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Too many lawyers judge their success on the basis of money, to the detriment of the profession and their own happiness.
That’s the conclusion of Boston Bar Association President Anthony…
Mar 11, 2008 3:32 PM CDT
Updated: One of the high points of Gary Proctor’s life was represented by the quote he kept on his office wall from Harry Reasoner of 60 Minutes. It tagged Proctor…
Mar 10, 2008 11:59 PM CDT
Faint praise. Not enough work to do, or a lack of opportunity for advancement. A feeling of sheer misery. All are signs that it’s probably time to look for another…
Mar 10, 2008 3:51 PM CDT
Eight U.S. Supreme Court justices come clean about their legal-writing pet peeves and their opinion-writing philosophies in “raw and unvarnished” videos posted to a linguist’s Web site.
Lawyers who specialize…
Mar 10, 2008 3:30 PM CDT
A Canadian law firm says it has never has a problem with associates over billable hours requirements. That’s because it has no associates.
Instead, Thackray Burgess has “consultants” who hire…
Mar 10, 2008 3:14 PM CDT
For lawyers unhappy in their current jobs, three recent reports of career changes by successful attorneys might offer some food for thought.
Pinney Allen, 54, a top female partner at…
Mar 6, 2008 5:39 PM CST
If you’re arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court and Justice Steven Breyer clears his throat, be prepared for a “bizarre” and mind-bending hypothetical.
That’s because hypotheticals, Breyer…
Mar 6, 2008 5:24 PM CST The Chicago-based law firm of Jenner & Block is pushing at least 10 more partners out of the equity partnership ranks and asking some of the lawyers to leave, sources…
Mar 6, 2008 4:44 PM CST McGuireWoods is merging with a 120-lawyer firm in North Carolina, a move that will increase the larger firm’s roster to almost 900 lawyers. Currently McGuireWoods has just one North Carolina…
Mar 6, 2008 11:43 AM CST After some $10 million in court-ordered penalties, attorney sanctions and a switch of both in-house and outside counsel, it is clear that Qualcomm Inc. didn’t handle its discovery obligations in…
Mar 6, 2008 1:32 AM CST An off-duty police officer sought class action status for his lawsuit after he was shorted $45 in pay for crowd control, and following a settlement, his law firm sought $46,000…
Mar 5, 2008 3:25 PM CST U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno of Philadelphia has tallied the number of times a litigant dropped the F-word or a variant in a deposition—it was 73 times—and…
Mar 5, 2008 2:39 PM CST Expert witnesses are citing a test designed to spot those who are faking their pain in hundreds of court cases, prompting debate about its reliability. The so-called Fake Bad Scale…
Mar 5, 2008 12:20 PM CST Lawyer Mark Geragos was awarded at least $10 million—and possibly as much as $18 million—in his invasion of privacy suit against an air charter company for secretly…
Mar 4, 2008 1:43 PM CST Corrected: At first, when attorney Michael Markins accessed his wife’s e-mail account at the law firm at which she worked, he was trying to find out whether she might be…
Mar 4, 2008 12:23 AM CSTJenner & Block Demotes or Ousts at Least 10 More Equity Partners
McGuireWoods Merges With N.C. Law Firm
Discovery Debacle: How Not to Duplicate Qualcomm’s E-Mail Issues
Court: ‘No Way on Earth’ Should Lawyers Get Fee of $46K for $45 Error
Lawyer, Client Sanctioned $29K for Client’s Profanity-Laced Deposition
Test to Spot Liars Takes Center Stage in Personal Injury Cases
Lawyer Awarded at Least $10M for Secret Videotaping
Does Lawyer’s E-Mail Snooping Merit 2-Year Suspension?
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