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The Keys to Finding a Legal Job Top
This is a challenging market for both entry-level and lateral attorneys, but there are steps you can take to make yourself more marketable, says Brooklyn Law School's Jill Backer. She provides tips to help you build up your legal skills and to be proactive in your job search.
 
Report: Partner Promotions Up by a Third Among U.K. Top 50 Law Firms Top
Partner promotions among the United Kingdom's 50 largest firms rose by 38 percent this year over last year, reports U.K. publication Legal Week, citing growing market confidence and a series of trans-Atlantic mergers as helping to drive the increase.
 
Law School Sued Over 'False' Employment Statistics Top
Moving the debate over law school graduate employment statistics into court, a 2008 grad who has been unable to find a full-time job as an attorney has filed a class action alleging a San Diego law school committed fraud by misrepresenting its statistics.
 
IPO Boom Keeps Corporate Practices Humming Top
The pipeline for initial public offerings is crowded again, and Am Law 200 firms are reaping the benefits, even as some observers wonder about the valuations of companies coming to market and whether there's a new tech bubble ahead.
 
Legal Hiring Picks Up Top
Legal employment finally took a turn for the better in April. Will the news again be good when the May jobs numbers come out? Various reports in the past week that point to greater opportunities for lawyers indicate that the upward trend might continue.
 
Lin Wood Leaves Bryan Cave to Launch Small Firm Top
L. Lin Wood Jr. is returning to his small-firm roots after becoming the first celebrity plaintiffs lawyer for Powell Goldstein, now Bryan Cave, five years ago. Wood says he left Bryan Cave to handle a big whistleblower case that would have posed conflicts at the 1,000-lawyer firm.
 
Howrey Partner Turned U.S. Senator Discloses Earnings Top
Michael Lee, a former Salt Lake City-based Howrey appellate litigation partner elected to the U.S. Senate from Utah last year, has released his financial disclosure form for 2010. He earned $375,000 as a Howrey partner for the first 10 months of 2010, before resigning after winning the Senate seat.
 
N.J. Legal Services Pleads for Increase in State Aid; State Court Seeks Filing Fee Hike Top
Legal Services of New Jersey went to the state Legislature this week, asking for an increase in its proposed appropriation for the next fiscal year. And New Jersey Superior Court Judge Glenn Grant said the judiciary will seek an increase in filing fees to help fund Legal Services and to implement an e-filing system.
 
With Glut of Vacant Jobs, SEC Turns to Headhunter for Help Top
Legal jobs with the federal government are few and far between these days, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has multiple attorney openings, from entry-level positions up to a chief counsel spot. And, in an unusual move for a federal agency, the SEC is getting help from a headhunter.
 
10th Circuit's Judge Tacha on Pay, Political Labels and Her Choice to Move On Top
On May 31, Judge Deanell Tacha will end her 25-year tenure on the 10th Circuit to embark on a new career as dean of Pepperdine University School of Law. She spoke to The National Law Journal about the judiciary, the U.S. Supreme Court, the news media and her new job.
 
Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm? Top
After 15 years at a litigation boutique, I need to move on. Do I go in-house or move to another firm? And any networking advice?
 
Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm? Top
I am a lawyer currently working for a Big 4 accounting firm, and I'd like to transition to a law firm and practice tax law. Is it true this is a difficult move? Any advice on making the transition easier?
 

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EBay's PayPal Taps Orrick for Trade Secret Fight With Google Top
 
Cooley Is Expected to Handle Zynga IPO Top
 
Big Law Bounces Back Top
Robust litigation practices at firms like William Urquhart's Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan helped fuel a strong 2010 at California's 25 largest law firms.
 

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Law school sued over 'false' employment statistics Top
Moving the debate over law school graduate employment statistics into court, a 2008 grad who has been unable to find a full-time job as an attorney has filed a class action alleging a San Diego law school committed fraud by misrepresenting its statistics.
 
Federal Judge Rules Against Corporate Contribution Ban Top
A federal judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional, saying that the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision gives companies the same right to donate as individual citizens.
 
Four more charged in Rothstein Ponzi scheme Top
After months of speculation about others who might be charged in Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion financing scheme, prosecutors served up an appetizer -- by charging four men with playing side roles in the fraud -- with promises of more to come.
 
Q&A with Stephen Susman on Texas Litigation Reform Top
Litigator Stephen Susman discusses new Texas litigation reform that will impose a modified "loser pays" rule, among other changes. His take? "Because the bill had the support of both the trial lawyers and the tort reform people, you can be sure it won't have much of an impact."
 
