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			<title>BCG News  03/09/10</title>
			<description>New Bankruptcy Judge Appointment in New York's Southern DistrictDavenport Lyons Facing Claims of Harassment and BullyingJob Loss In Legal Sector Keep Declining</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  03/03/10</title>
			<description>Two Major Missouri Firms Become OneCurtis, Mallet-Provost, Colt &amp; Mosle LLP Move To Larger Office in D.C.Lawyer Backs Olympics Ticket Fraud Victim</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  02/23/10</title>
			<description>Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone Keep Afloat After Chrysler BankruptcyThe Shuman Law Firm Investigates Shareholders Stakes In MergerMarrache &amp; Co. Heads Arrested For Fraud</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  02/17/10</title>
			<description>Bingham McCutchen Pays Up For First-YearsThe McDivitt Law Firm Betters CommunityThe Briscoe Law Firm Launches Investigation</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  02/10/10</title>
			<description>Perkins Coie Employs New Technology To Stay ConnectedAllen &amp; Overy Arrival In Australia Marks New Interest Down UnderJudge Rules In Favor Of ''Misled'' School Districts</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  02/02/10</title>
			<description>Major Beverly Hills Law Firm Wins $16.5 million VerdictFish &amp; Richardson Ranks Among Top IP Firms For Fortune 100 CompaniesTwo Firms File Class Action Lawsuits Against Toyota</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  01/27/10</title>
			<description>Massachusetts Law Firms Dealt Heavy Hand In Layoffs For '09Six Law Firms Make Fortune's Top 100 Places To Work ListCharfoos Files Suit Hoping To Remove His Name From Firm He Founded</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  01/20/10</title>
			<description>Eckert Hires 3; 60 Over Past 12 MonthsThorp Reed Names New Managing Partner At Philadelphia OfficeLaw Firms in Nation's Capitol Step-Up Aid for Haiti</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  01/12/10</title>
			<description>Mergers Are Down In 2009Recession Creates New Priorities For Firms Leasing Office SpaceIP Firm Marks 2009 Their Best Year Ever</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  01/05/10</title>
			<description>WolfBlock Closes After a Century in BusinessSchwarzberg &amp; Associates See Boom in Employment LawClass Action Suit Filed Against Arrow Trucking</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  12/30/09</title>
			<description>Defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler Claims $1.4 billion in LiabilitiesThe Rosen Law Firm To Investigate Kohlberg Capital CorporationPasadena Based Firm Announces New Client Development Campaign</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  12/23/09</title>
			<description>Fortress Investment Group LLC Fights Back Against Dreier Ponzi Scheme; Sues Dechert LLPSonnenschein Cuts Staff Just Before ChristmasMicrosoft to Pay Firm $5.6 Million In Antitrust case</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  12/16/09</title>
			<description>Tiger Hires Lavely &amp; Singer Amidst Media WoesDubai Debt Crisis Hits DLA PiperU.S. Law Firm Revenue Sees Sharp Decline In 2009</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  12/11/09</title>
			<description>Dubai World To Restructure Half Of $60 billion In Outstanding DebtStoel Rives Moves On Up In SacramentoHackers Target Legal And Public Relations Firm Databases</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  12/01/09</title>
			<description>Fewer Associates Made Partner In 2009Polten &amp; Hodder Split After 'Scandalous' JudgmentTerrence M. Fay Joins Thompson Hine-Bolsters Firm's Environmental Practice</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  11/24/09</title>
			<description>Cayman Based Walkers Global Announces RedundanciesFormer Law Firm Head Paid Salaries Through Ponzi SchemeSullivan &amp; Cromwell named Special Counsel In CIT Group's Bankruptcy Case</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  11/17/09</title>
			<description>Reed Smith Requires Nonquity Partner To Become Fixed Share PartnersTop Law Firm Proskauer Rose Names Four New PartnersJackson Lewis Announces Office Opening In Cincinnati</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  11/10/09</title>
			<description>Day Pitney Cuts 11 Members From Its StaffDickstein Shapiro Announces Second Round of LayoffsOver 5,000 Lawyers Lost Their Jobs Throughout The Past Year</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  11/03/09</title>
			<description>Drinker Biddle &amp; Reath Lay Off 21 AssociatesHogan &amp; Hartson and Lovells Discuss Potential MergerSJ Berwin Opens Shanghai Office</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  10/27/09</title>
			<description>Buckingham Doolittle &amp; Burroughs Announces 16 LayoffsCrowell &amp; Moring To Set Up San Francisco OfficeBrevan Brittan Looking Towards Second Round Of Redundancies</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  10/20/09</title>
			<description>Budd Larner P.C. Extends Lease To 2024Maynard Cooper &amp; Gale Expand Onto Mobile MarketWisconsin Based Foley &amp; Lardner Announces 39 Layoffs</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  10/13/09</title>
			<description>McKenna Long Stays Solid During A Rough EconomyHugh Nineham Appointed London Head At McDermott Will &amp; EmeryBlake Lapthorn Contemplating Merger To Increase Profitability</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  10/06/09</title>
			<description>DC Based Crowell &amp; Moring Fortifies Its London OfficeVinson &amp; Elkins Open Up About New Saudi OutfitDenver Firm Brownstein Hyatt Faber Schreck Opens A Reno Branch</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  09/30/09</title>
			<description>Summer Associates Not As Optimistic As Past YearsArent Fox Withdraws Offers To Deferred AssociatesShearman And Sterling To Work On Brussels Office</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  08/25/09</title>
			<description>Skadden Slashing 2010 Summer Class Size by HalfSupreme Court Names Sotomayor's Law ClerksCrowell &amp; Moring Adds 7 to Environmental Group</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  08/18/09</title>
			<description>Baker &amp; McKenzie Profits Down 17%Pillsbury Cancels 2010 West Coast Summer Associates ProgramsTroutman Sanders Lawyers Form New Firm</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  08/11/09</title>
			<description>BLS: Legal Industry Lost 2,700 Jobs in JulyMintz Levin Lays Off Associates, StaffJackson Lewis Acquires Detroit's Rubin Shulman</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  08/08/09</title>
			<description>Setfarth Shaw Cancels 2010 Summer Program Bradley Arant Cuts 35 Staff Holland &amp; Knight Cuts Compensation</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  07/29/09</title>
			<description>Major Layoffs Hit DechertArizona AG Lays Off 29Pinsent PPP Down, Confirms Layoffs</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  07/21/09</title>
			<description>Eckert Seamans Lays Off 90 AttorneysWeil Gotshal to Defer Summer Associates to 2012LA County Superior Courts Shut Courtrooms, Furlough Employees</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  07/14/09</title>
			<description>DLA Piper Lays Off 121Eckert Seamans Lays Off 90 AttorneysHogan &amp; Hartson Lays Off 30 Senior Associates</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  07/09/09</title>
			<description>Ropes &amp; Gray Defers 2009 Summer Associates to 2011Ruden McClosky Lays Off 8 AssociatesBlank Rome Cuts Starting Associate Salaries</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  06/30/09</title>
			<description>Dykema Cuts 17 Attorneys, 30 StaffDLA Piper Cuts 22 in Middle EastVenable Cuts Compensation for All Lawyers &amp; Staff</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  06/16/09</title>
			<description>Venable Brings on 8 for Tax PracticeAlameda County to Cut 29 AttorneysBryan Cave Cuts Salaries</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  06/09/09</title>
			<description>Dentons, Squire Sanders Consider Transatlantic MergerDLA Piper to Keep Only 35% of Incoming TraineesMcDermott Lays Off 25 Associates, 47 Staff</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  06/02/09</title>
			<description>Weil Gotshal Lays Off 79 StaffClifford Chance to Lay Off New York Litigation AssociatesKirkland Bankruptcy Lawyers Join Jones Day</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  05/30/09</title>
			<description>Kirkland Bankruptcy Lawyers Join Jones DayRopes &amp; Gray Cuts Up to 40 AssociatesJones Day Freezes Support Staff Salaries</description>
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			<title>BCG News  05/21/09</title>
			<description>Addleshaw Lays Off 85 StaffDay Pitney Lays Off 20 Lawyers, Defers AssociatesFish &amp; Richardson Lays Off 120</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News  05/12/09</title>
			<description>Milbank Lays Off 49 Associates, 40 StaffCMS Cameron McKenna to Cut 80, Reduce PayThompson &amp; Knight Lays Off 42; Defers Start Dates</description>
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			<title>BCG News  05/08/09</title>
			<description>Eckert Seamans Lays Off 119 Lawyers Milbank Lays Off 49 Associates, 40 StaffAllen &amp; Overy Lays Off 47 Partners, 200 Associates, 200 Staff</description>
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			<title>BCG News  04/28/09</title>
			<description>Schulte Roth &amp; Zabel Lays Off 20 Lawyers; Defers Start Dates Herbert Smith Targets 33 Lawyers, 51 Staff; Freezes Pay Kilpatrick Stockton Defers Associates, Offers Salary Advance Instead of Stipend</description>
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			<title>BCG News  04/20/09</title>
			<description>Eversheds to Lay Off 10 Lawyers, Defer Start DatesUCLA Law Offers Program for Deferred AssociatesJersey Wolf Block Office to Become Brach Eichler</description>
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			<title>BCG News  04/08/09</title>
			<description>Baker &amp; McKenzie Lays Off 124Morgan Lewis Lures Away Sonnenschein Partners
DLA Piper Lays Off 8 Dubai Associates</description>
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			<title>BCG News  04/03/09</title>
			<description>Fried Frank Lays Off 99 Gibson Dunn Cuts 36 Staff Skadden Lays Off Staff Attorneys &amp; 50 Support Staff</description>
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			<title>BCG News  03/25/09</title>
			<description>106-Year-Old Wolf Block Dissolves DLA Piper Cutting US Partner Pay 11.5% Troutman Sanders to Hold Layoffs</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 03/19/09</title>
			<description>Dewey &amp; LeBoeuf Partners Hit with Salary Cuts Halliwells to Lay Off 15 Lawyers, 15 Staff Husch Blackwell Lays Off 62</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News Ã¢ï¿½ï¿½ 03/12/09</title>
			<description>US Legal Sector Lost 4,200 Jobs in February March 9th Worst Day for Law Firm Layoffs So Far White &amp; Case Lays Off 400</description>
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			<title>BCG News â€" 03/04/09</title>
			<description>Black Thursday II: Latham &amp; Watkins Lays Off 440 Frisco DA Lays Off Lawyers, Staff Sonnenschein Shutters Charlotte Offiche</description>
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			<title>BCG News â€" 02/24/09</title>
			<description>Allen &amp; Overy Cuts 450 JobsRoetzel &amp; Andress ''Regretfully Releases'' 13 AssociatesMcKee Nelson Ousts 6 Lawyers, 40 Staff</description>
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			<title>BCG News â€" 02/19/09</title>
			<description>Simmons &amp; Simmons May Lay Off Up to 69 Employees Black Thursday â€" 700 Lawyers &amp; Staffers Laid Off 76% of Young Lawyers Happy with Their Career Choice</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News &amp;ndash; 02/11/09</title>
			<description>Hogan &amp; Hartson to Buy Out Up to 300 StaffThelen Won't Pay Laid&amp;ndash;Off WorkersLatham &amp; Watkins Profits Plummet 21%</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/06/09</title>
			<description>Possible Legal Troubles for Departed Partners of DreierOlswang, Preparing for CutsLinklaters'  Lay Offs</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/29/09</title>
			<description>Fulbright &amp; Jaworski Reporting Strong Earnings for 2008Merill Lynch Cuts Six Senior Legal RolesSimpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett will Delay Plans for Brazilian Office</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Ex-Thacher Proffitt Partners Rally to Retrieve CashAllen &amp; Overy Cut US Associate Bonuses in HalfDewey &amp; LeBoeuf asked by Federal Judge to Explain Billing in Securities Case</description>
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			<description>O'Melveny &amp; Myers to Award Generous Associate BonusesLatham's Salary Freeze Might Launch TrendMillions in Unpaid Bills as Dreier LLP Files for Bankruptcy</description>
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			<description>Philadelphia Law Firms Face New LayoffsEx-Foley &amp; Lardner Associate May Sue Firm for Alleged DiscriminationClifford Chance names DC head following defection</description>
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			<description>Shearman &amp; Sterling Announces Partner PromotionsMany Ex-Heller, Thelen Lawyers Still JoblessDreier Lawyers Told to not Expect Pay</description>
