms, once thought to be better able than most to weather sour economies, are finding themselves in a tough spot these days, the Wall Street Journal reports. While bankruptcy practices are holding steady, business in litigation has fallen off steeply as corporate clients settle instead of writing checks... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • recession • lawyer • compensation • attorney • corporate law firms • white knight • client • recession depression

 Business Woes? Call
 a Corporate Psychic 

Execs search farther afield for help

Jun 22, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - More businesses are seeking a new breed of consultant to give them guidance in tough economic times, Newsweek reports: psychics. Blue chip operations across the nation, from tech concerns to corporate law firms, are coughing up big bucks to hire “intuitionists,” with executives hoping their otherworldly... More »

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Hollywood • corporate • tech companies • consulting • corporate law firms • market turmoil • psychic • intuitionist

Hillary Keeps Quiet About Corporate Years

Hopeful heralds her non-profit work over high-paying gigs

Feb 4, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton trumpets her non-profit work on the campaign trail rather than the 15 years she spent representing big companies for a corporate law firm, McClatchy Newspapers reports. She did do much public service work in Little Rock, but also sat on corporate boards (like Wal-Mart's) and battled disgruntled workers... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • corporate law firms • Wal-Mart • TCBY

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