Law School Funding Cuts Hit Hard
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law will need to cut about 2% from the current academic year's...
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Peanut Butter Recall Results in First Lawsuit
With Kellogg Co. announcing recalls, several products in recent weeks have been connected to recent salmonella...
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Legal Research Writing
If you enjoy research—digging for the proof, or finding the hidden facts—and if you enjoy writing about...
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Nixon Peabody Sued for Alleged Harassment
Ex-associate Henry Har recently filed a suit against Nixon Peabody with allegations that while working in the...
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Financial embezzlement in home purchases and the case of Toro
A former attorney from New Haven, Connecticut, applied for reinstatement to the New Haven County bar and was...
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South is 2008's Merger and Expansion Capital
According to Altman Weil Inc.'s most recent MergerLine report, the southern U.S. was a hot spot in 2008 for...
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Inside Legal Blogs, a Confirmation Write–up of Sorts
If you've kept an ear tuned on the news at all this week, you've no doubt heard lots of chatter surrounding...
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Defense Attorney Faces Money Laundering Charges
In San Jose, Calif., defense attorney Jamie Harmon has been arrested for money laundering.
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Choosing a Career as a Legal Analysis
Is a legal analysis career right for you? It may be, if you have the education and training as well as the...
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Revenue Reports Show Flat Revenues for S.F. Area Firms
In a double whammy for San Francisco Bay Area-based law firms, the weak economy and wrecked credit markets...
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A Law Job without a JD? 10 Alternative Careers in the Legal Industry
Although warnings about a poor job market and an economy on the brink of a recession have filled the airwaves...
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Patton Boggs Fights N.Y. Lawyer's Detention in KGB Prison
According to the Blog of Legal Times and Law.com, New York resident and lawyer Emanuel Zeltser woke up on a...
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Ex-Enron CEO Skilling to Be Resentenced After Convictions Upheld
Judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans have denied requests to overturn the...
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Key Department of Justice Posts Named by Obama
The Legal Times has reported that President-elect Barack Obama began stocking the new Justice Department on...
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Banks Watching Law Firm Clients More Closely
Law firms use extensive lines of credit whenever collections are low in order to keep the business running:...
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Real Estate Web site Files $900 Million Copyright Suit Over Illegal Use of Subscription
The Legal Times has reported that CoStar Realty Information has filed a $900 million copyright infringement...
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Banks and Landlord Blamed in Heller Bankruptcy
When it comes to assigning blame for the dissolution of San Francisco-based Heller Ehrman, two main culprits...
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New York Chief Judge Retiring
Judith S. Kaye, a member of the New York State Court of Appeals since 1983, will retire at the end of 2008...
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Obama Report to be Submitted to Panel
The Illinois House committee weighing impeachment for the scandal-plagued governor Rod Blagojevich is set to...
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Single Mother Fights Way to Law Degree
There are good people out there who have hard lives, but who refuse to give up their dreams. It is so good to...
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Fine Chosen as National Law Journal's Lawyer of the Year
The National Law Journal has chosen Glenn A. Fine, the United States Department of Justice Inspector General,...
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Ex-Bechtel Lawyer Acquitted in Tax-Credit Prosecution
According to a report from Law.com, a jury has acquitted former Bechtel global tax manager Mark Muntean on...
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Money Makes the World Go 'Round'
The talk of the legal blogs this week is about Judicial Hellholes. Don't laugh, you may just live in one! ...
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Law firms across U.S. prepare to litigate in wake of Madoff scandal
Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff was arrested on charges of securities fraud Monday for after telling...
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Law Firm Fees Skyrocketing
Despite the terrible economy of 2008, legal fees grew as attorney billing rates continued their escalation...
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More Companies Struggle to Enforce Noncompetition Agreements
Mark D. Papermaster, a twenty-six-year employee of IBM announced to his superiors that he planned to take a...
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Aretakis Hit with More Professional Misconduct Charges
Independent attorney John A. Aretakis was suspended Thursday, December 11, 2008, for one year. The Appellate...
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Choosing a Career as a Legal Secretary
You don't have to be Perry Mason to find a job at a law firm; you may only need to know how to type.
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Dreier's Filings Reveal ''Devastating Effect'' on Dreier LLP
After reports revealed last week that Marc Dreier, the sole equity partner of New York City law firm Dreier...
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Illinois Governor Blagojevich Arrested by FBI
FBI agents have arrested Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, on charges...
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