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In the August 2007 Print Edition...
There is much more to be found in the print edition of The American Lawyer. Below are the August 2007 issue.
Cover Story: The Associates Survey
The New Reality
The war for talent is intensifying, and firms need to adapt.
By Aric Press
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Open Season
Is there any way to fix the system for recruiting new associates?
By Elizabeth Goldberg
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Playing Nice
Firm leaders are learning that it doesn't pay to abuse associates.
By Elizabeth Goldberg
New York State of Mind
Why are associates in the Big Apple so unhappy?
By Aruna Viswanatha
The Charts
Grading the Firms
On the Local Level
Relatively Speaking
The Firms, A to Z
Methodology
Special Report: Canada
The Three Faces Of Yves
Yves Fortier chairs Alcan and Ogilvy Renault and still makes time for an elite arbitration practice.
By Michael D. Goldhaber
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Caught in the Web
How Torys was ensnared in the Conrad Black scandal. Plus: The Manhattan Project: Torys makes a comeback in New York.
By Michael D. Goldhaber
World View
The year's ten biggest Canadian deals.
Bar Talk
Starving for (Class) Action
It's the end of an era. Securities class actions are way down, and the practice shows little sign of recovering. Too bad for the lawyers. On both sides.
By Andrew Longstreth
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Hammered!
The story behind Wiley's $1.25 million sanction.
By Tim Fernholz
Appearances
The Bush administration has rejected less than 1 percent of proposed mergers. But some deals are too much for even this business-minded administration.
By Johannah Cornblatt
Shot Strife
Is there a link between vaccines and autism?
By Elizabeth Goldberg
A Few Days In June
A rare good week for Bristol-Myers.
By Ross Todd
Endless Summer
Summers programs help firms slake their need for associates.
By Brian Baxter
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The Deal Of The Art
The high culture sideline of a Jones Day lawyer.
By Laura Legere
Bad Hair Day
A Glamour Don't at Cleary.
By Vivia Chen
The Profit Express
GC comp continues to climb.
By Tamara Loomis
What Real Estate Slump?
The commercial market is rocking, and firms are paying the price.
By Ben Hallman
Appetite for Destruction
A reporter's journey to data's final resting place.
By Ross Todd
Inside Knowledge
A GE employment lawyer sues her employer.
By Sue Reisinger
Avast, Ye Counsel!
One lawyer's odd interest turns into a new book.
By Daphne Eviatar
Real Estate Relo
Shapiro and Block to Orrick.
By Nate Raymond
Book of Business
The month's top lateral moves.
Departments
In-House
The story behind the stories.
By Aric Press
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Big Suits
In re Tyco International
Congoleum v. Ace American
Insurance et al. Silverstein v. Swiss Re et al.
Forgent v. EchoStar
U.S. v. Philipp Holzmann et al.
Big Deals
TPG and GS Capital/Alltel
Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers/Archstone-Smith
Cerberus/Chrysler
Deals in Brief: Real Estate
Blackstone/EOP Sales
Morgan Stanley/CNL Hotels
Morgan Stanley/Crescent Real Estate
Macquarie/Spirit Finance
Arguments: Taking Stock
It might be heresy for some, but nonlawyer ownership of law firm equity deserves another look.
By Milton Regan, Jr.
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Books: Separate, Not Equal
Risa Goluboff's new tome examines the competing litigation strategies that helped shape the civil rights movement.
By Danny Greenberg
Dicta: His Way
Did Kenneth Starr flout grand jury secrecy rules by cooperating with the authors of a new book on Hillary Clinton?
By Scott Horton
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The Lawyer's Life
Time Off: A Bit O'Cape Breton
Cape Breton Island.
By Chris Santella
Motion: Between a Rock and a Hardtop
The VW Eos.
By Robert Gordon
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Case of the Month: Burgundy Invasion
Burgundy in America.
By John Anderson
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