NEW YORK (March 1, 2010) – The American Lawyer’s annual Diversity Scorecard, out today, reveals that the percentage of minority attorneys at the country’s largest law firms dropped in 2009, the first such decrease in the ten years the survey has been conducted. Previously, the percentage had risen from less than 10 percent in 2000 to 13.9 percent in 2008. In 2009, for the first time, that proportion dipped, to 13.4 percent. And, while the big firms lost 6 percent of their attorneys overall between 2008 and 2009, the number of minority attorneys dropped by 9 percent. Also in this month’s issue, the magazine explores how global firms are carefully grooming mainland-born, Western-educated lawyers to lead their China practices and profiles SEC enforcement director Robert Khuzhami’s efforts to lead an overhaul of this much-criticized group. For the complete Diversity Scorecard and other stories, visit www.americanlawyer.com.

“The industry’s diversity discussions have been long on rhetoric and short on facts. Now the facts are plain,” said Aric Press, editor in chief of The American Lawyer. “The question, particularly for the 31 firms in the group that saw minority decreases of 20 percent or more, is what firms will do to reverse this trend.”

Wilson Sonsini again led the rankings with the highest percentage of minority attorneys (25.8 percent) in the AmLaw 100 and the highest percentage of minority partners (19.0 percent).

The data shows that, while minority lawyers as a whole lost ground, not all groups were affected equally. In proportional terms, African Americans lost the most (13 percent). Almost one in six African American nonpartners left the surveyed firms in the space of a year without being replaced. In raw numbers, Asian Americans dropped the most, by 9 percent (556 lawyers). The number of Hispanic lawyers also dropped by 9 percent (282 lawyers).

Diversity Scorecard results are based on survey responses from 202 Am Law 200 and NLJ 250 firms. Year-to-year comparisons are based on responses provided by the 191 of these firms that supplied data for both 2008 and 2009.

In “The New China Hands,” Asian correspondent Anthony Lin reports that with China’s economic rise, the next generation of attorneys has emerged to lead practices in their firms’ Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong offices. Educated in the West, they are increasingly Chinese, and have been painstakingly groomed for their roles.

In “Second,” writer Ben Hallman explores whether Robert Khuzhami’s high-profile approach to enforcement, in cases such as the Galleon insider-trading indictments, will be enough to prove that the SEC is back on the beat in the post-Madoff era. As he approaches his first anniversary on the job, Khuzhami still faces skeptics in Congress, the investment community and the public, as well as morale problems within his own agency.

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NEW YORK (February 25, 2010) – ALM’s Virtual LegalTech, an online complement to the world’s largest and most prestigious legal technology conference and trade shows, will feature a full day of free live Webcasts and CLE-accredited seminars featuring legal industry experts on March 18. The event’s virtual exhibit hall, featuring presentations and demonstrations from 19 vendors, will also be available to attendees from their desktops. For a complete conference agenda and to register, visit www.virtuallegaltechshow.com.

Virtual LegalTech provides powerful online educational and networking opportunities and showcases the latest hardware, software, tools and services for the legal industry throughout the year. The fully interactive virtual environment enables participants to attend presentations and panel discussions, talk with vendors, view product demonstrations, collect information and network with colleagues. The show is open year-round, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The educational program for March 18 includes seven interactive sessions with panels composed of law firm technology experts, corporate general counsel, litigation technology specialists and leading industry consultants. The program topics include:

• “Amending the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure” (CLE eligible)
• “Use of E-Discovery Technology in Federal Court: A Case Study” (CLE eligible)
• “Outlook Integration: The Lawyer’s Outlook: Bill More, Work Smarter” (CLE eligible)
• “Concept Searching: 2010’s Tools, Tactics and Technologies”
• “Developing a Comprehensive and Legally Sound Social Media Policy” (CLE eligible)
• “Windows 7 - Tales from the Trenches”

• “In-house vs. Outsource: The E-Discovery Debate Continues”

Speakers and panelists will include:

• Tom Allman, former general counsel, BASF

• Beau Mersereau, director of applications, development and support, Fish & Richardson, P.C.

• David E. Morris, group counsel, TripAdvisor Media Group

• Paul W. Mussell, senior counsel, Wells Fargo & Company

• Helene Newman, director of budget & HR, Office of the General Counsel, Columbia University

• Tom Reding, CRM, executive consultant; ECM compliance & e-discovery, IBM

For a conference agenda, exhibitor list and other details, visit www.virtuallegaltechshow.com. Show information is also available through LinkedIn and Twitter.

