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Entries in Baker & McKenzie (2)

Friday
Aug092013

Nuts on the quarter-mast 

• DateFriday, August 9, 2013

John McGuigan and John Atkinson, former Baker Boys, in the frame at ICAC ... What was it that got these two top-notch lawyers into strife? ... Found by ICAC to be "corrupt" with Corporations Act and Crimes Act charges recommended ... "The shortest distance to a pot of money" proves to be a littered with potholes 

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Thursday
Apr042013

The struggle to be different

• DateThursday, April 4, 2013

Boosterism and law firm marketing ... Buffing the image with hype and lofty, but empty, messages ... The challenge of global positioning ... Alix Piatek reports 

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