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As additional details were revealed about the child abuse concerns that led to an unprecedented raid by Texas authorities of a ranch run by followers of a fringe Mormon leader…
Apr 9, 2008 10:25 PM CDT
Despite flex-time, part-time and other commonplace law firm policies that promote work-life balance, the reality is quite different from what the employee manual might suggest. Attorneys in an ever-more-stressful profession…
Apr 9, 2008 7:34 PM CDT
Angry, unpleasant, rude fellow employees, in legal settings and elsewhere, make life a lot less pleasant—and less productive. Increasingly, companies and law firms recognize this fact, and some have even…
Apr 9, 2008 6:50 PM CDT
In a legal malpractice case, real estate developer Donald Trump claims his Manhattan law firm overcharged him and treated him like a “cash cow.”
Trump’s suit against New York’s Morrison…
Apr 9, 2008 11:16 AM CDT
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Jeanne Wrenn loves her job as an assistant Cook County prosecutor in Chicago. But she isn’t as thrilled about her $59,000 salary.
A single mother seven years out of law…
Apr 8, 2008 7:23 PM CDT
Clients seeking to meet with their counsel at one downtown Boston law firm are encouraged to try to do so during its regular office hours—between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.,…
Apr 8, 2008 5:47 PM CDT
If he was nominated to the high court today, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says he may not win confirmation because the public expects judges to rewrite the Constitution…
Apr 8, 2008 2:09 PM CDT
A bankruptcy examiner has proposed in a report issued late last month that the former partners of Coudert Brothers pay $11.8 million to liquidate the failed New York City-based law…
Apr 7, 2008 7:42 PM CDT
A law firm in suburban New York City has banned electronic devices from major meetings to prevent distractions caused by cell phones and BlackBerrys.
The six-month-old “no-device policy” at the…
Apr 7, 2008 3:56 PM CDT
April Fool’s Day put pranksters in the news this week—and lawyers were in on the action. One blogger spun a yarn about a Apr 3, 2008 5:31 PM CDT
A Justice Department probe is considering whether a career lawyer there was ousted from her job because of rumors that she is a lesbian.
Investigators with the Justice Department’s inspector…
Apr 3, 2008 11:26 AM CDT
Lawyers are used to being adversarial, but two lawyers in the Portland, Ore., area apparently elevated their conflict to an actual fistfight in front of a crowd of courthouse spectators…
Apr 2, 2008 4:36 PM CDT
Updated: A blogger created quite a stir yesterday when he reported that the U.S. Supreme Court had agreed to decide whether fantasy sports players had a First Amendment right to…
Apr 2, 2008 12:38 PM CDT
Updated: A Broward County, Fla., judge abruptly resigned Monday after the chief judge inexplicably barred him from the courthouse.
The Miami Herald reports that Chief Judge Victor…
Apr 1, 2008 9:52 PM CDT
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