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Mort's men get naughty

2/06/2008

The merger at the Minster Court offices of Dewy & LeBoeuf appears to be going even better than wily old chairman Mort Pierce might have dreamed.The firm’s City sports and social committee has been in full swing ‘aligning’ those tricky...

Frank talking for Francies

3/06/2008

With current economic conditions combining the very worst aspects of the Great Depression, the Dark Ages and last days of Babylon (according to certain hyperbolic elements of the media, anyway) this might not be the best time to go job-hunting.However,...

Cheat 'em house rules

5/06/2008

After aptly-named Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer Sue Yoo got a profile-raising shout-out from top celebrity gossip-monger Popbitch, The Diary has spotted an equally pleasing (though less descriptive, one assumes) legal label.New Orleans-based Adams & Reese restructuring lawyer Robin Cheatham helps...

Paradise lands on terror firma

9/06/2008

Notwithstanding the occasional bit of kamikaze management on show at certain national firms from time to time, your typical law firm managing partner doesn’t really match the profile for the average suicide bomber. Least of all the hyper-efficient queen bee...

Misnomers for the missing Links

10/06/2008

The exciting new law firm that used to be the least-loved parts of Linklaters are currently in search of a name – but plucking from thin air a catchy, does-what-it-says-on-the-tin sort of name, like Avocado for instance, is far from...

 

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