Twitter GC Joins UK Free Tweets Debate Top
A U.K. athlete's sexual affair has triggered a free speech debate centered on revelations spread via Twitter. Now Twitter's general counsel is weighing in on the controversy, 140 characters at a time.
 
The Am Law 100 2011: Analyzing the Results Top
Robin Sparkman, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer, examines the latest Am Law 100 report and explains some factors that influenced gross revenue, revenue per lawyer, headcount and other key indicators of law firms' performance.
 
IPO Boom Keeps Am Law Corporate Practices Humming Top
The pipeline for initial public offerings is crowded again, and Am Law 200 firms are reaping the benefits, even as some observers wonder about the valuations of companies coming to market and whether there's a new tech bubble ahead.See related story: Cooley Is Expected to Handle Zynga IPO http://www.law.com/jsp/law/sign_me_in.jsp?article=http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202495538281rss=newswire
 

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EBay's PayPal Taps Orrick for Trade Secret Fight With Google Top
 
Ethics Ruling Costs Attorney/Business Partner Millions Top
 
Alameda County Judge Balances Decorum With Pride at Parade Top
 
Cooley Is Expected to Handle Zynga IPO Top
 
Viewpoint: It's Time to Focus on Diversity in ADR Top
 
On the Move Top
A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
 
Big Law Bounces Back Top
Robust litigation practices at firms like William Urquhart's Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan helped fuel a strong 2010 at California's 25 largest law firms.
 
Viewpoint: BAR-ometer Top
Hard decision for BASF ... Epstein Becker takes a hit to health ... Kissing cousins: Reinhardt, U.S. Supreme Court
 
Audit Faults State Bar for Poor Oversight of Lawyer Assistance Program Top
 
Chalmers Job Eliminated in BASF Reorganization Top
BASF President Priya Sanger says the Volunteer Legal Services Program will lose its executive director, but not its mission.
 

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Margins: What's Real, What's Hype?
As most Am Law 100 firms faced another year of revenue growth that was weak at best, profit margins--the measure of how efficiently a firm converts revenues to profits--became more important than ever. The charts here assess the correlation between profit margins and equity partners, leverage, and lateral growth.
 

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8th Circuit to tackle NFL dispute Top
All-Pro quarterbacks Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning will play defense in St. Louis on June 3 as they face National Football League owners in a legal challenge that could decide the fate of the 2011 season.
 
Plaintiffs fight to sue Toyota in California Top
Should consumers who relied upon Toyota Motor Corp.'s guarantees of reliability and safety be allowed to recover damages under relatively permissive California state law — regardless of the state in which they live or purchased Toyota vehicles? Arguments over that point have grown heated in the MDL over defects in Toyota's acceleration systems.
 
Museum dispute hits courts Top
Everything seemed in place in the early 2000s to have the Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial open by the end of the decade. Beyond a basic concept, however, the major donors couldn't seem to agree on anything else.
 
OPINION: The Ultimate Men's Club Top
The small number of women among the legal teams honored in the NLJ's 2011 Appellate Hot List suggests minimal progress for women in the profession. The percentage of women on the list is sadly similar to the percentage of women partners in firms nationally.
 
OPINION: How to teach ethics in law schools Top
Model Rules of Professional Conduct don't provide answers to many ethical dilemmas; schools should fill in the gaps.
 

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With Patriot Act About to Expire, Traveling Obama Uses 'Autopen' to Beat the Clock Top
Late Thursday night, the Patriot Act was minutes away from expiring. Although disagreements in Congress led to some members attempting to hold up legislative efforts to prepare a bill extending the Act, a bill was finally ready for President Barack Obama's signature in the waning hours Thursday night. However, there was a logistical issue: Obama was attending an international summit in France and was not in a position to physically sign the bill presented by Congress. The Los Angeles Times reports that with minutes to spare, however, Obama found a way around this problem by directing that the bill be signed in Washington via an "autopen," thus beating the midnight Thursday deadline. The autopen is a "little-known and infrequently used device" that can hold a pen and sign a person's actual signature, the Associated Press notes. It may only be used with proper authorization of the president. Does the use of an autopen satisfy the "Presentment Clause" of Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution, which requires that before a bill becomes law it must be "presented to the President of the United States?" Yes, according to the Office of Legal Counsel. Odd Clauses Watch wrote last month that...
 
