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Wal-Mart to Require Outside Law Firms to Have Flextime Policies

Law firms must have flextime policies if they want to do legal work for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Wal-Mart associate general counsel Joseph West said his company will add the flextime requirement to its current list of criteria used to evaluate outside law firms, the National Law Journal reports. The retailer…

Oct 27, 2009 4:06 PM CDT

Good News at One Florida Law Firm: More Clients Are Paying on Time

A Miami Herald columnist looking for evidence of an end to the recession talked to more than two dozen lawyers, executives and others before finding an example: the receivables at the Doral commercial law firm Gonzalez & Wermuth. Name partners Ricardo Gonzalez and Michael Wermuth reported that clients were paying…

Oct 27, 2009 3:46 PM CDT

K&L Gates Touted Ties to Lawmaker Whose Earmarks Are Now Under Scrutiny

K&L Gates touted its relationship with U.S. Rep. Peter Visclosky, an Indiana Democrat whose earmarks are now under investigation. A Washington Post story notes the boast of “a very good relationship” in a lobbyist’s letter to a potential client. One pricing option offered: a monthly retainer of $6,500 in addition…

Oct 27, 2009 2:02 PM CDT

Some Allen Matkins Associates Will See Another Salary Cut

Allen Matkins is laying off fewer than 10 associates and cutting pay for others in slow practice areas. Law firm executive director Mike Palmer told the Recorder that the pay cuts range from 15 percent to 30 percent, and primarily affect associates in the slow practice areas of real estate…

Oct 27, 2009 12:21 PM CDT

Ex-Thelen Employees Try Novel Theory in Suit Against Hiring Firms

Former Thelen employees are relying on a novel legal theory in their $18 million lawsuit against five law firms that hired some lawyers from the dissolved law firm. The plaintiffs claim the hiring law firms purchased a portion of Thelen’s business, and are obligated to pay wages due under the…

Oct 27, 2009 12:05 PM CDT

Nonprofit Environmental Firm Axes 4

Addressing an expected 20 percent budget cut in 2010, the Western Environmental Law Center is laying off two senior lawyers and two staff members. Based in Eugene, Ore., the nonprofit firm has nine lawyers in offices in four states, reports the Eugene Register-Guard. The two lawyers being let go, Dave…

Oct 26, 2009 10:55 PM CDT

Heller Bankruptcy Judge Offers Grammar Tips, Suggests Legal Fees Slowdown

A federal judge overseeing the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy case offers not only legal and technical suggestions but grammar and typo tips in a seven-page letter to lawyers (PDF) about a draft joint liquidation plan that will be discussed in a November hearing. Judge Dennis Montali also asks for a schedule…

Oct 26, 2009 9:41 PM CDT

Runaway and Abandoned Teens on a Rough Legal Road

As the economy nosedived and a number of struggling states sharply cut their social services budgets, the number of juveniles running away from troubled homes has soared. The number of juveniles living on their own rose by 40 percent last year, reports the New York Times in a magazine-length article.…

Oct 26, 2009 7:39 PM CDT

Paralegal Fights Search of His Home Over Tweets About Police Activities

While at least arguably participating in the protests of the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh in September, Elliott Madison was arrested and spent some time in a local jail. But that wasn’t the worst of it. On Oct. 1, federal authorities raided his home in the Queens borough of New York…

Oct 26, 2009 5:13 PM CDT

Lesson Learned from Astor Trial: Document Client’s Mental Capacity

Once upon a time, New York estate practitioners only had to worry about potential civil litigation if there was a problem with a will they drafted. But after the high-profile criminal conviction earlier this month of a lawyer who represented heiress Brooke Astor before her death at age 105, attorneys…

Oct 26, 2009 4:42 PM CDT

Weil Gotshal Grows Nearly 24% in DC, While Most NY Firms Lose DC Lawyers

Updated: Eleven out of 19 New York law firms had smaller lawyer rosters in their Washington, D.C., offices for the year ending in April 2009, according to a survey of the District’s top 150 law firms. One law firm was a notable exception, the Legal Times 150 survey found. The…

Oct 26, 2009 4:21 PM CDT

Miami Law Grads Get $10K Foreclosure Fellowships to Fill Legal Services Gap

New legal tactics are showing promise for some homeowners in foreclosure, if only they had lawyers to help. The shortage of foreclosure lawyers has reached “emergency proportions,” Time magazine reports. As many as 86 percent of homeowners in foreclosure in hard-hit areas last year didn’t have a lawyer, according to…

Oct 26, 2009 1:41 PM CDT

Study Finds ‘Astounding’ Absence of Women in Top Rainmaking Roles

A new study has found that women are “terribly underrepresented” in the ranks of major rainmakers at top U.S. law firms. The study by the National Association of Women Lawyers and the NAWL Foundation asked the nation’s top 200 law firms to list the gender of their top 10 rainmakers.…

Oct 26, 2009 9:50 AM CDT

So You Want to Go Solo? You Sure?

As of 2005, some 62 percent of attorneys in private practice work as solo or small-firm practitioners, according to the most recent data available from the American Bar Association. Those numbers likely have swelled and will continue to do so as law firms reorganize and re-evaluate their professional staffing needs.…

Oct 25, 2009 5:43 PM CDT

Ohio-Based Buckingham Firm Axes 16, Appoints New Management Team

A nearly 100-year-old Ohio based law firm has let 16 attorneys and staff members go and appointed a new executive committee and managing partner, as part of a restructuring effort to cope with its overly rapid expansion in recent years. The move by Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs implements strategy recommended…

Oct 23, 2009 9:15 PM CDT

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Law Firms

Wal-Mart to Require Outside Law Firms to Have Flextime Policies

Good News at One Florida Law Firm: More Clients Are Paying on Time

K&L Gates Touted Ties to Lawmaker Whose Earmarks Are Now Under Scrutiny

Some Allen Matkins Associates Will See Another Salary Cut

Ex-Thelen Employees Try Novel Theory in Suit Against Hiring Firms

Nonprofit Environmental Firm Axes 4

Heller Bankruptcy Judge Offers Grammar Tips, Suggests Legal Fees Slowdown

Runaway and Abandoned Teens on a Rough Legal Road

Paralegal Fights Search of His Home Over Tweets About Police Activities

Lesson Learned from Astor Trial: Document Client’s Mental Capacity

Weil Gotshal Grows Nearly 24% in DC, While Most NY Firms Lose DC Lawyers

Miami Law Grads Get $10K Foreclosure Fellowships to Fill Legal Services Gap

Study Finds ‘Astounding’ Absence of Women in Top Rainmaking Roles

So You Want to Go Solo? You Sure?

Ohio-Based Buckingham Firm Axes 16, Appoints New Management Team

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