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		<title>Foreign Law Firms Invited to Apply for New QFLP Licenses in Singapore</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/30/foreign-law-firms-invited-to-apply-for-new-qflp-licenses-in-singapore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 16:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Purzycki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singapore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Asia Legal Business reported that Singapore’s Ministry of Law has announced that it is inviting foreign law firms to apply for a new set of Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licenses.  QFLP licenses allow foreign firms to practice permitted &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/30/foreign-law-firms-invited-to-apply-for-new-qflp-licenses-in-singapore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=878&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers without Borders (or offices, anyway)</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/25/lawyers-without-borders-or-offices-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/25/lawyers-without-borders-or-offices-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Market Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clifford Chance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open-plan offices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Clifford Chance announced plans to re-configure its London headquarters by consolidating members of the corporate team onto one floor.  The firm is also experimenting with open-plan offices, an unusual layout for a law firm.  The Lawyer reports: &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/25/lawyers-without-borders-or-offices-anyway/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=873&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UK Legal Services Market Takes Another Step Into the Future</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/25/uk-legal-services-market-takes-another-step-into-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elsewhere on the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accutrainee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Co-Operative Legal Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Services Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Co-Operative Group Ltd., a UK-based consumer cooperative, has announced plans to become a leading provider of legal services in England and Wales.  The Group intends to vastly expand its Co-Operative Legal Services (CLS) subsidiary from its current staff of &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/25/uk-legal-services-market-takes-another-step-into-the-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=869&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging/Tweeting:  Promoting Your Work “Pays” Off</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/24/bloggingtweeting-promoting-your-work-pays-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Purzycki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law firm marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve written numerous times about the use of social media in law firms both from a content standpoint as well as noting that for most lawyers and law firms, having a web presence is essential these days.  While we know &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/24/bloggingtweeting-promoting-your-work-pays-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=865&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LegalZoom Files for IPO</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/18/legalzoom-files-for-ipo/</link>
		<comments>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/18/legalzoom-files-for-ipo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Purzycki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elsewhere on the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deregulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IPOs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While much of Wall Street has been focused on Facebook’s initial public offering – the social network raised $16 billion on Thursday in an IPO that valued the company at $104 billion – another new offering caught our attention as well.  Online &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/18/legalzoom-files-for-ipo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=855&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Expert Witness Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/17/the-expert-witness-conundrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Practice of Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expert witnesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motorola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Posner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does the Dalvik program that runs on Google’s Android phones use the same technology as that described in Oracle’s Java patents?  I don’t know – ask an expert. Therein lies the problem courts are facing when they preside over cases &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/17/the-expert-witness-conundrum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=851&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Cool Down Seen in Hot Pennsylvania Energy Market</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/16/no-cool-down-seen-in-hot-pennsylvania-energy-market/</link>
		<comments>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/16/no-cool-down-seen-in-hot-pennsylvania-energy-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Purzycki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[branch offices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law firm strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last October we reported on the growth of law firms in western Pennsylvania drawn to the area as the result of energy work in the Marcellus Shale.  A number of firms, including Fulbright &#38; Jaworski and Texas energy boutique Burleson, &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/16/no-cool-down-seen-in-hot-pennsylvania-energy-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=845&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advocating for Innovation in the Business of Law</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/11/advocating-for-innovation-in-the-business-of-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dewey & LeBoeuf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. Stephen Poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seyfarth Shaw]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recent accelerated decline of Dewey &#38; LeBoeuf has made some members of the legal community introspective.  Though Dewey’s troubles appear to be mostly unique to the firm, and not representative of industry-wide problems, the public nature in which they &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/11/advocating-for-innovation-in-the-business-of-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=838&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators Hit the Brakes on Hong Kong IPOs</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/10/regulators-hit-the-brakes-on-hong-kong-ipos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global markets may be hitting a snag in Hong Kong, where the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has proposed new rules that could stymie future IPOs.  The rules, which would make banks criminally and civilly liable if they make &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/10/regulators-hit-the-brakes-on-hong-kong-ipos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=834&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More New JDs Hired by Small Firms, Not BigLaw</title>
		<link>http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/10/more-new-jds-hired-by-small-firms-not-biglaw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Purzycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new FindLaw analysis of the ABA’s recently released law school placement survey data reveals that most new law school graduates who go into private law firms are being hired by small firms rather than BigLaw.  The same survey data &#8230; <a href="http://hildebrandtblog.com/2012/05/10/more-new-jds-hired-by-small-firms-not-biglaw/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hildebrandtblog.com&#038;blog=26718880&#038;post=828&#038;subd=hildebrandtblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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