NEW YORK (September 27, 2010) – ALM’s The American Lawyer today announced the appointment of Chris Johnson as chief European correspondent for the publication. Johnson, who will be based in London, served as a senior reporter for Legal Business, a U.K. publication. Johnson will be the magazine’s lead reporter on law firm and legal business developments throughout the U.K. and continental Europe, reporting to Robin Sparkman, editor in chief of The American Lawyer. He will also provide content for other print and online legal media as a member of ALM’s recently announced international reporting team.

While at Legal Business, Johnson covered law firms throughout the U.K. and in Europe, especially Germany, Spain and Russia.  Previously, he served as surveys editor, overseeing the company’s Legal Business 100 and Global 100 surveys, as well as its portfolio of business reports.  His career also includes work as a region and country editor for The Legal 500 directory series and as a freelance journalist covering music, lifestyle and travel.  He is a graduate of the University of Birmingham and attended The Centre for Investigative Journalism.

“Chris brings a wide-ranging knowledge of the European legal market as well as an appetite for tough, authoritative law firm reporting. Like his predecessor Richard Lloyd, he’ll be a terrific resource for our organization,” said Sparkman.

Johnson can be reached at cjohnson@alm.com or at 011-44 207 316 9611.

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NEW YORK (September 23, 2010) –ALM today announced that it will consolidate its editorial, syndicated, proprietary and custom legal research functions into a single organization under the ALM Legal Intelligence brand. In addition to developing new research products for the legal market, this expanded group will be responsible for conducting all current company market research activities, including the Am Law 100/200, NLJ 250 and Global 100 rankings. The group will be headed by Aric Press, recently promoted to vice president and editor in chief, ALM, and Kevin Iredell, currently vice president, ALM Legal Intelligence, who will be jointly responsible for developing strategy and new products, including custom and client-sponsored research studies.

“Current and potential clients, including many of the nation’s largest law firms, are seeking targeted and more granular industry data to benchmark their competitive position and improve management of many aspects of their businesses,” said Press.  “This new structure will enable us to respond to these needs through new products and expansion of existing research and survey efforts.”

“Bringing all of our talented current researchers under one roof will also provide custom research clients with access to the same research team that conducts the Am Law rankings, the industry’s current gold standard for measuring and ranking law firm financial performance,” added Iredell. 

Press joined ALM in 1998 as editor in chief of The American Lawyer, from Newsweek, where he had worked for nearly 19 years. For the last ten of these, Press had been a senior editor in charge of Newsweek’s coverage of education, law, news media, religion, science and sports. Before becoming an editor, he served as Newsweek’s justice writer for nine years.  Under his leadership, The American Lawyer has won numerous national journalism awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards program.

Iredell joined ALM in 2006 as director of marketing for its national publications and was promoted to head the company’s legal research group in 2009.  Prior to joining ALM, he spent five years at LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell in a variety of marketing and product development positions.  Iredell received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Villanova University.

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NEW YORK (September 22, 2010) – ALM’s The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal and Corporate Counsel will present the second annual “The Litigation Summit: The Business of Litigation” October 5-6, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. The conference will be co-chaired by Steven Kyono, senior vice president, general counsel & corporate secretary, Hewitt Associates and Craig C. Martin, partner, co-chair, Litigation Department, Jenner & Block LLP and will examine key issues facing in-house attorneys and litigators today, including risk management, shareholder issues, the impact of media and the challenge of international dispute resolution. The complete conference agenda and details are available at www.americanlawyer.com/litigation.

Session topics to be covered at this year’s event include:
• “Regulation, Reform and Recognition: Our World has Changed”
• “Budgeting and Pricing: Effective Partnerships between Corporate Counsel and Their Go-To Firms”
• “Shareholder Litigation: Your Board, Your Company, Investor Relations and the Impact of the Outcome”
• “The Rapidly Evolving Role of Social Media in Discovery and Litigation”
• “Enterprise Risk Management”
• “FCPA: Looking at the US from the Prism of Other Countries”
• “Litigation Without Borders: International Dispute Resolution”

“By some estimates, U.S. companies spend in excess of $20 billion yearly on litigation.  The goal of the Litigation Summit is to bring in-house counsel, outside counsel and litigation support professionals together to look at litigation as a strategic business issue, share best practices and help sharpen our collective skills,” said Martin.  “Once again, we have an exceptional line-up of presenters and my co-chair Steve Kyono and I look forward to meeting all the attendees and speakers.”

