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- Skadden stalling tactics scare Microsoft off Yahoo
- CC snaps up Norton Rose Singapore partner
- Clydes circles HSBC offshoot in insurance class action
- Commentary: A real American law firm lands in the Square Mile
- Career Clinic: Sports law with my firm or in-house at a club?
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Post of the day
"The market is going backward in the UK and firms are freezing recruitment. Australia hasn't seen the worst of it yet and the market is still bouncy. You have the money to travel and you're in the age group where you can still get a WHV... why are you still here?" - Career Clinic: I'm having a mid-life crisis at 30!
Through the looking glass
Alex Novarese on the contradictory, sometimes resentful relationship between partners and assistants, as the 2008 pay round looms. Will it be a non-event as firms wrestle with the downturn? - Editor's Comment
Ups and downs
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