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			<description>Bonelli Partners Leave for Paul HastingsWeil, Dewey Source of Bankruptcy Advice for GMCleary Gottlieb Grab Top Spot on $6 Billion French Bank Bailout</description>
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			<description>Experts Say Dreier's Arrest Signals End of Solo Partner ModelClifford Chance, Weil Act in AIG Private SaleSkadden Loses Only Sao Paulo Partner</description>
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			<description>White &amp; Case Head Leaves for In&amp;ndash;house RoleFour from Paul Weiss Receive PromotionsDewey &amp; LeBoeuf Moves up 20 to Partner</description>
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			<description>Bonuses for Clifford Chance US Associates SlashedBoies Schiller Associates Get Big BonusesLatham boosts litigation with US Government hire</description>
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			<description>Proskauer Rose Announces 60 LayoffsBradley Arant and Boult Cummings to Tie the KnotDreier Arrest Jeopardizes Firm Future</description>
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			<description>Wachtell, Mayer Brown lead in Chevy Chase saleCleary, Dewey, Milbank cut associate bonusesAnnual Survey Shows Law Firm Leaders Wary but Confident</description>
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			<description>Reed Smith Announces Substantial LayoffsWhite and Case Reveals New Management StructureCadwalader Loses Fourth Partner Since Summer Layoffs</description>
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			<description>Reed Smith Lawyers Moved to Action by Mumbai AttacksFour US Partners leaving Clifford ChanceBryan Cave launches first French office</description>
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			<description>Protect Yourself From Job CutsFederal Election Commission Fails to Have Privacy Suit Dismissed78-Year-Old Farmer Defies Government Easements</description>
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			<description>Shearman &amp; Sterling Fortifies Abu Dhabi PracticeGoldman restructuring leader rejoins KirklandThacher Proffitt &amp; Wood Staff denied Bonuses</description>
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			<description>Seyfarth Shaw Hires 14 Ex&amp;mdash;Thelen LawyersFormer Thelen Associate Glad to Move In&amp;mdash;HouseIndividuals Choose to go Solo in Trial</description>
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			<description>International Law Firm Bryan Cave Expands its Reach; Opens Paris OfficeMayer Brown Announces 27 Partner Promotions GloballyTroubled Real Estate Task Force Launched by K&amp;L Gates</description>
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			<description>Cadwalader Hold on to Rainmaker While Profits TumbleBuchanan Ingersoll to Cut Administrative StaffSimpson Thacher to Cut Bonuses in Half</description>
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			<description>Special bonuses cut for Cravath AssociatesLathrop Merges with LA FirmPoaching Lawsuits Seek to Suppress Talent Raids</description>
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			<description>Thelen Attorneys Join Winston &amp; StrawnObama Wants Eric Holder for Attorney GeneralSolid Office Culture Aids Firm Survival</description>
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			<description>Squire Sanders Latest US Firm to Shed StaffWinston Strawn Gains 19 Thelen LawyersMayer Brown Evaluating Practice Areas</description>
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			<description>DLA Piper Shifts Partner StructureReed Smith Welcomes Thelen LawyersFormer Solicitor General Clement Returns to King &amp; Spalding</description>
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			<description>Cadwalader partners revolt as profits fallOrrick Announces CutsUpside to Down Economy: More Lateral Partners Available</description>
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			<description>Who will be America's Next Top Lawyer?Layoffs Create Large Amount of Employee LitigationSedgwick Joins Forces with Gordon, Hargrove and James in Florida</description>
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			<description>Freshfields Plans to Launch Pro Bono NetworkWilmerHale Opens Frankfurt OfficeAkin Gump Names New Partners</description>
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			<description>Clifford Chance BC head hired by BinghamThelen Construction Lawyers moving to Howrey's following Breakfast dealOrrick Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe announce cuts across the board</description>
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			<description>White &amp; Case Announce Cuts in US and UK NetworksOne third of associates laid off from Chicago Construction Law FirmProminent Husband-and-Wife Duo leaving Sutherland's Atlanta Office</description>
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			<description>Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher Challenge Proposition 8Hausfeld opens new claimant firm, announces expansionSedgwick joins forces with leading Florida law firm</description>
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			<description>Goodwin Procter Announces Family Caregiver BenefitCorporate Lawyers Abandon Lehman's London OfficeWinston &amp; Strawn Plan New Asian Offices</description>
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			<description>Fort Worth Business Press Names Susan Coleman 2008 Great Woman of TexasEx-Bracewell attorney launches Hisel Law FirmOne Fourth of Chicago Firms Met Female Partner Goal</description>
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			<description>Nixon Peabody snares major Thelen teamCravath partner to rejoin White from the SECLondon Firms Post Solid Financials as Rest of U.K. Starts to Feel the Pinch</description>
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			<description>Goodwin to Launch First Asian Office in Hong KongFreshfields reaches out to LGBT studentsBird &amp; Bird profit soars to 30% at Midyear</description>
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			<description>Dechert Welcomes Former Heller ChairmanFirms Forced to Cut Fees in Economic CrisisBankruptcy and Divorce Lawyers Profit During Recession</description>
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			<description>Heller Attorneys ScatterWeil Gotshal Makes Bank over BankLinklaters Leaves Southeastern Europe</description>
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			<description>Sherman &amp; Sterling Takes Lead RoleLinklaters Rises to Top of M&amp;A RankingsPillsbury Winsthrop Snags China Practice</description>
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			<description>Heller Ehrman May DissolveBingham McCutchen Snags Four PartnersWeil Gotshal Big Winner in Turbulent Week</description>
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			<description>Axiom Looking to ExpandChadbourne &amp; Parke Expands in UAEWinstead Adds 14 New Associates</description>
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			<description>Jones Day Boosts London OfficeWolf Block and Akerman Senterfitt Fail to MergeArnstein &amp; Lehr Look to Double Florida Offices</description>
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Chadbourne &amp; Parke Elect Four Attorneys to Partner
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			<description>DLA Appoints New Middle East Head of CorporateSheppard Mullin Adds Labor and Employment Attorney to DC OfficeBryan Cave Opens San Francisco Outlet</description>
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			<description>McGuireWoods Merges with Helms Mulliss
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			<description>Seven Wolf Block Partners Leave Firm, Join Hangley AronchickLocke Lord Opens Boston OutletHerbert Smith Launches New Practice Group</description>
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			<description>Skadden Arps Opens Shanghai OfficeFormer Vinson &amp; Elkins Partner Joins LathamIn 2007 Baker Botts's Profits Increased by 19%</description>
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			<description>Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Practice Launched by Lowrie, Lando &amp; Anastasi, LLPPaul Hastings to Merge with German Boutique FirmSeyfarth Shaw Adds Jacqueline M. Vidmar to Environmental, Safety, and Toxic Torts Practice</description>
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			<description>Covington and Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue Team Up AgainDLA Piper Race-Bias Suit RejectedJones Day Names New Partner-in-Charge of Chicago Office</description>
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			<description>Winston &amp; Strawn Decompression Suit SettledNew Office for Knobbe MartensMorrison &amp; Foerster Appoints New COO</description>
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			<description>Retirement Policy Abandoned at K&amp;L GatesFirst-Year Salaries Raised at Nixon PeabodyFinance, IP, and Private Equity Attorneys Join King &amp; Spalding's Charlotte Office</description>
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			<description>Fredrikson &amp; Byron awarded 2007 Legal Standard of Excellence WebAwardJoel Lutzker and Len Sorgi join Sheppard Mullin's New York officeLongtime partners leave Heller Ehrman</description>
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			<description>Fulbright &amp; Jaworski litigation survey reports drop in number of new lawsuits and regulatory actions filed against U.S. companiesAttorney Tim Ramis joins Jordan Schrader, PC, Attorneys at LawAviation attorneys join New York office of Locke, Lord, Bissell &amp; Liddell</description>
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			<description>Thomas M. Boyd joins DLA Piper as co-chair of its government affairs practiceFinalists announced for ''Consumer Attorney of the Year'' and ''Street Fighter of the  Year''Greenberg Traurig expands global international property practic</description>
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			<description>Payne &amp; Fears, LLP, names Daniel L. Rasmussen managing partnerLocke, Liddell &amp; Sapp and Lord, Bissell &amp; Brook mergeThacher Proffitt announces new lateral partner: Patrick J. Smith</description>
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			<description>Missouri law firms plan to mergeSixty Ford &amp; Harrison attorneys make it onto Best Lawyers listThree new attorneys join Garrett HemannMichael P. Fleming, PC, hires veteran lawyer Sam PalermoMiller Canfield opens Chicago office</description>
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			<description>Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges opens office in Hong KongKelly, Hart &amp; Hallman launches first major expansionDykema expands to DallasChambers USA ranks Balch &amp; Bingham top labor and employment law firmSchnader, Harrison, Segal &amp; Lewis hires former general counsel for Commerce Bancorp</description>
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			<description>Five attorneys leave Akerman Senterfitt to join Fisher &amp; Phillips in OrlandoArnstein &amp; Lehr launches new practice groupKing &amp; Spalding opens office in FrankfurtWhite-collar litigator Richard M. Steingard joins Sheppard MullinArnall Golden Gregory makes Glenn Hendrix a managing partner</description>
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			<description>Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb to mergeNixon Peabody jingle popular among YouTube usersCooley Godward hires SEC Commissioner Roel CamposGonzalez Saggio hires employment attorney Kathleen M. Paustian</description>
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			<description>Williams Kherkher launches Texas explosion law websiteInternational disputes lawyer Warren-Smith joins Fulbright &amp; JaworskiCalifornia Supreme Court to hear marriage ban briefsFord &amp; Harrison offers unique program for first-year associatesCypress to provide Pillsbury Winthrop with VoIP capabilities</description>
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			<description>2007 list of the 50 best law firms for women publishedThe American Lawyer publishes results of survey of mid-level associatesOgletree Deakins raids Bryan CaveArent Fox adds two new lawyers to its healthcare practiceFox Rothschild on merger spree, adds Binder to its list</description>
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			<description>Ropes &amp; Gray plans to open law office in TokyoFried Frank hires nine partnersFormer Nixon Peabody attorneys join Edwards AngellGreenberg Traurig rated best corporate law firm in MiamiCaplan Law Firm offers new BWI specialty practice</description>
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			<description>Sidley Austin promotes 36 associates and counsel to partnership across firmBaker &amp; McKenzie hires Paul McNulty as partnerFinnigan and Sarjeant hired as associates by Whiteman, Osterman &amp; HannaMcDermott, Will &amp; Emery's Los Angeles office hires two new IP attorneysPepper Hamilton expands corporate and securities and tax practices</description>
