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Leadership in the Law: Five Ways to Improve Lateral Recruitment
February 27, 2014
Here are five ideas that law firm leaders can embrace to improve their own success rate at finding and integrating laterals into their firms.
'Glass Ceilings' and Women in Leadership Roles
February 27, 2014
This wide-ranging discussion, originally presented at a seminar, introduced statistics suggesting that women still are not reaching the highest level of leadership in law firms and Fortune 500, as compared with their male counterparts.
$1,000 Per Hour Isn't Rare Anymore
February 26, 2014
Nearly 20% of the firms included in <I>The National Law Journal's</I> annual survey of large law firm billing rates last year had at least one partner charging more than $1,000 an hour.
In the News
February 26, 2014
A review of a recent story of interest.
'Parachuting In' to Lead Firms May Be Next Lateral Trend
February 26, 2014
One of the last bastions of law firms operating as a profession ' the near certainty that a lifelong partner of the firm would be the one at its helm ' appears to be changing ...
At the Intersection: Managing Partners and 'Gamification'
February 26, 2014
Is "gamification" a passing fad or a performance enhancement technique destined to be an integral part of the legal profession's "New Normal?"
The Dimensions of 'Goodwill' in a Law Practice Sale
February 26, 2014
One of the thorniest issues in selling a law practice involves the issue of goodwill and how to value it. HEre's what you need to know.
Connecting Self-Awareness to Profits
January 31, 2014
A look at the DISC style assessment tool and what it means for your bottom line.
Swimming in the Wake of Windsor
January 30, 2014
All the benefits from the same-sex marriage ruling that can and will affect family law.
Sales Speak: Top-Down Business Development Influence
January 29, 2014
Obstacles to developing a great business development culture come in all different shapes and sizes, and managing partners need to identify and deal with those challenges.

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    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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    At the Oscars in March, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand made “inclusion rider” go viral. But Kalpana Kotagal, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers &amp; Toll had already worked for months to write the language for such provisions. Kotagal was developing legal language for contract provisions that Hollywood's elite could use to require studios and other partners to employ diverse workers on set.
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