Panelists and speakers will include:
• Steven C. Bennett, partner, Jones Day, chair, Jones Day E-Discovery Committee, adjunct professor, New York Law School
• James S. Blank, partner, Kaye Scholer LLP
• Darren A. Bowie, legal director for North America, Nokia Inc.
• Kathy Bryan, president and CEO, The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute)
• William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., co-chair, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
• Michael Chimitris, vice president & associate general counsel, General Growth Properties
• Anne Chwat, general counsel and corporate secretary, Burger King Corporation
• Michael W. De Vries, partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
• Steven Fasman, senior vice president-Law, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.
• Alison Frankel, editor of the Litigation Daily,  senior writer, The American Lawyer
• Michael D. Goldhaber, senior international correspondent, The American Lawyer
• Ann M. Kappler, chief legal officer, Corporate Services, Prudential Financial Inc.
• Holly K. Kulka, senior vice president, Legal & Government Affairs, NYSE Euronext
• Jim Michalowicz, director of client development, ACT Litigation Services, Inc.
• Mark Morril, senior vice president and deputy general counsel, Viacom Inc.
• Sharis A. Pozen, deputy assistant attorney general and chief of staff, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
• Stuart N. Roth, senior deputy general counsel, vice president, Regulatory Audit, Olin Corporation
• James D. Shomper, corporate counsel, E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
• Paul L.  Walker, Ph.D., CPA, University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce

Attendees will be eligible for up to 15.5 CLE credits, including one ethics credit.  For additional conference information, or to register, contact Carl Seering at 212-457-7905 or e-mail cseering@alm.com or visit www.americanlawyer.com/litigation.

The conference is presented by The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal and Corporate Counsel, in conjunction with ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for legal and business professionals.

ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (September 21, 2010) – ALM today announced a series of changes, designed to expand delivery of news, information and analysis to the legal market and speed the company’s transition to digital media platforms. Most of ALM’s national news staff, which formerly operated under a brand structure, will now be organized into cross-platform content teams focused on seven topics: large law firms, in-house counsel; national legal news; litigation; intellectual property; international legal news; and legal technology. Aric Press has been promoted to the new position of vice president and editor in chief, ALM. Press will head legal content development and will serve as overall manager of the new editorial structure. He will continue to be deeply involved with all ALM national content, including writing commentary for The American Lawyer and overseeing the national news staff. Robin Sparkman has been promoted to editor in chief of The American Lawyer and will also oversee the large law firm content team.

“Our new organization has been created for a single purpose: to deliver more essential business information and data to our legal clients, faster, via whatever platform or media they choose,” said Press.  “It will enable ALM’s editors, journalists, commentators and researchers, the most talented in the industry, to explore new topics, create new products and reach an even broader audience.”

“In his new role, Aric will establish the focus for our new content teams and lead our efforts to identify opportunities to serve clients through new products that combine the reporting skills of our staff with the capabilities of new media and technologies,” said Jack Berkowitz, senior vice president of ALM.  

Press, formerly editor in chief of The American Lawyer, joined ALM in 1998 from Newsweek, where he had worked for nearly 19 years. For the last ten of these, Press had been a senior editor in charge of Newsweek’s coverage of education, law, news media, religion, science and sports. Before becoming an editor, he served as Newsweek’s justice writer for nine years.  Under his leadership, The American Lawyer has won numerous national journalism awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards program.  In 2004, Press received the McAllister Editorial Fellowship, awarded annually to one outstanding editor to promote the study of business-to-business media, in conjunction with the Medill Magazine Project at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.  Press is a graduate of Cornell University and New York University Law School.

Sparkman was named deputy editorial director for American Lawyer Media’s national publications and executive editor of The American Lawyer in 2008.  Previously, she spent six years as editor in chief of ALM’s Corporate Counsel, a sibling publication.  She is a noted speaker on legal and journalism issues, and served as a final round judge for the National Magazine Awards. Before joining ALM, she spent five years as an editor for the business and opinion sections of MSNBC.com, where she was one of the founding members of the website. She is also a former reporter for Newsweek, covering terrorism, the United Nations and politics.  Sparkman is a magna cum laude graduate of Wellesley College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (September 20, 2010) – ALM Media, LLC, parent company of The Legal Intelligencer, Pennsylvania’s leading source of legal news and the nation’s oldest daily legal newspaper, today announced that it has completed acquisition of the remaining 50 percent interest in Palawlibrary.com formerly held by The Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Palawlibrary is a website that provides easy and inexpensive access to judicial opinions, trial listings, court rules, and other legal information, including all the content in The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly. The website had previously been operated as a strategic alliance between ALM and Jenkins.