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			<description>Gambrell &amp; Stolz joins Baker DonelsonFormer DLA Piper partners launch new law firmNational law firm Womble Carlyle Standridge &amp; Rice relocates to BaltimoreLakin Spears hires David W. Hettig as partnerLaw firm Daniels Daniels &amp; Verdonik joins Ward and Smith</description>
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			<description>Foley Hoag expands intellectual property groupRosen Law Firm introduces North Carolina's first online divorce education centerStrasburg law firm hires G. Chris BrownDuane Morris opens office in VietnamFormer Supreme Court judge joins St. Louis law firm</description>
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			<description>Manatt acquires new office in San FranciscoHughes Watters Askanase partners and associate to speak at bankruptcy seminarCooley Godward Kronish ranked second among IP law firmsBaker Robbins, ADERANT, and ILTA to educate law firms</description>
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			<description>Law firm Pepper Hamilton hires counsel; expands NY officeGormley to preside over county bar associationMatthew L. Jacobs joins Jenner &amp; Block as partnerKimmel, Silverman &amp; Herritt honored as 2007 PA Super LawyersLaw firm demotes about 20 partners</description>
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			<description>Top IP litigators join Heller Ehrman as shareholdersWatkins, Ludlam, Winter &amp; Stennis named a ''Go-To Law Firm''Davis Wright annexes San Francisco IP boutiqueHelms, Mulliss &amp; Wicker experiences record growthCohen &amp; Grigsby announces series of appointments</description>
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			<description>Warner Norcross &amp; Judd recruits 27 new attorneysCarman M. Garufi hires new attorneyTwo new partners for Wyatt, Tarrant &amp; CombsLawyer William S. Lerach plans to quit, reasons unclearSidley Austin second in 2007 BTI Power Rankings</description>
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			<description>Dickinson Wright merges with Artz &amp; ArtzLocke Liddell combines with Lord Bissell to form 700-lawyer firmWaldman Smallwood wins Torch Award for Marketplace EthicsNew appointee to &quot;The Chicago Committee&quot;</description>
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			<description>HoganWillig hires John LaFalceBryan Cave to open office in ItalyN.J. firms hiring in bulk, paying moreStinson Morrison and Blumenfeld Kaplan to combine</description>
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			<description>Dewey Ballantine fortifies its Frankfurt M&amp;A practiceThompson Coburn and FagelHaber merge operationsMorrison &amp; Foerster appoints tax partnerManaging Partner Tom Stewart quits Lathrop &amp; Gage</description>
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			<description>K&amp;L Gates hires three new lawyers for its Spokane officeWhite and Williams joins hands with Shanghai firmMadrid to work for Dickstein ShapiroSmith Moore combines forces with Carter &amp; Ansley in Atlanta</description>
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			<description>King &amp; Spalding hires new partnersJenner &amp; Block annexes litigation boutiqueTax guru Michael Solomon joins Fenwick &amp; West</description>
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			<description>McMains and John Lewis and Wilkins join handsGreenberg Traurig reinforces its presence in TampaSidley Austin to open office in Australia</description>
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			<description>Chadbourne &amp; Parke opens office in DubaiBecker &amp; Poliakoff opens shop in Port St. LucieElder Law firm opens doors in apple cityFOX Television names new senior VP of legal affairs</description>
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			<description>Battle joins Fulbright &amp; JaworskiOrwig to head Sonnenschein's new Dallas officeNew partners join Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich &amp; RosatiLocke, Liddell &amp; Sapp hires appeals court judge to work in its Austin officeKaufmann will be Morrison &amp; Foerster's new global litigation chairDLA Piper's insolvency chief joins UK firm</description>
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			<description>Seeger Weiss opens office in PhiladelphiaCohen &amp; Grigsby expands litigation practiceRyan to work as trial attorney in San Francisco law officeZaelke to reinforce Chadbourne &amp; Parke's energy practiceStewart to chair Lathrop &amp; GageMintz Levin continues West Coast expansion</description>
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			<description>Entertainment specialist joins Loeb &amp; LoebA&amp;L Goodbody sets up office in BelfastIP expert joins Jenner &amp; Block as partnerGoodwin Procter sets up offices in San Diego and Los AngelesKilpatrick Stockton expands investment practiceOtillar to bolster Baker &amp; McKenzie's global energy practice</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 04/17/07</title>
			<description>Pepper Hamilton's Philadelphia office hires former Department of Justice attorneyK&amp;L Gates hires H&amp;R Block GCAntitrust expert joins King &amp; Spalding as partnerKlein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb &amp; Kimball, LLP, adds real estate partnerGordon &amp; Rees opens office in DenverReed Smith expands state tax controversy practiceBracewell &amp; Giuliani strengthens its financial restructuring practice</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 04/10/07</title>
			<description>Baker &amp; McKenzie adds 10 partners in ChicagoMaupin Taylor closes merger with Virginia firmKiesewetter Wise opens New Orleans officeInsolvency expert to rejoin Weil, Gotshal &amp; MangesDLA Piper announces appointment of new tax partner in Hong KongFormer U.S. Congressman joins Baker Hostetler</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 04/03/07</title>
			<description>Former chairman of the Republican National Committee rejoins Akin GumpMcKee Nelson adds business-litigation practiceSteptoe &amp; Johnson bolsters its employee-benefits practiceFormer Assistant U.S. Attorney joins Perkins CoieBracewell &amp; Giuliani expands its corporate practiceKeltner to head Kelly Hart's appellate practice group</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 03/27/07</title>
			<description>Former governor joins Womble CarlyleChadbourne &amp; Parke adds wind energy specialists as partnersHunton &amp; Williams raises salaries for first-year associatesMilbank hires former Allen &amp; Overy partnerDewey Ballantine adds capital markets expertFormer Delaware Bank Commissioner joins Pepper Hamilton</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 03/20/07</title>
			<description>Well-known IP litigator joins McKool SmithNixon Peabody to open Silicon Valley officeHunton &amp; Williams hires new IP counselBrian Rothery joins Stroock &amp; Stroock &amp; Lavan as a partnerLondon-based Stephenson Harwood strengthens healthcare and real estate practices</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 03/13/07</title>
			<description>Westward expansion for South Florida firmEpstein Becker hires Joseph P. Klock, Jr.Linnell, Choate &amp; Webber adds partnerFoley &amp; Lardner further expands into Los AngelesPatterson, Belknap, Webb &amp; Tyler restructures top managementHolland &amp; Knight strengthens China practice</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Legal 500 includes Loeb &amp; Loeb on list of top mergers and acquisitions practicesFenwick &amp; West appoints new tax group chairFoley &amp; Lardner announces the appointments of 23 new partnersHolland and Knight boosts associate salariesSteptoe &amp; Johnson adds securities partner in New York</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Former U.S. Attorney rejoins Ober KalerHaynes and Boone makes 10 lawyers partnersSonnenschein to open Silicon Valley branchSkadden raids Cadwalader's antitrust practiceMayer Brown expands into continental Europe</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/20/07</title>
			<description>Energy lawyer joins DLA Piper's Japan officeGreenberg Traurig bolsters real estate practice in NYStroock names co-managing partnerEmerging-business law firm adds partnerProminent litigator joins Kaye ScholerKirkpatrick strengthens litigation and white-collar/criminal defense practiceJones Day adds securities lawyer in Hong Kong</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/13/07</title>
			<description>Ohio law firm promotes partnersPepper Hamilton announces a series of promotionsFormer Denver city attorney and chief of staff joins law firmDuane Morris spreads across AsiaHeller Ehrman ventures into London</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/06/07</title>
			<description>Top litigator rejoins Winston &amp; StrawnLeading UK ABL specialist joins DLA Piper in LondonCooley partner named Counselor and Chief of Staff for NY Attorney GeneralFormer Hawaii congressman joins law firmSedgwick, Detert, Moran &amp; Arnold expand to HoustonNew managing partner at Reed Smith</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/30/07</title>
			<description>Manatt hires U.S. Attorney staffer to work in its litigation division appellate practiceLeading First Amendment litigator joins Pepper Hamilton Foley &amp; Lardner adds partner in Los AngelesIP major adds patent attorneyFormer governor to join Holland &amp; Knight</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/23/07</title>
			<description>Loeb &amp; Loeb expands real estate practiceReed Smith completes transatlantic mergerWilliams Mullen takes over North Carolina law firmCohen, Placitella &amp; Roth hires former Philadelphia city controllerChairman's exit prompts restructuring of Constantine Cannon's management</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Starting salaries for new associates to increase in 2007U.S. Representative Mark Green rejoins Godfrey &amp; KahnLionel Sawyer adds Carson City attorneyLanier Law Group opens three new officesLatham &amp; Watkins to open two offices in SpainDewey and Orrick abandon merger plans</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/09/07</title>
			<description>Senator Brightbill joins Stevens &amp; LeeMcGuireWoods names new chairmanNew York City litigation firm appoints one partner and two counselArent Fox buys West Coast law firmOgletree Deakins expands into PhiladelphiaBuckingham Doolittle merges with Kaufmann &amp; Kaufmann</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Haynes and Boone hires bankruptcy professor to serve as of counselGreat Circle CEO joins Steptoe &amp; JohnsonKing &amp; Spalding plans to set up shop in DubaiMega-merger approved by partnersFoley Hoag creates CFO postCadwalader appoints seven new partners</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 12/26/06</title>
			<description>Reed Smith to merge with Sachnoff &amp; WeaverMcKenna Long names new managing directorNew structured finance lawyer at Orrick Herringtonâ€ s Hong Kong officeMcKenna Long expands regulatory practicePepper Hamilton bolsters corporate and securities practiceColorado public finance law firms merge</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 12/19/06</title>
			<description>Proskauer Rose further expands West Coast practiceKenyon &amp; Kenyon announces promotionsMayer Brown announces 39 promotions across the globeClements Walker names new patent associateHardison &amp; Leone restructuredMerger to create largest full-service Canadian-UK law firm</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Gardere Wynne lawyers recognized by LawdragonSimpson Thacher elects 13 new partnersTwo attorneys join Proskauer Rose as Partners in Los Angeles officeBirch Stewart relocates to Del Mar HeightsParker Scheer expands practice to ''Sin City''Holland &amp; Knight receives accolades from BTI</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 12/05/06</title>
			<description>Allen &amp; Overy named Derivatives Law Firm of the YearWorth names Bishop among ''100 Top Attorneys''Weil Gotshal chairman named ''Champion for Diversity''Mock &amp; Dakan merges with BKDBaker &amp; McKenzie establishes new global equity groupBingham McCutchen launches Hong Kong office</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 11/28/06</title>
			<description>Akerman Senterfitt emerges as largest firm in FloridaCohen, Milstein, Hausfeld &amp; Toll ventures into European legal marketZuckerman hires former federal lawyer as partnerJones Day strengthens private equity group in New YorkSidley Austin expands global insurance and financial services practice in New YorkKirkland &amp; Ellis set to develop Asian presenceLatham &amp; Watkins gears up for operations in SpainFulbright &amp; Jaworski opens office in Beijing</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 11/21/06</title>
			<description>U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang Joins Gibson Dunn in L.A.Paul Hastings hires Basil Hwang in Hong KongNew attorneys at Jones DaySullivan to open doors in ShanghaiFive new faces in Haynes and Boone's New York officeReed Smith, Sachnoff &amp; Weaver plan to mergePriddis joins Freshfields as competition practice partnerLinklaters raids White &amp; Case to strengthen U.S. litigation teamHerbert Smith sets up new offices in the Middle EastBaker &amp; McKenzie's impressive results in line with growth strategy</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 11/14/06</title>