Virtual LegalTech is presented by ALM Conferences and Trade Shows, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals. Other ALM events include LegalTech and LegalTech West Coast, ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series.

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 (February 24, 2010) – ALM Events, producer of the LegalTech New York conference, the world’s largest and most prestigious legal technology conference and trade show, today reported that attendance and registration revenues rose by 3 percent this year. ALM reported that sponsorship revenues and new product announcements also increased at the event, which took place February 1-3. The 2010 conference offered more than 60 educational sessions for attendees on topics ranging from electronic discovery and knowledge management to emerging technologies.

“We’re extremely satisfied with this year’s results, particularly at a time when many other events face declining attendance and revenues,” said Henry Dicker, vice president, executive director, LegalTech. “The turnout for this year’s keynotes and many other sessions were at record highs, and we’re pleased that the industry’s largest information providers, including LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters and others, selected LegalTech as a launch platform for their major new product announcements.”

“Our new partnership with ARMA International also exceeded our expectations in broadening attendance at sessions on recordkeeping and records management, and in adding CRM certification to our many CLE-eligible offerings,” added Dicker.

LegalTech West Coast 2010 will take place June 23-24 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. LegalTech West Coast 2009 attracted 3000 attendees and featured more than 100 exhibiting companies. For a conference agenda, exhibitor list and other details, visit www.legaltechshow.com.

LegalTech is presented by ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals. Other ALM events include ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series for commercial real estate 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 (February 23, 2010) – ALM’s Corporate Counsel, the nation’s leading publication for general counsel and in-house attorneys at corporations and nonprofits, today launched a redesign of its print magazine, with a new look and expanded coverage of IP law-related news. The March issue print redesign debut follows the launch of the new Corporate Counsel Web site (www.corpcounsel.com) last September. The magazine and Web site will now incorporate much of the content of IP Law & Business, which ceased publication in January, in a new department called “IP Insider.” IP Law & Business editor Ed Shanahan and IP reporter and blogger Joe Mullin (The Prior Art Blog) have joined the staff of Corporate Counsel. To view the March issue of Corporate Counsel magazine online, visit www.corpcounsel-digital.com.

The new design, which more closely links print and online content, includes a new brand logo and cover layout, as well as updated, modern graphics with improved organization and presentation. The former “News” and “Global Lawyer” departments have been merged into a new ‘Inbox” section, with international news flagged for readers.

IP features will also be added to future issues of the magazine and the “IP Insider” section will be prominently featured on the Web site home page.

“With this redesign, we’ve brought the look of the magazine in line with the fascinating topics we cover. It’s modern, crisp and up-to-date, and better displays our business and law coverage,” said Anthony Paonita, editor in chief. “Intellectual property has always been a hot topic with our readers. We’re excited to now have a regular IP feature in every issue of the magazine, and on our Web site every day.”

The March issue of Corporate Counsel includes a cover story by reporter David Hechler on new steps by Ford’s in-house legal department to increase efficiency and get more mileage from fewer lawyers. In addition, Joe Mullin profiles an online video start-up that’s tipping the scales in the copyright wars and offers lessons from the Patent Troll Tracker.

Corpcounsel.com provides daily breaking news coverage of the in-house counsel world, practice updates on a wide variety of substantive law topics from law firms and corporate counsel, as well as links to all major Corporate Counsel magazine surveys and special reports, including the 2009 “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies” report. Online subscribers and registered users can also sign up to receive the new, redesigned Corporate Counsel Daily Alert, a free daily e-newsletter highlighting top news and stories.

The award-winning Corporate Counsel is published in print and online by ALM and is available on the Web at www.corpcounsel.com. A digital issue of the magazine is also available.

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 (February 22, 2010) – The National Law Journal, an ALM publication, today published its annual ranking of “Go-To Law Schools,” based on the 50 law schools that sent the most graduates to first-year positions at NLJ 250 firms in 2009. This year, there was a marked decline in the percentage of law school graduates who made it to the NLJ 250. The No. 1 law school on the list — Northwestern University School of Law — sent 55.9 percent of its 2009 graduates to NLJ 250 law firms. In 2008, the No. 1 school on the list — Columbia Law School — sent 70.5 percent. Complete reporting, including exclusive online-only charts and data, is available in today’s issue of The National Law Journal and on www.nlj.com.

“Our data-based Go-To list is required reading for current and prospective law students seeking real-world career metrics in the over-hyped tangle of law school rankings,” said David Brown, editor in chief of The National Law Journal.