Subscriber content on the website will remain unchanged.  ALM will also retain full rights to the current Palawlibrary database, which includes exclusive online access to an estimated 25,000 county cases, some of which date back to 1970.

 “We expect that Palawlibrary will form a significant part of our plans for expanded online services to litigators throughout the region,” said Hal Cohen, publisher of The Legal Intelligencer and head of ALM’s Pennsylvania Newspaper Group.

For additional information on Palawlibrary subscriptions, contact Joel Rubin at (215) 557-2314 or jrubin@alm.com, or visit www.palawlibrary.com.

ALM’s Pennsylvania Newspaper Group’s award-winning legal publications, related Web sites, reference texts and directories, including the Pennsylvania District & County Reports, serve the Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey region. The group includes The Legal Intelligencer, the oldest daily legal newspaper in the U.S. and official publication for all Philadelphia County legal notices, and the Delaware Law Weekly. 

ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (September 14, 2010) – Median U.S. chief legal officer total cash compensation (salaries plus bonuses) decreased by almost 4 percent this year to $466,800, according to the 2010 Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey by ALM Legal Intelligence, a leading source of business intelligence for the legal profession. The losses almost exactly wiped out gains made by this same group last year. The study analyzed compensation data for almost 5,300 lawyers in 208 corporate law departments across the country. For further information, or to purchase a copy of the survey, visit http://www.almlegalintelligence.com.

While CLO median salaries and bonuses (for those receiving them) rose modestly, almost one quarter of the CLOs surveyed received no bonus this year. The downward trend in total cash compensation parallels results reported earlier this year in Corporate Counsel’s 16th annual survey of the 100 best-paid chief legal officers in the U.S.

“This is the first time we’ve reported a drop in median total cash compensation for CLOs since our 2000 survey,” said Kevin Iredell, vice president, ALM Legal Intelligence. “It’s now clear that general counsel across a wide spectrum of companies are not immune to the same cost-cutting pressure they’re applying to their outside firms.”

CLOs were among the six of nine in-house attorney job titles surveyed that saw total median cash compensation decline last year. However, the non-management attorney position was the only one of the nine to report a decrease in all three categories of compensation: salary (-5.36 percent) bonus (-4.46 percent), and total cash (-6.62 percent). Conversely, only three positions—division GC, high level specialist, and staff attorney reported increases in all three categories.

Three of four management titles realized an increase in salary from last year, while only two of the five non-management positions reported increases in salary.

Intellectual property and employee benefits are the most lucrative areas of specialization, with these attorneys reporting total 2010 cash compensation of $240,000 and $238,500 respectively.

This represents a premium of approximately 20 percent over the 2010 median total cash compensation for all high level specialists.

Approximately 75 percent of the organizations surveyed had more than $1 billion in sales revenue; almost half had more than 5,000 employees. Additional information on the survey can be obtained by contacting Kevin Iredell at (212) 457-9500/ kiredell@alm.com, or calling 1-(888) 770-5647.

ALM Legal Intelligence offers detailed business information for and about the legal industry, focused on the top U.S. and international law firms. The division’s online research Web service, www.almlegalintelligence.com, provides subscribers with direct, on-demand access to ALM LI’s extensive database of surveys, rankings and lists related to law firms and the legal industry. ALM Legal Intelligence is a division of ALM.

ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (September 13, 2010) – In celebration of its 35th anniversary, The Connecticut Law Tribune, in conjunction with the University of Connecticut School of Law, will host a debate between Connecticut state attorney general candidates Martha Dean (R) and George Jepsen (D). The debate, sponsored by Lexis Nexis, will take place Thursday, September 23, from 7 – 8 p.m. at the University of Connecticut School of Law’s Starr Reading Room Hall, located at 65 Elizabeth Street in Hartford, Conn.

Jeremy Paul, dean of UConn School of Law, will serve as chief panelist. Other panelists will be Thomas Scheffey, senior writer, Connecticut Law Tribune; Mark Pazniokas, senior writer, www.ctmirror.org; and Yamuna Menon, president, Student Bar Association, University of Connecticut School of Law.

