From the flute to streaming media

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Kelly Jo MacArthur, the vice pres, general counsel, and corporate secretary of RealNetworks Inc, which dominates the market for audio and video delivery on the Internet, is profiled. MacArthur is a flutist who built a music-and-entertainment practice at Chicago's Sidley and Austin.

Management, Officials and employees, Corporate counsel, RealNetworks Inc., RNWK, MacArthur, Kelly Jo

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Minorities surge at big law firms; Asian-Americans, especially, swell ranks; Hispanics and blacks also up

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Asian-Americans account for the biggest increases in minority attorneys at US law firms, numbering in 1998 more than 2,000 of the minority attorneys at the 250 largest US law firms. Hispanic associates won second place with 934 attorneys. Promotion to partnership status continues to be a problem for minority attorneys, however. The National Law Journal publishes a list of the 250 largest US law firms every two years.

Minority attorneys, Minority lawyers

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Wingtips take wing; Casual Friday is old hat. Coming next: 7-day casual

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California law firms' casual dress trend seems to have spread across the country, and casual dress days once limited to Friday are even practiced in America's heartland, the Midwestern states. The National Law Journal made a dress policy survey of US law firms, and about 85% of the 235 respondents had a casual day at least once a week,and the holdouts retraining formal dress policies were in the South.

Attorneys, Behavior, Clothing and dress, Dress codes

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