The Top 10 schools on the list, ranked by the percent of graduates who moved from their school into first-year positions at the NLJ 250, were:

1. Northwestern University School of Law - 55.9 percent
2. Columbia Law School - 54.4 percent
3. Stanford Law School - 54.1 percent
4. University of Chicago Law School – 53.1 percent
5. University of Virginia School of Law – 52.8 percent
6. University of Michigan Law School – 51 percent
7. University of Pennsylvania Law School - 50.8 percent
8. New York University School of Law – 50.1
9. UC Berkeley School of Law – 50 percent
10. Duke Law School - 49.8 percent

This year, The NLJ expanded the list from 20 schools to 50. The list is based on data gathered as part of the NLJ 250 survey of large law firms and from the law schools themselves.

The 50 law schools on the “Go-To List” sent a total of 4,555 graduates to NLJ 250 firms in 2009.
The average percentage of students going to NLJ 250 firms at 50 schools was 30.3 percent. The average number of students going to NLJ 250 firms from the schools was 91.1.

Georgetown University Law Center had the highest raw number of 2009 graduates (289) hired by NLJ 250 firms. It also had the largest graduating class among schools on the list (676 students,) and the greatest number of NLJ 250 firms hiring its graduates (87).

Vanderbilt was the only school to send a greater percent of its graduating class in 2009 (47.1) to NLJ 250 firms. In 2008, it sent 44.6 percent.

“The economic slowdown made 2009 a very challenging year for students graduating from the nation’s top law schools,” said Brown. “Our list shows just how tough it was for many to move from law schools to first-year jobs at the largest law firms in the country.

“The survey also shows that geography matters. A number of the schools in the top 50 may not be considered ‘top tier,’ but they are sending a high proportion of students into the NLJ 250 because of their proximity to major legal markets like New York or Chicago.”

Many elite schools like Harvard, Stanford and Yale send a considerable portion of graduates into judicial clerkships, government, nonprofits, and in-house positions. These rankings reflect only first-year hiring by the nation’s largest law firms.

That said, the percentage of graduates at those schools who landed at NLJ 250 firms declined last year. For example, Harvard saw 57 percent of graduates go to NLJ 250 first-year positions in 2008. In 2009, it was just under 48 percent.

Founded in 1978, The National Law Journal has the largest paid circulation of any weekly publication serving the legal community. The NLJ 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 (February 4, 2010) – ALM Legal Intelligence, a leading source of business intelligence for the legal profession, today released its 2010 report on billing rates and practices for attorneys in small and midsize firms. Despite the recession, even smaller law firms increased their rates in 2009, with reported national, high, low and average billing rates all slightly higher than comparable 2008 rates. The average hourly billing rate for these attorneys at a national level was $282. The report includes analyses of 2009 hourly billing rates and alternative billing practices based on factors including firm size, geography, practice area and years in practice. For more information, visit www.almlegalintelligence.com.

Data is drawn from The National Law Journal’s Survey of Law Firm Economics, a comprehensive annual review of the legal profession’s financial/economic performance that provides one of the most complete, accurate and up-to-date sets of industry economic data available anywhere.

The region with the highest average billing rate was the Northeast ($302), followed by the South ($282). Lawyers in large metro areas reported the highest average hourly billing rates nationally, led by Washington, D.C. ($372) and New York ($351). At a national level, the specialty practice areas with the highest average hourly billing rates were employment law ($301), real estate law ($294) and commercial/contract law ($289).

A total of 188 firms participated in the National Law Journal’s Survey of Law Firm Economics, 2009 Edition, providing usable standard hourly billing rate data for 11,674 lawyers, including 4,215 associates, 6,467 partners/shareholders (equity and non-equity), 320 staff lawyers and 672 Of Counsel. Additional information can be obtained by e-mailing almlegalintel@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 ALI’s extensive database of surveys, rankings and lists related to law firms and the legal industry. The site also includes an online store where non-subscribers can, on an individual basis, purchase and download preformatted individual law firm reports, ALI research reports and selected current-year survey data. 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 (February 1, 2010) – Despite a dismal year in the legal industry on many fronts, the annual Lateral Report in the February issue of The American Lawyer reveals that lateral partner moves in the Am Law 200 reached record heights in 2009. In the 12 months ending September 30, 2009, 2,775 partners left or joined the biggest firms in the country—a 10.6 percent increase in mobility over the prior year. It appears that the economic meltdown actually contributed to the vigor of the lateral market last year. Some firms saw a buyer’s market and decided to go shopping to upgrade their talent pool, while others used the crisis as an opportunity to clean house at the partner level. Also in this month’s issue, the magazine explores how the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) failed to produce the fee windfalls that many law firms expected when the program was initially authorized. For the complete Lateral Report and other stories, visit www.americanlawyer.com.

