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• Will 2012 be the year law firms begin to engage?
• Firms weigh effects of dictator's death on plans to plant flags in Seoul
• Attorney attempts to narrow evidence in campaign violations trial
• A lawyer's Christmas story
• The 2011 Law Firm Billing Survey
• Asbestos is rearing its head
• An attorney free-for-all
• MOVERS
• Thompson Hine's new M.P. reflects on business, women's role in law
• LEGAL TIMES 150
• SOCIAL MEDIA: What Steve Jobs can teach law firms about marketing
• Agreement reached in botched Armenian genocide claims process
• Dodgers hope to hire Covington for fight over media rights
• Former Debevoise associate sentenced to 15 years for forcing boy to be 'sex slave'
• IP boutique sues former client for more than $561K in fees, expenses
• Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm

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Will 2012 be the year law firms begin to engage?	Top
Firms need to stop using social media sites as billboards and start using them to connect with people who would be difficult to reach otherwise.
Firms weigh effects of dictator's death on plans to plant flags in Seoul	Top
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il threatens instability in the region just when many U.S. law firms are expressing interest in opening offices in South Korea. Meanwhile, immigration lawyers hoped the development would make it easier for refugees to win asylum in the United States.
Attorney attempts to narrow evidence in campaign violations trial	Top
Trial attorney Pierce O'Donnell, whose plea agreement on campaign finance violations unraveled last month, has moved to whittle down the evidence that federal prosecutors can introduce during his impending trial and has indicated he plans to blame much of his behavior on his bipolar disorder.
A lawyer's Christmas story	Top
We spend most of our time focused on our education and our careers, but real meaning and purpose is rooted in relationships. By restoring relationships that have been broken, you can create a foundation from which to realize a greater potential. But don't wait — opportunities that exist today may be gone tomorrow.
The 2011 Law Firm Billing Survey	Top
It appears that modest annual billing rate increases are here to stay. For the third year in a row, law firms showed restraint with hourly rate increases, inching up at a rate only slightly higher than inflation in many cases.
Asbestos is rearing its head	Top
The Demersseman case, scheduled for trial next month in Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court, will be among the first to go before jurors as part of a newly formed coordinated proceeding designed to manage 250 asbestos cases in Southern California.
An attorney free-for-all	Top
The long-running battle between Ecuadorian plaintiffs and Chevron Corp. lately has been overshadowed by harsh accusations and name calling between the big-firm lawyers in the case.
MOVERS	Top
Maria Sendra joins Jones Day's equity practice as partner in the San Diego office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
Thompson Hine's new M.P. reflects on business, women's role in law	Top
Deborah Read has been named Thompson Hine's next managing partner. She talks to the NLJ about her plans for the firm, her projections for the legal market in 2012 and the state of women in the profession.
LEGAL TIMES 150	Top
The headcount among Washington firms continued to decline, but not as sharply as it did last year — the biggest recorded drop in 25 years. According to the Legal Times 150, our annual ranking of the Washington area's largest law offices, the number of attorneys employed at Washington firms decreased by 343 — a little more than 2.2 percent of the total market of 14,945 attorneys.
SOCIAL MEDIA: What Steve Jobs can teach law firms about marketing	Top
How can your firm turn what it is about into a message that resonates and inspires?
Agreement reached in botched Armenian genocide claims process	Top
Los Angeles litigator Mark Geragos and a former co-counsel have resolved a dispute over a botched claims process in a $17.5 million class action settlement they reached on behalf of millions of descendants of Armenian genocide victims.
Dodgers hope to hire Covington for fight over media rights	Top
The Los Angeles Dodgers have asked a bankruptcy judge's permission to retain Covington & Burling as special counsel in its continuing legal battle with Fox Sports over the sale of the team's media rights.
Former Debevoise associate sentenced to 15 years for forcing boy to be 'sex slave'	Top
A former associate at Debevoise & Plimpton who used a teenage boy in Moscow as a "sex slave" has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Pennsylvania federal judge on charges of traveling for the purpose of engaging in sex with a minor.
IP boutique sues former client for more than $561K in fees, expenses	Top
Lando & Anastasi, an intellectual property boutique, has sued former client Innovention Toys LLC for a unpaid bill of more than $561,000.
Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm	Top
Using unusually strong language, a federal bankruptcy judge recently slammed Washington's Butzel Long Tighe Patton for failing to disclose a client conflict and stripped the firm of nearly $72,000 in fees.

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