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IP's hot, tax is not, in mid-'90s practice; trends in specialization at large firms

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The National Law Journal's annual survey of the nation's 250 largest law firms shows the specialty of intellectual property to have increased greatly in popularity and the total number of attorneys to have gone up 187% since the survey started in 1980. Real estate and tax law have become less and less popular while litigation has remained stable, despite talk of tort reform. This stability may be because cases take so long to resolve that it may take a while for the number of trial specialists to go down. Environmental law is also becoming less popular as a specialty after being very popular during the 1980s.

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GE shines as in-house innovator; NLJ survey: the top six corporate law departments

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The country's most-admired corporate legal departments all pursue innovative management techniques that have helped to change the entire profession. General Electric ranked first in a National Law Journal survey, followed by Motorola, GM, DuPont, and Coca-Cola and Ford in a tie for fifth place. GE has sought top talent throughout the department rather than focusing exclusively on the general counsel, while General Motors pioneered task-oriented billing, Ford brought discovery work in-house and DuPont slashed from 350 to 45 the number of outside firms it retains.

Management, Surveys, Corporate counsel, General Electric Co., GE, The National Law Journal (Newspaper)

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Administrative law tops earnings list; dealmakers and litigators don't make as much, survey of smaller firms shows

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The Altman Weil Pensa 1995 survey of law firm economics shows administrative lawyers earning the most at small to mid-size firms, at an average of $232,714 in 1994. The survey's 16,204 respondents work at 618 law firms, 506 of them with 40 or fewer lawyers. Probate lawyers earn the least at $166,589, on average. The average attorney responding billed 1,722 hours at $181 per hour, earning $194,186. Administrative lawyers may have done well because of telecommunications deregulation and confusion about regulatory approval.

Finance, Practice, Law firms, Administrative law

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