			<description>Vilaplana to bolster Foley's litigation practiceParker Poe expands its presence in Myrtle BeachBaker Botts strengthens influence in AsiaAkerman Senterfitt's new downtown officeNew faces bolster Schnader Harrison's presenceKahne joins K&amp;LNG in New YorkParker is Cravath Swaine's new Deputy Presiding PartnerSkadden Arps climbs to the top of the rankingsLinklaters appoints new managing partner in Asia, restructures managementLocke Liddell appoints new managing partner</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 11/07/06</title>
			<description>Prominent advertising lawyer rejoins Manatt PhelpsMcGuireWoods strengthens corporate and litigation practiceMateja appointed to state bar committee on professional conductNew senior attorney at Gardere WynneKatten Muchin adds three new partnersLocke Liddell undertakes management restructuringDLA Piper strengthens corporate, securities, and finance practicesAkin Gump expands corporate practiceFannie Mae lawyer moves to law firmKane joins O'Melveny as Of CounselBaker &amp; Daniels expands biotech practiceGovernment relations department gets boost at Lathrop &amp; Gage</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/31/06</title>
			<description>Kirkland &amp; Ellis hires GC from hedge fundProskauer Rose acquires Akin Gump attorneysBallard Spahr opens office in Las VegasPowell Goldstein establishes Dallas officeKing &amp; Spalding grows energy practiceNew partner for Latham &amp; Watkins' international practiceKilpatrick Stockton solidifies Native American affairs teamReport: four firms lead country's legal marketFoley &amp; Lardner beefs up national business reorganizations practiceHeygood Orr adds partner to real estate development practice</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/24/06</title>
			<description>New partner and senior counsel for Proskauer's Boston officeMontgomery McCracken follows trend, raises starting salary to $125KFrom law department to law firmKing &amp; Spalding building up FDA/healthcare practiceBaker &amp; McKenzie elevates attorneys to partners in international officesVenable sets up office in Los Angeles with 20 attorneysCPSC Chairman joins Dykema GossettFish &amp; Richardson hires eight Andrews Kurth attorneysKavinoky announces new defense lawyerLeBoeuf inducts new hires in Moscow</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/17/06</title>
			<description>PricewaterhouseCoopers re-brands UK legal armPepper Hamilton partner chairs ABA's Public Contract Law SectionFour senior lawyers join Bracewell &amp; GiulianiLinklaters' New York office adds partnerRosen undertakes expansion, plans office in Chapel HillFormer State Board of Education GC joins Holland &amp; KnightPepper Hamilton boosts bankruptcy practiceHatch &amp; Parent announces new partnersProskauer Rose forms multi-disciplinary stock options task forceCadwalader focuses on expanding tax, regulatory support in London office</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/10/06</title>
			<description>Attorneys leave Wallenstein &amp; Wagner for McDermott and Banner &amp; WitcoffHolland &amp; Hart's Westward Ho programSchiff Hardin expands reach with merger Small fry join to deflect big fishKirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart courts Preston Gates for mergerKing &amp; Spalding adds new talent to IP teamAkerman Senterfitt's Tampa office has three new lawyersWhite &amp; Williams expands New York presenceChet Thompson to partner with Crowell &amp; Moring</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/03/06</title>
			<description>Well-known IP lawyer ventures into Thelen Reid &amp; PriestO'Melveny &amp; Myers adds Visa attorney as partnerLaw professor joins law firmMajor international law firm mergerNew wealth management guru for Bracewell &amp; GiulianiClifford Chance launches Romanian officeSedgwick opens its second Texas officeManatt adds top insurance litigator as partnerNew real estate lawyer at Paul HastingsSix associates named partners at Powell Goldstein</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 09/26/06</title>
			<description>Jones Day hires Frank E. Sheeder IIICadwalader Wickersham adds seven attorneysMayer Brown strengthens private equity practicePaul Hastings adds partner in EuropeSaul Ewing to acquire D.C.-based boutique firmFulbright &amp; Jaworski hires energy partner in Houston</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 09/19/06</title>
			<description>Commercial Litigator joins McGuireWoodsMcCarter &amp; English adds New York partnersPerkins Coie strengthens litigation practice in ChinaMonteau &amp; Peebles adds prosecutorDLA Piper to beef up corporate group in ScotlandFulbright &amp; Jaworski strengthens IP pratice</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 09/12/06</title>
			<description>Mintz Levin on West Coast expansion spreeTop bankruptcy lawyer leaves law firm to join Goldman SachsK&amp;LNG adds partner to corporate practice at Palo AltoLibow named managing partner at Sullivan &amp; Cromwell's D.C. officeNew private equity partner at Akin GumpPhiladelphia merger activity</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 09/05/06</title>
			<description>Cooley Godward strengthens East Coast litigation practiceFulbright adds corporate partner in Austin officeLeBoeuf Lamb announces new corporate M&amp;A partner for New YorkThree new private equity partners in Goodwin Procter's Washington, DC, officeAccolades for Proskauer RoseLaw firms to merge</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 08/29/06</title>
			<description>Teresa Schiller elected president of NYWBACarl M. Buchholz to join Blank RomeHon. William Strasser named senior partner of Strasser, Asatrian, Asatrian &amp; SymePauline Higgins joins Thompson &amp; KnightWilliam Fung and Leslie Ann Johnson join BlakesInternational firm announces global partners</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 08/22/06</title>
			<description>Katten Muchin adds renowned litigator in L.A.Cooley Godward adds life sciences and patent specialist as partnerDLA Piper's Atlanta office takes off with new attorneysHunton &amp; Williams adds partner to its New York officeNew president for New York State Bar AssociationEPA lawyer joins McGuireWoodsO'Melveny &amp; Myers reinforces its dispute resolution practice in Asia</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 08/15/06</title>
			<description>Murphy joins Gibson DunnBerger to join Debevoise &amp; PlimptonOrrick launches corporate practice in RomeWhite &amp; Case welcomes securities partnerMcGuireWoods' Charlotte partner joins Poyner &amp; SpruillKirkland &amp; Ellis journeys to Hong KongDechert recruits lateral partners</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 08/08/06</title>
			<description>Minnesota's largest law firm announces first female managing partnerStroz Friedberg expands to the West CoastMerger of Norris McLaughlin &amp; Marcus and Szold &amp; BrandwenReal estate attorney appointed partner at Holland &amp; KnightCozen O'Connor in MiamiNew labor and employment partner at DLA PiperLeading finance attorneys join O'Melveny</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 08/01/06</title>
			<description>The best law firm websitesMiami welcomes Cozen O'ConnorDLA Piper: Top of the heapAdditions at Proskauer RoseMcGuire Woods introduces new partnerExperienced life sciences attorney joins Foley &amp; LardnerReed Smith's New York office has new partner</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 07/25/06</title>
			<description>Martin Pringle partner receives government appointmentMorrison &amp; Foerster welcomes tax partnerDLA Piper launches Dubai officeHwang moves to ShanghaiOrrick adds three partnersNew Jersey firm merges with real estate boutique</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 07/18/06</title>
			<description>Two new associates at McGuireWoodsEckert Seamans expands its practiceO'Melveny &amp; Myers has two new partnersNew arbitration partner at Kilpatrick StocktonOber|Kaler welcomes two new litigatorsWyatt, Tarrant &amp; Combs on expansion routeVenable overhauls its senior management structure</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 07/11/06</title>
			<description>Holland &amp; Knight introduces new Diversity CouncilRising salaries in DelawareDetroit firm has its first woman managing partnerTalkovsky joins Crowell &amp; MoringReed Smith announces new partnerDLA Piper stepping into Atlanta with 12 attorneys</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 07/04/06</title>
			<description>Goodwin Procter expands its L.A. and S.F. practicesBracewell &amp; Giuliani appoints three new partnersAllen &amp; Overy adds experts to New York teamGrayRobinson President to continue for another five yearsPaul Hastings hires new litigatorEntertainment lawyer joins Foley &amp; LardnerClifford Chance hires two top-notch lawyers from Paul Hastings</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 06/27/06</title>
			<description>Morrison &amp; Foerster's new recruitsPrivate equity attorney joins Loeb &amp; LoebMcGuire Woods adds attorney to its litigation departmentClifford Chance hires two from Paul HastingsDLA Piper announces new Litigation Chair in BaltimoreFoley &amp; Lardner elects Chair of Intellectual Property DepartmentPaul Hastings enhances its Paris Tax Department</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 06/20/06</title>
			<description>Houston firm announces record-breaking bonusesButler Snow strengthens Memphis officeHefter is new partner at OrrickArmstrong Allen finally merges with Adams and ReeseMorgan Lewis expands its employment practiceWhite &amp; Case grows its restructuring practiceReed Smith taps Linklaters partner</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 06/13/06</title>
			<description>Allen &amp; Overy announces 33 new partnersFrommer Lawrence &amp; Haug announces highest base salary for first-yearsMarino is new partner at Orrick's IP practiceHerbert Smith promotes 10 to partnerDLA Piper expands its white-collar practiceFoley &amp; Lardner announces two new partnersJones Day appoints new bankruptcy partnerDuane Morris expanding into Asia</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 06/06/06</title>
			<description>AIG GC joins Pillsbury WinthropTen Greenberg Glusker lawyers form own firmEleven lawyers from Coolidge switch to TaftGardere Wynne Sewell announces partnersBeck joins Pepper Hamilton as Of CounselLatham &amp; Watkins appoints new managing partner for San FranciscoWeil, Gotshal &amp; Manges adds Atlas to its litigation divisionDuane Morris expanding into Asia</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/30/06</title>
			<description>Cochran Firm merges with Leeds ColbyMore salary increasesStrasburger &amp; Price expands Houston officeBaker &amp; Hostetler recruits three partnersAkin Gump expands IP practiceMintz Levin acquires Palo Alto IP firmReed Smith to merge with London-based Richards ButlerBaker &amp; McKenzie adds corporate partner</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/23/06</title>
			<description>McCarter &amp; English to merge with Gadsby HannahBrogan is new managing partner at DLA PiperPepper Hamilton forms alliance with The Abraham GroupLuce Forward hires five trusts and estates attorneysAlston &amp; Bird strengthens its bankruptcy practiceGreenberg Traurig hires Of Counsel for Israel transactionsJones Day augments its China practice</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/16/06</title>
			<description>Goodwin Procter to launch new San Francisco and Los Angeles officesLoeb joins JAMSAkin Gump launches Supreme Court practiceDrinker Biddle adds litigation partnerOrrick renews senior-management positionsMcDermott Will &amp; Emery adds three new partnersProskauer Rose and Fried Frank reveal strong profits</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/09/06</title>
			<description>Bingham McCutchen acquires Swidler BerlinMcDermott Will &amp; Emery relocates to Madison AvenueStrasburger &amp; Price adds three attorneysDechert brings salary increases to PennsylvaniaHayes joins Hanly ConroyDLA Piper announces Ford as managing partner in D.C.Associate salary wars enter round two</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/02/06</title>
			<description>Kelley Drye merges with Collier ShannonNew China law specialist for White &amp; CaseHunton &amp; Williams elects new chairman and managing partnersReed Smith adds new IP transactional partnerShartsis Friese toes the pay-hike lineSecurities litigation partners join Bingham McCutchen Wolf Block creates significant IP presence with three new partners</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 04/25/06</title>
			<description>Sullivan &amp; Cromwell names future ChairmanDavis Munck merges with Butrus KhoshbinSheppard Mullin hires new partnerBoies Schiller loses partner to Quinn EmanuelWilliams joins Powell GoldsteinOrrick loses fourth lawyer to Morgan LewisLuce Forward expands its Los Angeles practice</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 04/18/06</title>
			<description>Winston &amp; Strawn elects Fitzgerald as managing partner Kelley Drye planning to merge with Collier ShannonPaul Hastings adds 11 attorneys in Washington, DC, officeShackelford, Melton &amp; McKinley adds two veteran attorneysDechert hires seven partners Buchanan Ingersoll recruits two lawyersMorgan Lewis launches new Beijing office</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 04/11/06</title>