'Hangover II' Injunction Denied, but Tattoo Dispute Goes Forward Top
On Thursday, the blockbuster sequel "The Hangover Part II" opened in theaters around the world as planned, despite the efforts of artist Victor Whitmill. As discussed here previously, Whitmill filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Warner Bros. alleging that he owns the rights to the well-known "Mike Tyson tattoo" and that it cannot be reproduced on anyone's body other than Mike Tyson without his permission. In "Hangover II," Ed Helms' character wakes up to find what appears to be the Tyson tattoo inked on his face. In his lawsuit, Whitmill sought damages and an injunction on the Memorial Day weekend release of "Hangover II." In a ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Perry held that while she would not grant an injunction, Whitmill did have a "strong likelihood of prevailing on the merits for copyright infringement," Media Decoder reports. Perry denied the injunction because she found that it was in "the public interest" for the film to go forward. She wrote that thousands of other non-party business people in the country would lose money if the opening was enjoined. She added, however, that Whitmill may get the last laugh, though, because "[a]lthough the intangibles he's losing can't be...
 

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In Candy-Cane Case, Heavy-Hitters Get Their Licks In Top
Should two elementary school principals be subject to suit after they prevented students from distributing religious-themed gifts in schools? Doug Morgan (left) and his son Jonathan Morgan are lead plaintiffs in a case at the 5th Circuit on that question.
 
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Discipline Top
Two lawyers have been suspended and another has been placed on probation, the State Bar of Texas reported recently.
 
To Market, to Market: How to Find Time Top
At every law firm consultant Stacy West Clark has worked with, she encounters lawyers who say they'd love to market, but don't have the time. For busy lawyers, Clark provides 10 tips for marketing effectively. She starts with "don't shoot for the moon" and ends with "use your downtime to check-in with clients and referral sources."
 
The 10 Attorney Types in Joint Defense Groups Top
While other types of litigation can give rise to joint defense groups, they are particularly prevalent in patent litigation, write Robert P. Latham and John M. Jackson. Joint defense groups form in most patent infringement suits due to the cost of patent litigation, the fact that there are usually multiple defendants, and the common interests those defendants have in the litigation even if they are competitors in the marketplace.
 

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OPINION: The Ultimate Men's Club Top
The small number of women among the legal teams honored in the NLJ's 2011 Appellate Hot List suggests minimal progress for women in the profession. The percentage of women on the list is sadly similar to the percentage of women partners in firms nationally.
 
OPINION: How to teach ethics in law schools Top
Model Rules of Professional Conduct don't provide answers to many ethical dilemmas; schools should fill in the gaps.
 
Lost profits should be determined as of the time of the breach Top
In commercial real estate cases, defendants should not be allowed to use the date of the trial, which would allow them to benefit from post-breach changes in the market.
 
What about an Immig-Corps? Top
We need a structured program for recent law graduates to provide legal services to poor, unrepresented immigrants.
 

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The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200 Top
Cozen O'Connor expands its Houston office with 14 new attorneys. The Chicago office of Schiff Hardin makes room for two more partners. And a business law partner joins Goodwin & Proctor. Plus: Global moves. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.
 
The Lateral: Weil Gotshal's New SEC Insider Top
Christian Bartholomew, a former SEC senior prosecutor, left Morgan Lewis in late April to lead Weil's Washington, D.C.-based SEC enforcement and litigation practice.
 

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Ethics Ruling Costs Attorney/Business Partner Millions Top
 
Casino Dealers Come Up Empty in Tip-Pooling Trial Top
 
Supreme Court Leans Toward Defendants on Insured Medical Damages Top
Justice Joyce Kennard expressed impatience with questions involving actual medical care costs versus lesser negotiated amounts.
 
In Battle of the Dolls, Bratz Maker Floats $130M Legal Bill Top
 
Federal Circuit Rules Against Tessera in Patent Dispute Top
 
Q&A: Seth Aronson on the Rash of Securities Fraud Suits Against Chinese Companies Top
 
Judge Puts Brakes on State's Cap-and-Trade Scheme Top
 
Circuit Upholds S.F.'s Ranked-Choice Voting System Top
 
AG, Cotchett Firm Team Up on $241M Whistleblower Settlement Top
Niall McCarthy's client filed a qui tam action against Quest Diagnostics in 2005, and the state joined three years later.
 
Justices Won't Review Ruling on Punitives in Failure-to-Warn Case Top
 

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