Litigation partners, representing 17 percent of all partner lateral moves, led the pack, followed by banking and finance lawyers at 15 percent, corporate attorneys at 10 percent, and intellectual property attorneys at 9 percent.

For the second year in a row, K&L Gates led the listings in most lateral hires, while Sonnenschein posted the largest percentage of partner departures. Both firms experienced significant turnover in their partner ranks: Sonnenschein (56 hires/37 departures), K&L Gates
(157 hires/33 departures). And, it wasn’t just midmarket or expansionist-minded firms that jumped into the lateral partner fray. Even old-line New York firms that seldom take in outsiders hired laterally to ramp up hot areas, such as regulatory work.

“This was and will continue to be both a buyer’s and a seller’s market. Firms with cash and daring continue to shop for new talent. Partners with business and a sense of unease put themselves in play. That’s the bright side,” said Aric Press, editor in chief of The American Lawyer. “The sad side is that some of the partners with their resumes on the street are being pushed out by their current firms. And a whole swath of partners moved last year because their firms died.”

In “Great Expectations,” writer Julie Triedman profiles the TARP Gold Rush that didn’t happen. While many law firms salivated at the prospect of helping Treasury negotiate and draw up the complicated loan documents needed to distribute the $700 billion authorized by Congress to prop up defaulting banks, insurers, and auto companies, today they are thinking ruefully of what might have been.

At press time, the Treasury Department had spent only $57 million in TARP-related legal fees, shared by ten firms that signed contracts, providing discounts to their usual hourly rates. Ultimately, those discounts were irrelevant, simply because there wasn’t that much to do. Most firms only wound up with a fraction of the work that they had expected and only Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft received the maximum it was eligible for under its TARP contracts, billing nearly $25 million.

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 (January 27, 2010) – ALM’s LegalTech New York conference, the world’s largest and most prestigious legal technology conference and trade show, opens next Monday with a keynote address by Russell Stalters, information technology and services (IT&S) head, information and record architecture, BPAmerica Inc. on building successful e-discovery programs and managing digital information overflow. Day One will also include a general session featuring Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, co-winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize and former director general of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency and Peter Warwick, Thomson Reuters, Legal chief executive officer, discussing the rule of law in emerging nations. The event, which takes place February 1-3 at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, is expected to attract a record number of exhibitors and attendees. Complete conference information is available at www.legaltechshow.com.

Additional conference program highlights include:

• A February 3 keynote panel that includes futurist and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell (Blink, The Tipping Point), New York Times medical columnist Dr. Lisa Sanders and Thomson Reuters Chief Strategy Officer David Craig on “The New Convergence of Intelligence, Intuition and Information.”

• Mark S. Howitson, deputy general counsel of Facebook, discussing the emergence of Facebook, Twitter and other social media as viable sources of news and the impact of this trend on e-discovery in the February 2 keynote. This session is CLE eligible.

• A special panel session on “Amending The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure” featuring Hon. John Koeltl, Southern District of New York, Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This session is CLE eligible.

• General sessions, open to all attendees, on “Taking Compliance and E-Discovery to the Cloud” (February 2) and “Let’s Have a Debate Presentation: The Hottest ‘Behind the Scenes’ Topics in Search and Retrieval Today” (February 3). Both sessions are CLE eligible.

• A February 1 reception honoring the winners of the seventh annual Law Technology News Awards, including this year’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.

LegalTech New York 2009 attracted nearly 13,000 attendees and featured almost 300 exhibiting companies. The 2010 conference will offer more than 60 educational sessions for attendees on topics ranging from electronic discovery and knowledge management to emerging technologies. For a conference agenda, exhibitor list and other details, visit www.legaltechshow.com.

LegalTech is presented by ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals. Other ALM events include ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series for commercial real estate 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 (January 21, 2010) – Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, 2005 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and director general emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will join Peter Warwick, president and chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters, Legal, in a panel discussion, “The Rule of Law and the Role of Information in Verifying Compliance in Developing Nations,” on Feb. 1 at ALM’s upcoming LegalTech New York 2010. The Day One General Session, to be moderated by Reuters political affairs journalist Howard Goller, will take place from 12:45 – 2:00 p.m. and is open to all attendees.

