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Updated: Although it’s not yet confirmed, observers expect that a significant number of the 100 or so lawyers in the compliance department of Bear Stearns Cos. will be laid off…
Mar 20, 2008 3:30 PM CDT
We learned this week that criminal defense attorney Mickey Sherman, author of the new book How Can You…
Mar 20, 2008 3:01 PM CDT Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner has confirmed it will lay off 26 associates and 85 members of its support staff. Co-chairman Stephen…
Mar 20, 2008 11:15 AM CDT Updated: Pioneering securities class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss has agreed to pay $10 million in fines and penalties and to serve up to 33 months in prison to resolve charges that…
Mar 20, 2008 10:39 AM CDT In what may be the first such investigation in the nation, prosecutors in New Jersey reportedly are investigating a controversial no-holds-barred college campus gossip website for possible consumer law violations. Mar 19, 2008 9:26 PM CDT Kansas City firm Husch Blackwell Sanders reports it has cut its attrition in half after it cut its lockstep evaluations of associates in 2001. “It doesn’t make a lot of…
Mar 18, 2008 9:18 PM CDT A former staff attorney at Covington & Burling’s office in Washington, D.C., contends that the law firm is improving its diversity profile by hiring black lawyers for low-level “ghetto” positions. Mar 18, 2008 5:30 PM CDT Maryland lawyer Charles Jay Zuckerman thought the new paralegal he hired would clean up the mess caused by a predecessor who stole from his client trust account. But the new…
Mar 18, 2008 2:14 PM CDT About a dozen large law firms have boosted maternity leave from 12 to 18 weeks in one of the first significant changes to parental policies in several years. One of…
Mar 18, 2008 11:58 AM CDT A rare precedent-setting win against the IRS earlier this year is making the lucky taxpayer something of a folk hero among those whom fortune hasn’t favored…
Mar 17, 2008 11:21 PM CDT A Pennsylvania judge has ordered a small practitioner to pay a $5.2 million judgment, including $1 million in punitive damages, for charging unlawful attorney fees while collecting delinquent municipal and…
Mar 17, 2008 7:27 PM CDT We hear constantly that blogging is the communication, marketing and client development tool of the here and now. Several of the featured bloggers at ABA TechShow this…
Mar 13, 2008 2:33 PM CDT Stress during law school can cause anxiety and depression, especially if students focus on the need to make money and land a big-firm job, according to an article published online…
Mar 13, 2008 1:47 PM CDT Corrected: Many law firms offer early retirements to boost profits per partner, but few are setting the floor at age 50, as O’Melveny & Myers recently did. The law firm…
Mar 13, 2008 11:10 AM CDT Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the firm for which he formerly worked have been indicted in Guam for allegedly making improper billings to the U.S. territory’s superior court. At issue…
Mar 12, 2008 8:41 PM CDTThelen Cuts 26 Associates, 85 Staffers
Melvyn Weiss to Plead Guilty; His Ex-Firm Changes Its Name
N.J. Prosecutors Investigate JuicyCampus Site
How Blackwell Sanders Cut Attrition in Half
BigLaw ‘Ghetto’? Former Staff Attorney Raps Covington’s D.C. Office
Lawyer Suspended After Second Paralegal Steals From Client Account
More Law Firms Boost Maternity Leave to 18 Weeks
Gambler Hits Jackpot in IRS Case, Sets Tax Precedent
Small Pa. Law Firm Hit With $5.2M Overbilling Judgment
Would Your Firm Encourage You to Blog?
Emphasis on Money Can Be Source of Depression in Law School
Retire at 50? Many Firms Offer Early Option, But Few Match O’Melveny’s
Greenberg Traurig Indicted in Guam
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