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April 10, 2008
London's Magic Circle law firms: Who are those guys?
Lots of people talk about London's Magic Circle--but who are they really? The commonly accepted firms are Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May. According to Richard Lloyd's article for The American Lawyer Magazine, "The Global 100: Magic Circle Firms Have the Magic Touch", featured at Law.com, these law firms dominate high-end corporate work in the UK and Europe, are the most profitable and expansive firms, and are surpassing their American rivals. Listen to J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi discuss the Magic Circle with Lloyd on their Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast at Legal Talk Network.
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Rule 30, tool-sharpening and Tennessee.
While we're on the subject, and as WAC? spends the next few days discovering great legal minds in the state of Tennessee, hear three podcasts on advanced deposition techniques by Evan Schaeffer at his enduring Illinois Trial Practice blog.
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IMF: Global growth threatened by biggest shock "since the Great Depression".
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is headed for a recession, dragging world economic growth down along with it, the International Monetary Fund concluded in a sobering new forecast Wednesday that underscored the damage inflicted from the housing and credit debacles. [more]
The Fund is always a living tribute to the human spirit.
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