			<description>2006 beginning with brisk lateral movesJones Day adds two IP partnersEccleston joins McGuireWoodsSwidler Berlin's bankruptcy team joins Orrick Herrington Sullivan &amp; Cromwell increases associate salaries to $145,000 Reed Smith names new partner in its New York office Raleigh law firm will now be called Hutchison Law Group</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 04/04/06</title>
			<description>Chapman and Cutler adds 10 associatesPepper Hamilton adds new partnerBrogan joins DLA Piper's PA officeFish &amp; Richardson continues to expand its Austin presenceGreenberg Traurig adds Of CounselLatham &amp; Watkins recruits new partnerReed Smith acquires four lawyers from Musick, Peeler &amp; GarrettFulbright &amp; Jaworski expands its corporate practiceDebevoise &amp; Plimpton reports record growthLatham &amp; Watkins announces further associate salary increases</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 03/28/06</title>
			<description>Mayer, Brown, Rowe &amp; Maw adds six financial services partnersBlond joins Polsinelli Shalton Welte SuelthausSchnader Harrison Segal &amp; Lewis opens new office in DelawareNeedle &amp; Rosenberg opens San Diego office Clifford Chance expands its U.S. presenceSalary wars show no sign of stopping</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 03/21/06</title>
			<description>Many senior associates fail to become partnersPoyner &amp; Spruill promotes two as partnersBingham McCutchen recruits three partnersWillkie Farr recruits Shearman &amp; Sterling's entire investment management groupWoodcock Washburn promotes seven to partnershipPillsbury Winthrop adds six lawyers</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 03/14/06</title>
			<description>Milbank Tweed to shutter officeTop minority-owned law firms mergeFaber joins partners to launch new Denver-based firmFour more firms lift up associates' salariesSheppard Mullin adds two new attorneysGodfrey &amp; Kahn opens office in ChinaVinson &amp; Elkins adds new partnerVinson &amp; Elkins adds new partner</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 03/07/06</title>
			<description>Former San Antonio city attorney joins Austin law firmGordon &amp; Glickson merges with McGuireWoods Sandman steps down as Arnold &amp; Porter Managing PartnerKilpatrick Stockton selects three intellectual property partnersFreshfields appoints Rance as regional managing directorGibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher adds new partnerMcKool Smith promotes three associates to principals</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/28/06</title>
			<description>Salary hikes at three Philadelphia-based firmsReed Smith reports 21% hike in profitsDLA Piper promotes 59 to partnership globallyFoley &amp; Lardner adds five attorneysJackson Walker elects 10 new partnersDLA Piper's global revenue hits $1.5 billionJorden Burt promotes three to partnershipLehr joins Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/21/06</title>
			<description>Brunstetter named one of Triad's &quot;Most Influential People&quot;Merchant &amp; Gould elevates two to partnershipBraje &amp; Nelson adds new partner, changes nameNirenstein, Ruotolo &amp; Gonzalez opens new officesUlmer &amp; Berne adds two new associatesFormer Connell Foley lawyer joins Florio, Perrucci &amp; SteinhardtDewey Ballantine adds new partners</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/14/06</title>
			<description>DLA Piper's Philadelphia office raises associates' salariesHonen &amp; Wood joins Phillips LytleCadwalader appoints seven special counsels Babb named a partner at Bose McKinney and EvansPillsbury law firm chief plans to step downGordon &amp; Glickson/McGuireWoods merger completed</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/07/06</title>
			<description>Jones Day elects two new partnersFortune names Nixon Peabody one of its best places to work Sughrue Mion adds attorneys to open San Diego officeFeldstein joins Sullivan &amp; Cromwell Greenwoods Solicitors enhances its business defense teamMcDonald Hopkins acquires Detroit firm</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/31/06</title>
			<description>L.A. firms augment associate salariesFish &amp; Richardson to open new office in AtlantaChadbourne &amp; Parke elects new partnerCowles &amp; Thompson opens another Texas officeEggleston &amp; Cramer merges with Primmer &amp; PiperDrenner &amp; Golden Stuart Wolff formed in merger</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/24/06</title>
			<description>Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus acquires a firm in ChicagoGardner Carton &amp; Douglas opens office in ManhattanMcGuireWoods promotes 15 to partner levelPaul Hastings adds head of technological transactionsCrowell &amp; Moring, LLP, elects six partnersMurphy and Vitolo to join Thacher Proffitt &amp; Wood, LLPEverest IP opens in Northbrook, IL</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/17/06</title>
			<description>Stewart joins top litigation boutique Zuckerman SpaederHegedus named counsel at Chadbourne &amp; Parke, LLPKenney quits Simpson Thacher &amp; BartlettThacher Proffitt &amp; Wood, LLP, elects new partnerBecker &amp; Poliakoff selects gaming law attorney RomanikSenior Associate Director of SEC to retireSheppard, Mullin, Richter &amp; Hampton, LLP, elects new partner</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/10/06</title>
			<description>LawCrossing Announces Hiring Demand for Attorneys in 2005 Increased Substantially Across the U.S.; Need for Many Legal Staff Practice Areas FloundersGallop Johnson expands intellectual property groupCrowell &amp; Moring adds three litigators to white-collar defense groupLatham &amp; Watkins selects 30 partners</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 01/04/06</title>
			<description>Skadden ranked first for representing 40 largest debtorsTaylor joins Winstead Sechrest as shareholderFord retains boutique firm as regional counselSheehan joins Greenberg TraurigGruber quits as partnerHutchison Mason relocates to new Raleigh officeAkerman Senterfitt appoints SmithClothier joins Fox Rothschild's litigation departmentTybout, Redfearn &amp; Pell moves to Riverfront</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 12/28/05</title>
			<description>Shearman &amp; Sterling promotes 14 to partnerHolland &amp; Knight selects 28 new partnersRose Walker employs new trial lawyersGeri joins Faegre &amp; Benson's labor and employment groupAlbin &amp; Harrison to merge with RoachBurns &amp; Levinson to merge with Perkinsinklaters appoints derivatives lawyer in AsiaStephan Oringher to merge with Miller &amp; HolguinCole Schotz gains office through merger</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 12/20/05</title>
			<description>Patterson Belknap Webb &amp; Tyler appoints new partnersCurchack joins Loeb &amp; LoebChadbourne &amp; Parke elevates two to partnershipFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer selects senior partnersHolland &amp; Knight's New York office designates partnersProskauer Rose re-opens New Orleans officeFlaster/Greenberg expands with Philadelphia office</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 12/13/05</title>
			<description>Gibbons Del Deo merges with Hecker BrownBingham McCutchen agrees to merge with Swidler BerlinJones Walker leases space in JP Morgan Chase TowerNovikoff joins Greenberg TraurigReed Smith elects 27 new partnersBrown joins Fish &amp; Richardson as patent and commercial litigatorSidorsky joins Chadbourne &amp; ParkeSteptoe &amp; Johnson announces four partners and promotes nine attorneysFormer Michigan racing commissioner joins Honigman MillerGallop Johnson expands intellectual property groupCrowell &amp; Moring adds three litigators to white-collar defense groupLatham &amp; Watkins selects 30 partners</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 12/06/05</title>
			<description>Rambaud Martel merges with Orrick Latham &amp; Watkins opens office in MunichGray elected managing director of EvershedsCMS Cameron McKenna merges with Hayhurst RobinsonMendes joins Jenner &amp; Block as executive director and CEOFulbright &amp; Jaworski expands in the Middle EastAmerican Arbitration Association shuts five officesWalkers opens office in Dubai</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Buchanan Ingersoll gets two more attorneys from Saul EwingMerrill to acquire international litigation support specialistJohnson leaves Cravath Swaine for Cleary GottliebTiny firm continues work against giantHolland &amp; Knight cuts work forcePublic interest firm from Schiavo case continues to growIP specialty firms on the rise</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 11/22/05</title>
			<description>Reed Smith opens office in ParisThompson &amp; Knight forms alliance with RCJESalans hires five from Clifford ChanceChesler elected presiding partner of Cravath Swaine &amp; MooreWhite &amp; Case opens office in MunichPorter to become COO of the AmericasJustices debate a key issue of attorney feesArmstrong Teasdale opens office in Las Vegas</description>
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			<description>Hersch joins JPMorgan Chase
Merchant &amp; Gould and Welsh &amp; Katz merge to focus exclusively on IP law
Bryan Cave adds eight attorneys to expand international trade practice
Duane Morris hires director of legal recruitment
Skadden Arps gains partner from Linklaters
Orrick Herrington forms partnership with Williams Lea</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/31/05</title>
			<description>Cardinal Health hires former Day O'Connor clerkSeyfarth Shaw acquires Mandel Kaiser Moskowitz &amp; GreensteinPost &amp; Schell creates practice for local public utilitiesHinshaw &amp; Culbertson affiliates with Lewis &amp; BaconBaker Donelson Caldwell and Berkowitz reopens in New OrleansFrost Brown Todd allies with German firm Wahlert Rechtsanwalte</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/25/05</title>
			<description>Jones Walker forms Katrina recovery teamDuane Morris merges with Hancock Rothert &amp; Bunshofterbert Smith hires from Lefevre Pelletier &amp; AssociesPullman &amp; Comley opens branch in ConnecticutLittler Global names Muldoon as director of global resourcesCrowell &amp; Moring adds four lawyers from Gleiss Lutz</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/19/05</title>
			<description>Perkins Coie adds 12 lawyers to its Chicago officeBullivant Houser Bailey merges with Bartel Eng &amp; SchroderWeil Gotshal &amp; Manges requires pro bono work for all new attorneysFriedman joins Katten Muchin Rosenman as an entertainment and media partnerGoodwin Procter adds five attorneys in intellectual property practiceSmith Moore merges with Holt York McDarris and High</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/11/05</title>
			<description>Morgan Lewis forms a joint venture with TMI AssociatesHogan &amp; Hartson opens Venezuelan officeKasowitz Benson establishes intellectual property practicePolsinelli Shalton expands D.C. officeEdwards &amp; Angell merges with Palmer &amp; DodgeSquire Sanders &amp; Dempsey re-elects Thomas Stanton as chairman</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 10/04/05</title>
			<description>Bracewell &amp; Giuliani adds three partners in New YorkIrell &amp; Manella raises first-year associate salaryO'Melveny &amp; Myers gains four partners in TokyoRudy Giuliani's firm hired for Delta bankruptcyDechert acquires 32 lawyers from Coudert Brothers</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 09/27/05</title>
			<description>Baker &amp; McKenzie adds 70 lawyers from Coudert BrothersLeBoeuf Lamb closes officesGodfrey &amp; Kahn opens an office in ShanghaiPaul Hastings merges with Taiyo Law OfficeWaller Lansden opens an office in Alabama</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 09/20/05</title>
			<description>Katrina law firms seek to relocate to unfamiliar citiesFoley &amp; Lardner adds four to California practiceCole Schotz acquires Sternlieb &amp; DowdDLA applies for Beijing officeOrrick acquires Coudert BrothersÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½ Hong Kong office</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 09/13/05</title>
			<description>Armstrong Teasdale adds former US AttorneyBird adds 14 energy lawyers from Swidler BerlinProskauer Rose names new co-chairsLegal foundation seeks suits against plaintiff firmsBenesch Pacific opens office in China</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 09/05/05</title>
			<description>Greco sworn in as ABA presidentPeckar &amp; Abramson merges with Bastianelli BrownNexsen Pruet opens office in RaleighLinklaters adds two partnersMintz Levin adds 12 employment attorneysHarris Shelton opens Mississippi office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 08/30/05</title>
			<description>Morgan &amp; Finnegan opens Connecticut officeBrown Rudnick goes international with addition of Grant McReaWatson joins Hughes &amp; LuceTownsend and Townsend and Crew offers $2,000 scholarships to law studentsHogan &amp; Hartson opens office in Hong Kong</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Dykema Gossett allies with Franklin Public AffairsUpchurch Watson appoints five, including Circuit JudgeLang Michener merges with Flavell KubrickRobbins appointed General Counsel of MorningstarJudge rules that lawyer was fired incorrectly</description>
