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Large law firms are re-evaluating how they hire and retain top performers.
A white paper by Robert Half Legal says law firm managers are realizing they need to do more…
Jun 25, 2008 11:29 AM CDT
Ryan Rainey admittedly broke a rule when he was a star federal prosecutor, and paid a high price for doing so.
In 2005, he resigned, later pleading guilty to criminal…
Jun 24, 2008 6:37 PM CDT
A Seattle-area judge has been accused of routinely interrupting litigants and lawyers and addressing them in a manner that is “angry, disdainful, condescending and/or demeaning.”
The state Commission on Judicial…
Jun 24, 2008 4:07 PM CDT
Shinyung Oh, the ousted Paul Hastings associate who sent a scathing mass e-mail denouncing the firm’s layoff tactics, is airing her feelings once again,…
Jun 24, 2008 2:21 PM CDT
A Georgia judge has condemned a lawyer for remarks he made at a deposition about a pin worn by opposing counsel honoring his son killed in Iraq.
Judge David Sweat…
Jun 24, 2008 12:16 PM CDT
Many lawyers reportedly are unhappy with their jobs. Only a small percentage actually decide to do something else.
About 3 to 5 percent, in fact, in Monica…
Jun 23, 2008 10:34 PM CDT BigLaw firm DLA Piper recently surveyed more than 100 corporate clients (PDF) about their priorities for the second half of 2008 and to…
Jun 19, 2008 2:22 PM CDT The Internet job placement site Lateral Link has some competition from a new venture called Legal Recruiting Authority. Lateral Link pays up to $10,000 to associates who find a job…
Jun 19, 2008 1:32 PM CDT Their techniques may differ, but these associates are focused on the same goal: Working on rainmaking early in their careers. The Recorder interviewed several California associates about their…
Jun 19, 2008 12:32 PM CDT Venturing into what a federal appeals court panel described as a new frontier of electronic communications law, the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decided today that employers…
Jun 18, 2008 10:03 PM CDT Legal blogger and lawyer Howard Bashman traveled to New York yesterday to audition for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Bashman writes on his How Appealing blog…
Jun 18, 2008 1:49 PM CDT Legal powerhouse Baker & McKenzie may have met its match: A threatened lawsuit over a domain name has pitted the Chicago-based international megafirm against an 11-year-old…
Jun 17, 2008 10:35 PM CDT An Oklahoma attorney has been disbarred by the state supreme court after allegations that he forged a letter under another lawyer’s letterhead, purporting to sign it with that lawyer’s name,…
Jun 17, 2008 9:36 PM CDT Associate Louis Schneider says he knew he had to take action when he found a letter on a copy machine last December asking the Las Vegas partner who had hired…
Jun 17, 2008 4:46 PM CDT News that the ABA has accredited 200 law schools raises issues about whether “more is better,” according to an Associated Press…
Jun 17, 2008 3:11 PM CDTWhat’s The Biggest Threat to The U.S. Economy?
$20K For Associates Who Find Success on Jobs Site
These Associates Say It’s Never Too Early to Start Rainmaking
9th Circuit to Employers: Don’t Look at Workers’ Text Messages
Legal Blogger Auditions for ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’
Baker & McKenzie in Court Fight Over 11-Year-Old’s Birthday Present?
Okla. Attorney Disbarred; Court Cites ‘Unbelievable’ Testimony
A Letter Left on a Copier Spurs an Associate’s Ethical Response
Dean Complains About ‘Glut of Law Schools’