“For the first time in twenty years, the incumbent Connecticut attorney general is not seeking reelection. We are extremely pleased to be working with the University of Connecticut School of Law and LexisNexis to allow the voters of Connecticut to evaluate the candidates through a debate format and hear their views firsthand on a wide range of issues,” said Jeff Forte, publisher of the CLT.

The debate format will include brief opening and closing statements by each candidate; answers and rebuttals by each candidate in response to questions posed by the panelists; a “lightning round” of questions to which candidates can respond “Yes,” “No,”  “Pass” or “Not an AG issue”; and one candidate-to-candidate question opportunity.

Immediately prior to the debate, the CLT will host a private reception for the leaders of the state’s legal community, in honor of the 35th anniversary of the publication’s founding.

Admission to the debate is free and open to the public. Due to the expected response, this event has limited free public seating and all those interested in attending must pre-register in advance.
To pre-register or for further information, contact Heather Granger, Connecticut Law Tribune at (860) 757-6612 or hgranger@alm.com.

The Connecticut Law Tribune (www.ctlawtribune.com), based in Hartford, is the only non-partisan, statewide legal newspaper that provides news coverage to the state’s legal community. The Connecticut Law Tribune is published by ALM.

ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (September 7th, 2010) –Despite retaining gainful employment in a recession and six-figure salaries, mid-level lawyers at the country’s largest law firms don’t feel lucky. In fact, The American Lawyer’s latest Am Law 200 midlevel associate satisfaction survey reveals that overall job satisfaction has dropped to its lowest level since 2004. This year, 109 of the 124 firms that participated in the survey this year and last year saw their average satisfaction ratings drop, while overall scores for 15 big American cities, including the major legal hubs where associates are located, show a downward trend as well. Reasons cited for the increased unhappiness included a failure to regain compensation levels lost to pay cuts in previous years, poor communication and a growing workload, exacerbated by staff cuts. For complete survey results and other stories, visit www.americanlawyer.com.

“This isn’t a happy time at large law firms. Partners are worried about their futures. The business models of some have been badly hurt. It’s no wonder that many associates who have seen their colleagues fired, their replacements deferred, and their bonuses disappear would be more unhappy,” said Aric Press, editor in chief of The American Lawyer.  “For all that many still reported gratitude for their jobs and their relative security.”

The unease felt by the group isn’t because they fear being pinkslipped.  In the 2009 survey, a whopping 83 percent of respondents expressed medium to high anxiety about losing their jobs, but this year nearly 80 percent of survey respondents said they were not worried about being laid off. And of the nearly 69 percent of respondents in this year’s survey who said their firms conducted associate layoffs, 47 percent believed they were spared because of the quality of their work.

Economic recovery may further underline the gap between these associates and their employers. The number of respondents who said they were looking for another job nearly doubled this year, to a little under 16 percent, from around 8 percent in 2009. And the number of respondents who thought they would still be at their firms in five years as an equity partner, nonequity partner, or counsel/senior associate, dropped 9 percent from last year, to just 35 percent.

For the third consecutive year, the 144-attorney Boston-based firm Nutter McClennen & Fish garnered the survey’s highest national ranking score.  Nutter McClennen scored well across the board, but its high rating of 4.42 regarding openness about the partnership process stood out.

Some of the biggest leaps in this year’s national ranking were made by large national firms.  Kelley Drye & Warren jumped 97 spots, to a rank of 26 on the 2010 survey.  Dewey & LeBoeuf made a similar leap, climbing 96 spots, to a ranking of 41. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker leaped 59 spaces, to the seventh position on the national rankings, while Latham & Watkins rose 57 spots, to a ranking of 22.  Texas-based Vinson & Elkins avoided associate layoffs and saw its ranking soar 41 spots, to twenty-third on the list.

The American Lawyer surveyed of 5,092 midlevel associates, attorneys in their third, fourth, and fifth years of practice.  The average composite score—which is based on ratings for 12 core questions—fell from 3.897 in 2009 to 3.728 this year.

Follow The American Lawyer on Twitter at http://twitter.com/AmLawDaily. To subscribe or request back copies of The American Lawyer, please call (800) 755-2773 or (212) 545-5990 outside the U.S.  A digital edition of the magazine can also be purchased online.  The American Lawyer is published in print and online by ALM.