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			<description>Womble Carlyle allies with Molden HolleyBradley Arant &amp; White adds to its Washington officeU.S. law firms increasing presence in U.K.Orrick Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe launches practice in Russia.Comey named General Counsel of Lockheed Martin</description>
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			<description>Moye &amp; Giles part waysDavis Polk &amp; Wardwell adds French law partnerPillsbury Winthrop acquires Hogan &amp; HoganSanoff elected co-managing partner of Foley HoagHengeler Mueller opens office in Munich</description>
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			<description>Holland &amp; Knight adds 10 more attorneysKirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart adds former NJ Attorney GeneralGreenberg Traurig adds three attorneysGary Lynch named General Counsel of Morgan StanleyMichael Bednarek named managing partner of Pillsbury's Taipei office</description>
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			<title>BCG News - 07/26/05</title>
			<description>Cooley Godward opens second office on East CoastMyers elected as co-managing partnerProskauer Rose expands its Paris officeErnst &amp; Young loses attorneys to DLA Piper RudnickAlston &amp; Bird adds 13 lawyers from local firmWalter &amp; Haverfield opens Miami office</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Cash Allen dissolvesSchultz leaves his own firm to join Tew CardenasHogan &amp; Hartson closes its Prague officeKramer Levin adds 5 lawyers from Paul HastingsHodgson acquires Bondy and Schloss</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Florida's Greenberg Traurig allies with Brit firmHinshaw expands into BostonChadbourne &amp; Parke opens Asian office Acquisition of Michigan firmNew Jersey firms report increases in revenues</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>DLA Piper Rudnick acquires Ernst &amp; Young's Russian officeFisher &amp; Phillips merges with Jacob &amp; MillsWilmer Cutler expands to the WestLeBoeuf Lamb attorney joins Thompson &amp; KnightTwo new partners join Hunton &amp; WilliamsCozen O'Conner doubles its capital presence</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Gephardt joins DLA Piper RudnickRossman joins McKee NelsonWhite &amp; Case disbands with Saudi firmSchnader Harrison acquires Fieldman HayWinston &amp; Strawn goes to Russia</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 06/21/05</title>
			<description>Katten Muchin opens international officeVenable acquires New York firmGray Robinson expands into Ft. LauderdaleLevine Sullivan boutique opens Pennsylvania officeConley Rose opens Austin officeÃ¢ï¿½Â¦again</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Cisco loses chief counselWolf Block Schorr &amp; Solis Cohen opens new divisionSonnenschein Nath adds two from Bryan CaveHowrey names its chief business officerSutherland Asbill &amp; Brennan names manager</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Chicago firm rankings stay the sameBaker partner appointed to French governmental positionThree join King &amp; Spalding's practicePillsbury Winthrop to close Connecticut officeRuden McClosky offers scholarshipsBrown Rudnick moves</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 06/01/05</title>
			<description>Nelson Mullins adds seven attorneysBuchanan Ingersoll acquires Burns Doane Swecker &amp; MatthisFirm expands in LondonWomble Carlyle continues its growthWeerasinghe nominated as Senior Partner at Shearman</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/24/05</title>
			<description>Simpson Thacher opens DC officeThirteen partners leave Coudert for OrrickGardner Carton gains three attorneys from Michael BestShorter firm names a trend?Troutman Sanders expands by sevenLatham &amp; Watkins adds senior partnerThree attorneys return to McCandish</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/17/05</title>
			<description>Dorsey &amp; Whitney acquires Ritchey FisherThree Preston Gates attorneys leave for Reed SmithBaker Botts improves Asian presencePillsbury Winthrop lures seven from Campbell GeorgeTew Cardenas adds nine attorneys</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/10/05</title>
			<description>Adams and Reese to merge with Stokes BartholomewHeller Ehrman hires two partners from Wilson SonsiniMorgan Stanley adds senior partner from Shearman &amp; SterlingWoodcock Washburn to open Atlanta officeGlasspiegal back with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw PittmanCleary Gottlieb elects new managing partner</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 05/03/05</title>
			<description>Kirkpatrick opens new Northern California officeFox Rothschild acquires Kulunas DawsonPillsbury Winthrop sets four main divisionsChicago firm expands its NYC office spaceMerger date is key in liability suit</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>2005 first-quarter mergers and acquisitionsBingham McCutchen adds four partners from IP boutiquePowell Goldstein and Hunton &amp; Williams argue over clientFried Frank to close L.A. officeFarella Elects Long-Timer to Role of ChairEntry-level associate trends</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 04/19/05</title>
			<description>Kasowitz Benson seeks unpaid fees from clientReed Smith hires another Morgan Lewis attorneyBaker &amp; McKenzie adds several partners and IP groupLatham &amp; Watkins opens new Chinese officeBoston's Proskauer Rose expands its office space</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Piper Rudnick ranked a top M&amp;A firmMcCarter &amp; English increases salaries in Philadelphia OfficeDecember closes out busy year for deal makingCoudert Brothers facing decline?British firms to network at major exhibition</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Latham &amp; Watkins partner to lead DOJ's Criminal DivisionCochran's firm to move ahead after his deathMorgan Lewis hires fourth Enron prosecutorAfrican-American firm opens in AtlantaThelen Reid moves its power seat</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>One of Wilmer Cutler &amp; Pickering's founding partners diesBilzin Sumberg continues its rapid growthBurr &amp; Forman expands to MississippiLeBoeuf Lamb closes Salt Lake City officeReed Smith branches out to GermanySughrue Mion recognized as top patent firm in the country</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Daschle dashes to Alston &amp; BirdMorgan Lewis takes on Drinker Biddle white-collar groupCozen O'Connor sees its Manhattan presence swellDorsey &amp; Whitney's East Coast offices shrinkGreenberg Traurig adds four in Boca RatonFive media and entertainment lawyers head for Gibson Dunn</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Duane Morris attracts partners from Buchanan IngersollFormer Health and Human Services Secretary Thompson gives private sector a tryMore from Heller Ehrman's Venture Law Group move to OrrickCravath breaks tradition, hires lateral partnerBaker &amp; McKenzie grows its Houston IP practiceFormer Senators brought into the fold by King &amp; SpaldingWolf Block opens Boston office, taps Crowe to run it</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Hunton &amp; Williams adds attorneys from Shaw Pittman Former Tyco attorney Belnick founds his own boutiqueMorris Manning Lures Lawyers Away From Holland &amp; KnightWolf Block opens Boston officeStudy shows fewer promotions to partner levelAtlanta's Troutman Sanders acquires New York office International news: Japanese firms merge</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Former Senate Leader Howard Baker re-joins Memphis firmMCI-Verizon Plans to Slash Legal TeamSan Francisco firm Berg &amp; Parker mergesThe report is in: Most active firms in private equity dealsDallas' Thompson &amp; Knight opens two more officesEx-Brobeck partners agree to pay $22 millionLittler Mendelson gains two partners</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 02/23/05</title>
			<description>Goodwin Proctor adds New York partnerKaye Scholer taps five Clifford Chance attorneysEx-partners seek Testa bankruptcyOrrick Herrington adds five new partnersMartineau Johnson continues to growThacher Proffitt adds partner and counsel from Paul WeissSchmidt joins FTC as Deputy DirectorMorgan Lewis adds three to European officeBryan Cave adds new attorneySoCal law firm revenues</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Pillsbury Winthrop and Shaw Pittman to mergeWilson Sonsini CEO cedes role to partnerMcKenna Long announces changesSlotnick merges with Buchanan IngersollWeil Gotshal &amp; Manges enters commercial litigationInternational scene: French mergers</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Womble Carlyle adds to its Atlanta officeKirkland &amp; Ellis adds new partner from Gibson DunnDuane Morris settles malpractice suit with former execLeBoeuf Lamb Greene &amp; MacRae opens Chicago officeGoodwin Procter hires nine from disbanded Testa HurwitzMcKenna Long &amp; Aldridge loses its co-chairman</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Three Wilson Sonsini partners leave for O'MelvenyBrobeck Phleger trustee sues firm's ex-chairmanReed Smith continues to grow, adding profits and personnelVinson &amp; Elkins settles out of court with former associateMorgan, Lewis &amp; Bockius adds Enron prosecutor to San Francisco office</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Cadwalader, Wickersham &amp; Taft moves 800 personnel to new HQPillsbury merging with Shaw Pittman?Goodwin Procter adds 24 partnersDavis Wright Tremaine adds two Pillsbury attorneysMorris &amp; Schneider and Jackson &amp; Hardwick to mergeStanford Law School Dean Kathleen Sullivan joins Quinn Emanuel</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 1/18/2005</title>
			<description>2004 law firm merger &amp; acquisition reportTwo Texas firms mergeFive law firms listed among best U.S. companies to work forSteptoe &amp; Johnson opens N.Y. officeTesta Hurwitz &amp; Thibeault dissolvesSuit against Kaye Scholer to go forwardCoudert Brothers closes foreign officeAkerman Senterfitt attorneys head to Greenberg Traurig</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News - 1/11/2005</title>
			<description>Holland &amp; Knight LLP adds former Senator Nighthorse CampbellPennsylvania Attorney General to join Ballard Spahr Andrews &amp; IngersollLinklaters named top M&amp;A advisorCanada's Miller Thomson merges with Pouliot MercureStevens &amp; Lee merges with Green &amp; OstrowLoeb &amp; Loeb adds a Trusts and Estates Practice</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Hutchings, Baird &amp; Jones lands Speaker of the Utah HouseSouth Carolina attorneys burdened by indigent defensesWashington firm loses lawyer to Somnia, Inc.Massachusetts judges push for raisesLaw firm H.R. issuesLaw firm Innovation Awards</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  12/28/04</title>
			<description>Former U.S. Attorney and IRS Special Agent both join Beveridge &amp; DiamondBryan Cave to remain in St. LouisYear-end bonus trendsCanadian firm McPhadden Samac Merner Barry sues PfizerMesserli &amp; Kramer of St. Paul / Minneapolis suedMore opportunities for female attorneys in governmentCFO accused of stealing from Hoffman, Siegel, Seydel, Bienvenu &amp; Centola</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  12/20/04</title>
			<description>New Jersey firm expandsLaw firms show slight growthU.S. firm to close one Asian officeMerger to create revenue giant</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>GrayRobinson continues its Florida expansionIn-house survey results are inNew Jersey firm snags three new partnersDykema Gossett appoints new Board memberClifford Chance adds two to Paris office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  10/24/04</title>
			<description>Piper Rudnick involved in major mergerCharles Jacobs to lead Nixon Peabody's Private Equity TeamCoudert Brothers packing up its Palo Alto officeJones Day bolsters its Paris practiceMichael Salsbury joins Chadbourne &amp; Parke as partner</description>
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			<description>Italian Boutique Absorbed by White &amp; CaseJones Day Extends Its Reach to MoscowVinson &amp; Elkins Wheels and Deals in the Far EastMillbank Tweed Hadley &amp; McCloy Prepares for Expansion in TokyoNew York to Increase Score Necessary to Pass Bar Exam</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  9/27/04</title>
			<description>U.S. and U.K. Firms MergeSheppard Mullin Expands to New YorkLatham &amp; Watkins Adds Seven to Paris OfficeKirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart's Dallas Office GrowsFried Frank Gathers Several from Ashurst</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  8/23/04</title>
			<description>DLA adds second German office this monthKMZ Rosenman expands IP practice in ChicagoAnother Clifford Chance attorney heads to OrrickPillsbury Winthrop adds group of four in Los AngelesAkin Gump's appellate practice grows in Texas, CaliforniaGreenberg Traurig continues national expansion in Los Angeles......and in PhoenixOhio firm adds white collar criminal defense practiceA salary war in Philadelphia?</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  8/16/04</title>
