{"id":4688,"date":"2004-01-29T18:40:59","date_gmt":"2004-01-29T22:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/01\/29\/law-firm-news-is-making-me-qu"},"modified":"2011-08-05T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T19:00:28","slug":"law-firm-news-is-making-me-queasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/29\/law-firm-news-is-making-me-queasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Firm News is Making Me Queasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a635'><\/a><\/p>\n<p><DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"right\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;vampire&#8221;&nbsp; <STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">agita?<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"right\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Is it just me, or does the following combination of headlines from today&#8217;s <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nysba.org\/Template.cfm?Section=News_Watch1\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">NYSBA News Watch<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> (which were listed in this exact order) cause anyone else uneasiness, distress, and good old agita?<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><STRONG>01\/29\/2004<\/STRONG><\/SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nylawyer.com\/news\/04\/01\/012904k.html\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Top Firms Report Soaring Revenues, Profits<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nylawyer.com\/news\/04\/01\/012904n.html\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Dewey Ballantine Will Promote Zero Associates to Partner<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nylawyer.com\/news\/04\/01\/012904d.html\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">NY Firm Shuts Doors, Refugees Launch Satellite Offices<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nylawyer.com\/news\/04\/01\/012904l.html\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Milbank Tweed Weighs Outsourcing to India, Possible Staff Cuts<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nylawyer.com\/news\/04\/01\/012904m.html\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Faegre &amp; Benson Axes Associates at London Satellite<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nylawyer.com\/news\/04\/01\/012904j.html\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Orrick Herrington Announces Smaller Partner Class<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nylawyer.com\/news\/04\/01\/012904i.html\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Heller Ehrman Practice Group Defects<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/LI><\/UL><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Do you still regret passing up BIGLAW, <A href=\"http:\/\/civpro.blogs.com\/civil_procedure\/\">Sherry<\/A>?<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;vampire&#8221;&nbsp; agita? 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