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Updated: A renowned legal journalist known for her decades of U.S. Supreme Court coverage has announced that she will be leaving the New York Times.
Linda Greenhouse, 61, says she…
Feb 27, 2008 11:13 PM CST
A school board for a major metropolitan area in Florida has reportedly told its two top employees to get professional help.
With Superintendent Clayton Wilcox and attorney Jim Robinson, who…
Feb 27, 2008 10:09 PM CST
By David G. Savage
The long legal battle over the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has succeeded in raising—but not yet answering—a basic question about American law: What is…
Feb 27, 2008 9:27 PM CST
Associate pay hikes have taken a bite out of profits for equity partners, according to some leaders of California law firms.
Many large California firms matched their New York counterparts…
Feb 27, 2008 11:31 AM CST
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that courts need to make case-by-case determinations when deciding whether to admit “me too” evidence of age discrimination.
The opinion issued today said…
Feb 26, 2008 3:34 PM CST
The anonymous author of the Patent Troll Tracker blog has revealed that he is Richard Frenkel, an intellectual property lawyer who is a director in Cisco Systems’ IP group.
Frenkel…
Feb 26, 2008 12:23 PM CST
Chief legal officers and general counsel in legal departments of more than 25 lawyers made a median of $645,000 in total cash compensation in 2007, according to a survey by…
Feb 26, 2008 11:54 AM CST
Updated: When N.Y. school lawyer Lawrence Reich reportedly said that what he did was common practice, the state attorney general apparently may have been listening.
A dual state and federal…
Feb 25, 2008 11:23 PM CST
An Altanta-based law firm that recently made a top 100 list of the best companies to work for explains how it helped improve employee retention in an…
Feb 25, 2008 7:06 PM CST Partner defections in the bankruptcy department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges highlight a disagreement in the firm about how its pre-eminent restructuring practice should be integrated with the rest of…
Feb 25, 2008 12:38 PM CST Large law firm leaders and consultants tell the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) that legal work is slowing in several segments, leading them to expect a…
Feb 25, 2008 11:51 AM CST We learned in the ABA Journal’s February story “No Putting Up with Putdowns” that workplace bullies are the targets of an increasing number of…
Feb 21, 2008 3:55 PM CST Recent news that a misdirected e-mail from Pepper Hamilton may have helped confirm a page one New York Times story on a billion-dollar settlement…
Feb 14, 2008 5:13 PM CST Canadian government ministers may be onto something. Recently, one implemented “BlackBerry blackouts” for his department’s staffers during evenings, weekends and holidays. The idea being to restore the proper work/life balance. Feb 7, 2008 3:01 PM CST Would women lawyers prefer to work with men or other women? The answer may depend on the age of the female lawyer you’re asking, an ABA Journal survey has found. Feb 5, 2008 3:29 PM CSTLoss of Bankruptcy Rainmaker Shows Weil Gotshal ‘Time Warp’
Large Law Firms Prepare for a Slower Year
Have You Ever Had to Deal with a Workplace Bully?
What’s Your Most Memorable Misdirected E-mail, Received or Sent?
If You Could Declare a Moratorium on a Work/Life Balance Hog, What Would it Be?
What Do Women Lawyers Really Think of Each Other? Answers May Surprise
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