			<description>Baker Donelson merges with New Orleans firm, opens new officeProskauer Rose looks to advise law firms with new practiceReed Smith announces novel program with top business schoolNew hire gives Weil Gotshal new practice in DCBingham makes major hire in BostonEpstein Becker &amp; Green expands national ADA practice Jones Day, Fulbright &amp; Jaworski to be neighbors in LAAkin Gump draws two to Houston litigation practiceMcDermott Will &amp; Emery establish tax practice in Miami</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  8/9/04</title>
			<description>Paul Weiss closes up shop in ParisLabor law firms re-unite in mergerNew hire gives Greenberg Traurig new Silicon Valley practiceKirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart continues DC growthPerkins Coie's Managing Partner in S.F. defects to OrrickBoston firm adds two litigators from the public sectorFlorida State President joins Hunton &amp; WilliamsPittsburgh firm expands FL office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  8/02/04</title>
			<description>DLA further expands in Western EuropeMayer Brown hires DC white collar crime teamWhite &amp; Case expands Frankfurt operationsCarlton Fields opens in AtlantaCozen O'Connor merges practicesDallas firm expands to Houston with mergerRaleigh firm adds patent law capabilitiesAsian firm merges with Australian firmHolland &amp; Knight seeks to take over the West CoastFirms increase office space as a means to expandFoley &amp; Lardner</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  7/26/04</title>
			<description>Nixon Peabody adds bicoastal beverage alcohol practiceDLA to open in CologneInsurance defense firm acquires six-attorney teamFried Frank eyes its next move in EuropeLewis &amp; Munday hires two former in-house attorneysMoFo hires partner for growing San Diego officeBaker &amp; McKenzie adds partners on the East CoastOrrick expands in New York</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  7/19/04</title>
			<description>Weil Gotshal opens first China officeKirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart in merger discussions with UK firmReed Smith to close two smaller officesGoodwin Procter to merge with DC firmHughes &amp; Luce opens in Fort WorthHunton &amp; Williams hires away Piper Rudnick teamOrrick takes on more of Clifford Chance's California contingentWinston &amp; Strawn strengthens litigation practice, San Francisco officeGreenberg Traurig hired new labor head in Boston</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  7/12/04</title>
			<description>Heller Ehrman boosts Hong Kong office with 10-attorney groupBaker &amp; McKenzie grows Mexican tax practice exponentiallyFried Frank in FrankfurtMorgan Lewis expands practices in Chicago and San FranciscoLinklaters adds prominent partners in JapanAdorno &amp; Yoss goes nationalHolland &amp; Knight employment partners head to Davis WrightSouth Carolina firms join forcesGrowth continues for Dewey Ballantine in Frankfurt</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  7/5/04</title>
			<description>Coudert in merger talks with Squire SandersFoley &amp; Lardner opens in New York through boutique acquisitionSonnenschein expands venture capital/private equity practiceClient conflicts end Orrick-Swidler Berlin talksHeller Ehrman gears up for New York expansionDechert continues to grow Charlotte officeDuane Morris strengthens San Diego office with lateralsUK firm withdraws from New York, SingaporeAdorno &amp; Yoss adds office in TallahasseeAkin Gump adds IP team in Dallas</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  6/28/04</title>
			<description>Clifford Chance's San Diego office in jeopardyPiper Rudnick expands overseasMorgan Lewis grabs seven attorneys from Wilmer CutlerAkin Gump continues to expand energy practicePerkins Coie gets set for mergerCozen O'Connor launches Houston officeWildman Harrold on the lookout for a merger partnerKing &amp; Spalding poaches from Fish &amp; NeaveNew York, Orange County immigration firms mergeEY Law looks to overhaul Paris operationsPaul Hastings adds prominent corporate attorney in Asia</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  6/21/04</title>
			<description>Clifford Chance pulling out of two California citiesOrrick takes large partner haul from closing CC officesGardner Carton &amp; Douglas adds three partners, one associate in ChicagoAlston &amp; Bird gains two from SalansDuane Morris continues to expand in New YorkSix-attorney group switches firms in FloridaMcDermott hires four tax attorneys in GermanyKirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart hires prominent bankruptcy attorneyWeil Gotshal grabs Akin Gump department chairBaker &amp; McKenzie team joins Lovells in Amsterdam</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  6/14/04</title>
			<description>Jenner &amp; Block grows IP practice with boutique acquisitionMorgan Lewis loses securitization team to DechertNew office in New Haven for Day Berry &amp; HowardLerach Coughlin merges with boutiqueBaker Botts adds two litigation partners in NYPartners leave White &amp; Case in ItalyClifford Chance eases major D.C. defection with government hirePepper Hamilton creates pro bono director positionMcDermott adds a major piece of the puzzle in D.C.Boston firm adds two in New York</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  6/7/04</title>
			<description>Fulbright &amp; Jaworski grows corporate group in DallasSaul Ewing gains L&amp;E group, adds a new practice co-chairPractice head at Orrick leaves for MoFoSkadden grabs three high profile IP attorneys from CooleyGreenberg Traurig expands Fort Lauderdale officeMerger talks between DLA and Piper slow downWilmer Cutler and Hale and Dorr complete mergerFour attorney group joins Jenkens &amp; Gilchrist in NJOne in, one out for Morgan Lewis</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  5/31/04</title>
			<description>Gibson Dunn adds public law capabilities in ParisBingham McCutchen continues to expand broker-dealer practiceMcDermott gains group from latest Clifford Chance defectionsBoston firm adds on in New York, D.C. Kirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart announces a number of hires in San FranciscoFast-growing Texas firm adds Houston office McDermott Will &amp; Emery gains international trade attorneys in D.C. Top American firm to cut out firm-wide managing partner roleBirmingham firm to open in Charlotte</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  5/24/04</title>
			<description>O'Melveny &amp; Myers opens shop in BrusselsGardner Carton &amp; Douglas benefits from major Akin Gump health care lossesThree Gray Cary lawyers defect to MoFoDuane Morris expands in Princeton, Newark and ChicagoConstruction practice continues to grow at Kilpatrick StocktonSheppard Mullin hires two U.S. attorneys in D.C. Locke Liddell adds practice, lateral partnersThree partners leave Clifford Chance in San FranciscoAtlanta firm forms a medical device practiceKing &amp; Spalding boosts IP practice in New York with hiresThree lateral hires added to Paul Hastings' real estate group in LA</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -   5/17/04</title>
			<description>Milbank to open Munich office in JuneGardner Carton &amp; Douglas expands practices through several lateral hiresTwo KMZRosenman partners head to Winston &amp; StrawnLord, Bissell &amp; Brook partners defect to create boutiqueWildman Harrold hires new London branch headWinstead Sechrest hires three for its office in The WoodlandsMasons to open Dubai officeLovells opts for organic expansion in U.S.Former Mexican Ambassador joins Duane Morris</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  5/10/04</title>
			<description>Orrick in merger discussions with Swidler BerlinPillsbury Winthrop life sciences team defects to Mayer BrownSJ Berwin close to finalizing merger with German firmDewey Ballantine gains tax group in FrankfurtGreenberg Traurig expands in DallasTwo large IP boutiques talk mergerFulbright &amp; Jaworski adds six in DallasQuinn Emanuel quickly find replacements for partner defections</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  5/3/04</title>
			<description>Wilson Sonsini hires five partners to open San Diego branchSquire Sanders adds fourth office in AsiaMilberg Weiss completes firm splitAdorno &amp; Yoss expands out of Florida to open its sixth officeHouston IP boutique opens office in Austin with Thompson &amp; Knight hiresTwo Virginia firms complete mergerSaul Ewing gains three from Duane Morris in HarrisburgMinneapolis firm adds offices in Michigan, Washington, DCHogan &amp; Hartson adds two from Quinn EmanuelAltheimer &amp; Gray's former chairman starts boutique firm</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  4/26/04</title>
			<description>Hale and Dorr and Wilmer Cutler come to terms in &quot;merger of equals&quot;Haynes and Boone opens New York officeAkin Gump continues to stress energy practice growth with hiring of new practice headWhite &amp; Case gets the government go-ahead on Beijing officeSalans gains approval to open Shanghai office after six month waitFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer could announce layoffs after office closingLewis Brisbois makes its way into the SouthwestNew Orleans firm actively seeking mergerLatham &amp; Watkins grabs practice head from Skadden</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  4/19/04</title>
			<description>Hale and Dorr, Wilmer Cutler &amp; Pickering close in on merger agreementBoston firm opens new office in DelawareEmployment law team heads for Baker &amp; McKenzieJones Day files forms to open office in MoscowWithers Bergman adds four to continue strong growth in U.S. Schiff Hardin gains two partners from Dewey BallantineFoley &amp; Lardner taps new head of trademark groupThompson &amp; Knight adds three attorney group in Houston</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  4/12/04</title>
			<description>Cozen O'Connor expands in Washington with boutique acquisitionShaw Pittman branches out to the Silicon Valley and TaipeiHolland &amp; Knight opens Beijing outpostLeBoeuf Lamb gains 12 after energy boutique dissolvesUK firm cuts four Asian offices looseClifford Chance loses another partner in New YorkVirginia firms merge to create fifth largest firm in stateBuchanan Ingersoll looking to hire in Philadelphia after real estate partners defect</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  4/05/04</title>
			<description>Morgan Lewis set to open Paris branch with a 15-attorney French practicePatterson Belknap acquires 11-attorney practice in New YorkBaker Donelson moves into IraqAkin Gump grabs three attorney energy team from Vinson &amp; Elkins in EuropeNorton Rose launches satellite in RomeBaker Donelson acquires a satellite office to expand in NashvilleKansas City-based firm merges with St. Louis-based firmNew Jersey merger decision causes 32 attorneys to defect, start anewLarge Las Vegas firm hit with defections</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  3/29/04</title>
			<description>Heller Ehrman opens its first office in ChinaPiper Rudnick continues to expand LA real estate practiceKirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart hires two partners, two associates for IP practiceClifford Chance partners vote in favor of new expulsion procedureChadbourne &amp; Parke reorganizes private equity practiceHogan &amp; Hartson adds a new practice in London with Jones Day hireGreenberg Traurig bolsters DC intellectual property practiceWinston-Salem firm adds an office in Charlotte</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  3/22/04</title>
			<description>Clifford Chance both loses and gains a partner in New YorkFour Hogan &amp; Hartson attorneys defect to Pillsbury WinthropTwo New Jersey-based firms to merge in MayPiper Rudnick's San Francisco office continues to growBaker Donelson adds four attorneys to month-old New Orleans officeFried Frank hires former Ashurst managing partnerDechert's loss in London ends insurance practiceCanadian firm expands into US with Chicago, NY officesBaker &amp; Daniels opens second office in ChinaMcDermott, Will &amp; Emery gain four health care partners in Chicago</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -   3/15/04</title>
			<description>Skadden loses three partners to Latham in New YorkDuane Morris bolsters Miami, Detroit officesFour new attorneys boost Mintz Levin's IP practiceDykema Gossett acquires small DC firm for its Corporate Finance Practice GroupClifford Chance to vote on simplifying the partner-elimination processAustin firm lays off five partners, four associatesThelen Reid &amp; Priest gains two Dewey Ballantine partnersHinshaw &amp; Culbertson hires two Edwards &amp; Angell partners in NYCLeboeuf Lamb IP partners defect to Mayer, Brown</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  3/8/04</title>
			<description>Greenberg Traurig officially announces the opening of Orange County, Silicon Valley officesSonnenschein Nath &amp; Rosenthal LLP acquires three-attorney public law groupOppenheimer's European offices begin to break offAlston &amp; Bird supplements New York IP practice with Coudert Brothers hiresLatham &amp; Watkins adds nine attorneys to Paris teamJohnnie Cochran's law firm gains a Las Vegas outpost through mergerArent Fox Kintner Plotkin &amp; Kahn changes name, focusAtlanta-based labor and employment law firm hires three partners, adds Asheville officeWestern New York firm choosing to branch out</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -   3/1/04</title>