This will be one of Dr. ElBaradei’s first public speaking engagements since stepping down from his position at the International Atomic Energy Agency last December. LegalTech New York, the nation’s largest and most prestigious legal technology conference and trade show, runs from February 1-3 at the Hilton Hotel in New York City. Complete conference information is available at www.legaltechshow.com.

The session will look at the dynamics of emerging nations, technology, infrastructure and the role of international institutions in supporting the rule of law in an era of increasing regional instability. This session will explore the following themes:

• The rule of law “scorecard,” including successes, failures and gaps that exist throughout the world

• Verification and monitoring: the mix of technology and human judgment involved in maintaining/enforcing agreements

• The impact of culture and politics on the ability to respect and enforce international agreements

Dr. ElBaradei was the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an intergovernmental organization that is part of the United Nations system, from December 1997 to November 2009. Dr. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for their “efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy, for peaceful purposes, is used in the safest possible way.” He was referred to by the Nobel Prize committee as “an unafraid advocate.” Dr. ElBaradei has received multiple other awards for his work as a public servant and as an advocate of tolerance, humanity and freedom. He has lectured widely on international law, the role of international organizations and peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Peter Warwick has a Ph.D. in African history. He has worked in education and professional and legal publishing in Europe, Australia and the United States and is principal architect of the strategy that is transforming Thomson Reuters’ legal businesses into a global enterprise serving law firms, legal professionals and legal systems around the world. He serves on the board of directors of the Thomson Reuters Foundation which, through Trustlaw.org, is a global hub for legal resources, best practices and expertise in legal transparency and rule of law.

Now directing general political news coverage out of the Washington Bureau, Howard Goller reported on war and peace for 18 years from the Israeli-Palestinian front line where he was Reuters deputy bureau chief.

Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.

LegalTech New York 2009 attracted nearly 13,000 attendees and featured almost 300 exhibiting companies. The 2010 conference will offer more than 60 educational sessions for attendees, on topics ranging from electronic discovery and knowledge management, to emerging technologies. For a conference agenda, exhibitor list and other details, visit www.legaltechshow.com.

LegalTech is presented by ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals. Other ALM events include ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series for commercial real estate 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 (January 19, 2010) – ALM, a leading provider of specialized business news and information, today announced new executive hires and promotions in its Substantive Law Group, which develops and markets attorney practice and workflow products.  Larry Selby has been named to the new position of vice president, e-Products for the Substantive Law Group.  In addition, the company announced the promotion of Ron Spinner to publisher of Verdictsearch and ALM Experts, and the expansion of Edie Reinhardt’s responsibilities as associate publisher for Law Journal Press.

Selby will lead the initiative to convert all 130 LJP legal print titles to online formats, as well as development of second-generation online products from LJP and third-party content.  These online products will offer users enhanced functionality including search; print from PDF; highlight and bookmark text; and export text to Word, as well as linking of all statute, case, and regulation citations to source documents.  In later stages, online books will be used as building blocks to create practice products that combine licensed, newly commissioned, community-generated, and related ALM content.

He will also head acquisition of new licensed, partnered and commissioned content for e-publishing, as well as development of partnerships for co-development of e-book products.

Selby previously held a variety of senior management positions at Oxford University Press USA’s Law Division, most recently as vice president, business & product development.  Prior to that, he was vice president of market planning for LexisNexis at Reed Elsevier and vice president, business & content development for thebankingchannel.com at Thomson Financial Media.  He is also co-owner and co-publisher of Twelve Tables Press, an independent publisher of legal and social histories.

Selby received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Alberta and holds a law degree from the University of British Columbia School of Law.  He will report to Tim Kennelty, vice president, product strategy and development for the Substantive Law Group.

Spinner, who previously served as business director for Verdictsearch and ALM Experts, will focus on development of new attorney workflow products and services for both businesses.  This is expected to include expansion of Verdictsearch verdict reporting and analysis, and the shift of ALM Experts from a standalone directory to a broader interactive online community for experts and litigators.  Spinner joined ALM as a financial analyst from Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) and Clifford Chance US.  He will report to Sara Diamond, group vice president, Substantive Law.

Reinhardt will add responsibility for the LJP’s editorial and production groups to her existing roles overseeing new LJP book acquisitions, customer service and fulfillment.  She also serves as publisher of the Law Journal Newsletter division.  Reinhardt joined ALM as a book acquisitions editor from Rivkin Radler and West Publishing.  She will continue to report to Diamond.

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