A 43-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who was laid off from her in-house job more than a year ago still has no permanent job, as unemployment takes a toll on her…
Contrary to all the media reports about lawyer dissatisfaction, a new study of 4,160 individuals who became lawyers in 2000 has found that 76 percent report they are either extremely…
Corrected: Among those reportedly being cut from the corporate ranks of Merrill Lynch after the investment bank’s merger with Bank of America last year is Merrill Lynch vice chairman and…
The vice president and deputy general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel is surprised at the ways job applicants manage to flub their interviews.
The billable hour has long troubled in-house lawyers who say the billing method discourages efficiency and associates who complain of being judged based on the amount of time they spend…
There is a tried-and-true method to make sure children are fair when dividing a cookie. One child divides the cookie in half, and the second child chooses which half to…
A crusading prosecutor who has accused Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell the Senate seat held by Barack Obama is one of the more high-profile lawyers on a…
A first-year volunteer stint, working to found an after-school tutoring program for students at a nearby public school, nearly resulted in Earl Martin Phalen’s quitting Harvard Law School.
As employers increasingly allow employees to telecommute, legal issues arise about whether to monitor electronically their at-home work and, if so, to what degree.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board probably expected some flak when it announced in June its intent to broaden required disclosures on the potential costs of corporate litigation.
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