The problem is that market forces should lead firms to either lower wages, reduce hiring, or substitute capital for labor, explained the Nomura economist.
Good pattern-spotting can lead firms to forsake conventional advertising completely.
Bankers, who have made a fortune selling the things, fear that this will lead many firms to shy away from using derivatives.
Second, cutting government spending rather than raising taxes might lead both firms and consumers to conclude that their future tax burdens would be lower.
The results provide a revealing look at the economics of this sort of litigation, where normally only the lead law firms are identified in court.
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From semiconductors to biotech to Hollywood, American firms lead the industries that are remaking the world.
As a result of the PSLRA, today securities class action firms (in order to secure lucrative lead counsel fees) must persuade pensions to serve as lead plaintiffs in cases the firms seek to bring.
Then, at least some of those might lead to drugs that firms like Amgen, Genentech, Pfizer or Merck could develop.
Mr Brown is convinced that convergence in the energy industry may lead to some oil firms buying power firms outright.
Accenture's Mr Bedi is sceptical of the received wisdom that bigger drugs firms will lead to more successful drug discovery.
The lead investors at venture firms earn their keep by collecting management fees to the tune of 2% of the fund size.
By handing temp-attorney hours to other firms, lead lawyers may lessen the temptation for those others to compete on fees in other cases, Pentz suggests.
What is surprising is that many Japanese firms commented to the Teikoku Databank that they felt in the long-term, Chinese investments in Japanese firms will lead to a positive upturn for the Japanese economy.
With the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, which required class action firms to seek the largest holders of securities to serve as lead plaintiffs in their cases, suddenly local pension lawyers were being offered substantial referral fees by national class action firms if they could persuade their pension clients to lead such class actions.
"They're trying to use antitrust laws to pursue what is in essence a securities case, " says Stephen Shapiro, a lead attorney for the securities firms.
However, finding the best organization to help you co-create your digital strategy may lead you to seek out firms you may not have considered: advertising agencies.
But, as Internet use spreads in Japan, this is changing, fuelling domestic demand for the Internet-related infrastructure and services in which American firms have a lead.
"I am hoping surcharging becomes commonplace, but small firms will not lead the charge, " says Mike Schumann, owner of Traditions Classic Home Furnishings in Minneapolis, which was a plaintiff in the case.
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And while the Bush administration is dragging its feet over the tobacco treaty, it has apparently not abandoned its own case against the tobacco firms, which could lead to criminal charges and more huge compensation payments.
But the British have been cautious about giving most firms too specific a lead, unlike the French and Germans, says Nick Brayshaw, head of manufacturing at Barclays Bank, because they worry about breaching the European Union's competition rules.
Although size can bring undeniable advantages, such as in terms of resources and diversification, growth can lead to diminishing returns when larger firms can lose their focus and be forced out of the sectors and transaction sizes in which they achieved their early success.
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The city dug in, hiring lawyers from three firms and making Baron the lead attorney.
This would be particularly important in the case of H-2A visas for agriculture, where the power firms have over workers can lead to abuse.
On the other hand, covenants-lite will mean bigger losses for lenders, which may ultimately hit the private-equity-owned firms, as they will lead to tighter lending conditions and thus to slower economic growth.
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These coveted positions often lead to the top jobs in communications firms in Washington and around the country, and even junior staffers now are tapped for senior jobs in the next administration (Look at how many junior staffers on President Bill Clinton's team are now senior staffers for President Barack Obama).
Or perhaps it would lead to the harmless redistribution of rents from firms to employees.
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Since then, other drug firms have followed GSK's lead and begun to publish the results of clinical trials on the internet.
So perhaps we should follow the lead of Morningstar and the sell-side firms that dropped coverage and brush theses stock aside.
This will bring in a series of top managers from the corporate world, as well as from smaller firms and government agencies, and lead them through a fundamental re-assessment of the leadership techniques.
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