The American Lawyer June 2012
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Contents
Features
Romney's Lawyer
Ropes & Gray chairman R. Bradford Malt and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney have a two-decades-long friendship that has benefited both men.
A Truer Picture
A new methodology for our Diversity Scorecard better captures the situation of minority lawyers at the nation's top firms.
Rise and Fall
Unless they abandon outdated assumptions about growth, firms won't survive a crisis of their own making, a leading academic argues.
The 2012 Am Law 200
The Second Hundred chalked up a healthy increase in revenue per lawyer in 2011, but costs kept gains in profits small.
Expense Report
The Second Hundred chalked up a healthy increase in revenue per lawyer in 2011, but costs kept gains in profits small.
A Wave of Judicial Change
During his tenure, President George W. Bush created a more conservative judiciary. Time is running out for President Obama to turn back the tide.
Small Business Champions
Two Am Law 100 partners played a key role in creating the JOBS Act.
The Work
Big Suits
Arkansas v. J&J; Olenicoff v. UBS et al.; Anvik v. Nikon; In Re General Electric Company Securities Litigation
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Big Deals
Guggenheim Baseball / Los Angeles Dodgers; Nestlé / Pfizer Infant-Nutrition Unit
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Canadian Big Deals
Glencore / Viterra; BCE / Astral; CPP Investment Board / Gassled; Pembina / Provident
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Columns
Management
Sliced Too Thin
Often viewed as a shortcut to success, wide disparities in pay, like those at Dewey & LeBoeuf, are instead destabilizing firms.
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In-House
Aftershocks
While there are many lessons to be learned from Dewey & LeBoeuf's demise, one point stands out to me: Watching the end of such a prominent firm will make many other Am Law 200 partners a little more insecure about their own situation.
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A Partner Protection Plan
Another Dewey lesson: as firms become more like corporations, the partner-shareholders may need the protections offered by an outside director or ombudsman. Plus, a second opinion on the subject.