			<description>Foley &amp; Lardner opens Silicon Valley satelliteTwo Mayer Brown partners defect to LathamMcGuireWoods adds a Detroit officePreston Gates &amp; Ellis bulks up its Orange County officeHarris Beach merges with Western New York firmBracewell &amp; Patterson to lose majority of Houston IP practiceFour Kaye Scholer attorneys break off to form a new firm</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  2/23/04</title>
			<description>Greenberg Traurig prepares to enter Silicon Valley with new partnersDykema Gossett merges with Chicago firmFlorida's largest firm opens first out-of-state satellite through mergerTennessee firm establishes a satellite in New OrleansMasons Thelen Reid creates a formal alliance with an Iraqi firmPennsylvania firm expands to PrincetonLittler Mendelson adds three partners in MinneapolisWest Virginia's largest firm set to open 11th office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  2/16/04</title>
			<description>Proskauer Rose opens an office in Boston with three IP attorneysClifford Chance loses another practice head in New YorkBaker Botts adds five environmental attorneys in DCOrrick strengthens Italian practice with mergerSouth Carolina firm expands into Washington DCArnold &amp; Porter doubles the size of Brussels officeSan Francisco firm merges with East Bay boutiqueEY Law real estate attorneys head to Baker &amp; McKenzie</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  2/9/04</title>
			<description>Piper Rudnick and DLA discuss potential mega-mergerGreenberg Traurig makes several moves to strengthen its government affairs practiceClifford Chance loses another US partnerMcKee Nelson gains two securitization partners from Weil Gotshal Fowler White Boggs Banker opens its ninth office in JacksonvilleAkin Gump expands new San Francisco office with two partner hiresJones Day hires away transactional partner from Texas firm</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  2/2/04</title>
			<description>Fish &amp; Richardson lures San Diego biotech practice group away from Heller, EhrmanMorgan Lewis's securities brokerage team in Miami defectsLabor &amp; employment firm Fisher &amp; Phillips merges with South Carolina firmPiper Rudnick hires seven real estate attorneys away from Pillsbury WinthropNew York labor &amp; employment firm closes doors after 75 years Dewey Ballantine opts to not promote any associates to partnerKLegal will disband formal network of firmsAllen &amp; Overy adds 18 in ItalyWeil, Gotshal further expands DC antitrust practice</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  1/26/04</title>
			<description>Piper Rudnick Adds Nine Real Estate Attorneys in New YorkSkadden hires away West Coast head of Howrey Simon Arnold &amp; WhiteGray Cary acquires white collar criminal defense boutique in DCWhite &amp; Case bolsters its German practice with three new hiresCoudert Brothers Reconsiders Partnership StructureArent Fox adds three attorneys in DC</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  1/19/04</title>
			<description>Reed Smith acquires 21-attorney advertising law boutique for New York, Los Angeles officesBryan Cave plans to increase its presence in ChicagoO'Melveny &amp; Myers announces expansion of London corporate practiceWeil, Gotshal's international practice loses partners to King &amp; Spalding in the UK, Salans in Central &amp; Eastern EuropeNew York firm Pryor Cashman Sherman &amp; Flynn adds 11 Attorneys, Albany officeVinson &amp; Elkins' 38 associates layoffs a sign of lagging oil &amp; gas workClifford Chance says partner departures come in response to ultimatumSkadden to close New Jersey office in JuneManatt's former international trade practice heads to Greenberg Traurig, telecom goes out on its ownIP firm Burns, Doane, Swecker &amp; Mathis adds fourth office in San Diego</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  1/12/04</title>
			<description>Clifford Chance's IP, litigation &amp; dispute resolution practices take hitsWeil, Gotshal announces the opening of a second German officeGardner Carton &amp; Douglas adds eight litigation attorneys from Piper RudnickCoudert Brothers' Munich office loses six to DechertDechert announces Real Estate Finance and Securitization hire, new Charlotte officeLittler Mendelson expands into Boston with seven lateral hiresTwo partner hires enhance Neal, Gerber &amp; Eisenberg's Health Law GroupFrench employment firm joins Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Kentucky firm finalizes fourth merger in as many years</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  1/05/04</title>
			<description>Chadbourne &amp; Parke acquires last remnants of European Altheimer practiceReed Smith bulks up its DC office with addition of IP boutiqueProposed merger between Foley &amp; Lardner and Edwards &amp; Angell falls throughHong Kong office of Bryan Cave may face downsizing McGlinchey Stafford expands into Albany, NYPittsburgh firm expands into Philadelphia and New Jersey, and has plans for OhioAkerman Senterfitt hires former Housing Secretary and Senate-hopefulDallas firm adds seventh office in fast-growing Collin County</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  12/29/03</title>
			<description>Piper, Rudnick expands into the San Francisco market with mergerOhio firm set to open an Akron officeFormer Bush administration official joins Alston &amp; BirdJones Day officially announces its Pennie &amp; Edmonds additionsHead of SEC's New York office to return as a partner to WachtellSyracuse, NY firm acquires Albany civil litigation firmCozen O'Connor expands New York office with five new attorneys</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  12/22/03</title>
			<description>Pennie &amp; Edmonds partners scatter to new firmsManatt, Phelps acquires NY entertainment boutiqueDallas firm announces layoffs amid rapid growthWilson Sonsini grabs Heller Ehrman partner for Asia practiceBaker &amp; McKenzie strengthens Spanish IP practice with partner hireClifford Chance PÃ¼nder to drop its last name, rebrand</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  12/15/03</title>
			<description>Jones Day to take on most, but not all, of dissolving firm Pennie &amp; Edmonds' staffMilberg, Weiss split taking longer than expectedNew Paris presence for Paul HastingsFried Frank, Sullivan &amp; Cromwell, and Cravath stabilize bonusesDC office of Paul Hastings growsOgletree, Deakins continues with expansion plansPast, future expansion means larger offices for Mayer, Brown in Silicon Valley</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  12/08/03</title>
			<description>Morgan, Lewis &amp; Bockius steps in and acquires several Pennie &amp; Edmonds partners before the Jones Day merger becomes officialAshurst Morris Crisp re-branding itself with a one name titleMorgan Lewis to close its McLean officeClifford Chance's IP department takes another hitLarge labor &amp; employment firm opens its first Metro New York officeBaker &amp; McKenzie wins award for pro bono work</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  12/01/03</title>
			<description>Three Clifford Chance partners head to Kaye ScholerWhite &amp; Case gives up on finding a NYC merger partnerTwo Carolina firms set to mergeMemphis firms in the final stages of a merger negotiationSkadden Arps announces 2004 associate bonusesCMS considering merging 1,300 lawyers into one partnership</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  11/24/03</title>
			<description>Lovells sets up committee to explore the possibilities for a US mergerGreenberg Traurig opens Dallas officeCleary Gottlieb opens an office in Cologne with two new partnersNew Philadelphia firm emerges from Dechert LLP's immigration practiceBritish firm Norton Rose hires eleven attorneys away from French firmArnold and Porter adds Commercial Litigation Group to Northern Virginia OfficePennie &amp; Edmonds may be reconsidering Jones Day merger</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  11/17/03</title>
			<description>Mayer Brown to make partner compensation uniform across theSarbanes-Oxley Act compliance forces EY Law's Stuttgart office to break upSan Francisco-based Gordon &amp; Rees opens an office in HoustonPatterson Belknap forms an appellate practice groupKirkland &amp; Ellis adds a tax practice to their London branchBaker &amp; McKenzie adds a tax partner in Brussels</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  11/10/03</title>
			<description>Fried Frank overhauls its corporate practiceMannatt, Phelps adds a new practice areas with recent hiresKansas City firms Lathrop &amp; Gage and Craft Fridkin to mergeSullivan &amp; Cromwell establishes a private equity groupJones Day decides to lose its British surname in the UKAllen &amp; Overy plans to convert to an LLP</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  11/03/03</title>
			<description>Akin Gump - Shaw Pittman Merger Talks EndHeller Ehrman Opens New Office in BeijingMayer Brown Enhances European Real Estate Law PracticeMuller Mintz Key Partner Quits Before Merger with Akerman SenterfittNew Faces at Frankfurt Office of White &amp; Case New Corporate Finance Lawyer for Shanghai Office of Dorsey &amp; Whitney</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  10/27/03</title>
			<description>Baker &amp; McKenzie announces new additions to their Paris officeLondon office of Paul Hastings expandsHunton &amp; Williams Atlanta office growsCorporate practice expansion for Hogan &amp; HartsonBoutique Litigation firm joined Proskauer RoseBaker &amp; McKenzie's continues to expand new health law practice in North AmericaWhite &amp; Case Adds New Real Estate Practice to London Office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2003 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  10/20/03</title>
			<description>Global head of Clifford Chance's anti-trust division heads to Weil GotshalVinson &amp; Elkins recently opened their fifth international office in DubaiChicago law firm Neal, Gerber &amp; Eisenberg adds a bankruptcy practiceKirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart adds two new practice areas to its Miami office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  10/13/03</title>
			<description>Former Brobeck partners blame Clifford Chance for their firm's demiseShaw Pittman shuts down their corporate practice in LondonCoudert Brothers LLP loses a branch, gains a possible merger partnerSkadden, Arps Closes its Reston, VA Office Connecticut firm Wiggin &amp; Dana merges with small New York firm</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  10/11/03</title>
			<description>Duane Morris opens Detroit office to cater to clients in the automotive industry</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  10/06/03</title>
			<description>Foley &amp; Lardner considers getting in on the merger crazeMorgan, Lewis &amp; Bockius opens up shop in Chicago and BostonCalifornia-based Nossaman Guthner Knox &amp; Elliot opens its first East Coast office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  9/29/03</title>
			<description>Akin Gump and Shaw Pittman ponder a mergerLondon firm SJ Berwin seeks a US partner for mergerPaul Hastings is seeking a merger with French partnerDewey Ballantine LLP announces the opening of an Italian practiceDuane Morris expands its Pittsburgh office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  9/22/03</title>
			<description>CMS Cameron McKenna closes DC office, lawyers head to Bracewell &amp; PattersonLast partner to join Shaw Pittman through Klein &amp; Martin merger leavesAltheimer &amp; Gray's international attorneys find new homesDykema Gossett establishes a presence in Southern CaliforniaLathams attorney joins Linklaters' efforts to grow in New York</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  9/15/03</title>
			<description>Seyfarth Shaw LLP announces merger with D'Ancona &amp; Pflaum</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  9/8/03</title>
			<description>McDermott merges with two offices of largest Italian firmPaul Hastings Janofsky &amp; Walker adds a fourth Asian office</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Orrick can not come to terms with Venture Law Group, who chooses to merge with Heller, EhrmanMorrison Foerster opens a new Shanghai officeNewest Boston firm is trying something different.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BCG News -  8/25/03</title>
			<description>Hogan &amp; Hartson Attorneys in Brussels head for Sidley Austin Brown &amp; WoodPatton Boggs is Expanding to the Middle East</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>WolfBlock to Merge with Brach Eichler</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Next Stop: DubaiHolland &amp; Knight Plans Seattle Expansion</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Duane Morris in PittsburghWashington, DC Office of Manatt Phelps &amp; Phillips Cuts BackDespite the Economy, Law Firm Profits Rise</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Attorneys with Altheimer Find New HomesCooley Godward and Orrick, Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe Think Twice About MergerLinklaters Litigating in New York</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>More Arter &amp; Hadden FalloutFulbright &amp; Jaworski ExpandsLeaving Altheimer</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>Mergers on the DeclineArter &amp; Hadden Out, Tucker Ellis &amp; West InDownsizing and Expansion</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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