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NEW YORK (September 1, 2010) – The American Lawyer has announced its seventh annual Am Law Lifetime Achievement Award winners, a distinguished list that this year includes Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner and former chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals Judith Kaye and Winston & Strawn’s James Thompson who became Illinois’s longest-serving governor with four consecutive terms. In addition, the publication named Ben Johnson III of Alston & Bird as the second recipient of its Law Firm Distinguished Leadership Award, recognizing a law firm head who has demonstrated both remarkable professional and pro bono achievements. For profiles of these leaders and other stories, visit www.americanlawyer.com.

Each year, The American Lawyer honors distinctive careers and public service through its Am Law Lifetime Achievement Awards.  The 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award winners also include a civil rights icon, Columbia Law School’s Jack Greenberg; and three men who have put their civic duties at the core of their professional work: Hogan Lovells’s Joseph Bell; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s Robert Juceam; and Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal’s Errol Stone.  Robert Joffe, Cravath, Swaine & Moore’s former presiding partner, who died last winter from cancer at age 66, became the first posthumous recipient of the award.

These individuals, as well as the 20 law firms selected for the magazine’s 2009 “A-List” and Corporate Counsel magazine’s 2009 “Best Legal Departments” awardees, will be honored at a gala dinner on October 27th in New York City.  For additional event and sponsorship information, please contact Lisa Sharpe at (212) 457-7840 (lsharpe@alm.com) or visit www.americanlawyerawards.com.

For the seventh consecutive year, a portion of the proceeds of the program will be used to support a special pro bono fellowship at Equal Justice Works, allowing the recipient to focus on full-time support of one specific cause for a year.  Previous Am Law Equal Justice Works fellows have devoted their efforts to a wide range of issues, ranging from housing and homeless rights, to human rights work, to youth justice programs and immigration, in venues ranging from Seattle to New Orleans.

Follow The American Lawyer on Twitter at http://twitter.com/AmLawDaily. To subscribe or request back copies of The American Lawyer, please call (800) 755-2773 or (212) 545-5990 outside the U.S.  A digital edition of the magazine can also be purchased online.  The American Lawyer is published in print and online by ALM.

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NEW YORK (August 19th, 2010) –Corporate Counsel, the nation’s leading publication for general counsel and in-house attorneys, today released the results of its 2010 “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies” survey of outside counsel. Cleary Gottlieb topped this year’s Corporate rankings, while Bryan Cave led the list for Torts Litigation. In its cover story, Corporate Counsel reports that the recession has not just led to cutbacks in outside legal services and a push for alternative fee arrangements; company GCs and their law firms say it’s also spurred them to develop closer relationships. Complete survey results are available in the September issue of Corporate Counsel and on the Web at www.corpcounsel.com.

Other category leaders in the survey included Alston & Bird (IP Litigation), Baker Botts (Patent Prosecution), Greenberg Traurig (Contracts Litigation) and Morgan Lewis (Labor Litigation.)

In the cover story, “Getting To Know You,” Teri McClure, general counsel for United Parcel Service, Inc., says, “We invest a lot of time and energy into the relationship [with our outside counsel], and very much view it as a partnership.  There’s a much more collaborative approach now, and it has required more communication, more dialogue, and much more openness.”

“This survey gave us an opportunity to delve into the most important relationship for our readers,” added Anthony Paonita, editor in chief of Corporate Counsel.  “We found that the economic crisis, while altering the balance between outside and in-house counsel, has actually drawn them closer. Call it looking at a glass half-full, but it will probably outlast today’s business difficulties.”

As part of its outside counsel coverage, Corporate Counsel also profiles two of the boutiques that have earned a coveted spot on Microsoft’s roster of regular outside counsel: San Francisco–based Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro, which has taken on a growing slice of

Microsoft’s cutting-edge patent work; and Washington, D.C.–based Wiltshire & Grannis, the company’s go-to firm for telecom-related regulatory matters.

To determine which law firms represent America’s largest corporations, Corporate Counsel searched public records to find outside counsel used by the Fortune 100 for corporate, contracts litigation, labor litigation, torts litigation, and intellectual property.  Sources include ALM Legal Intelligence, Thomson Reuters, PACER and the Patent and Trademark Office Web site.  The time period from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009, was used for all research.

The award-winning Corporate Counsel is published by ALM and is available on the Web at www.corpcounsel.com.

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