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- IBM General Counsel Robert Weber on Nonlawyer Firm Ownership
- A Plum Role for MoFo Associate
- A Cozen Associate Reflects on a Year in the Prosecutorial Trenches
- Will 2012 be the year law firms begin to engage?
- The Secrets of Bonny Island
- Robert Owen on How Preservation Can 'Reset to Neutral'
- How to Earn My GC Business
- John Green on Improving the User Experience
- Recorder Roundtable: Employment Law
- Heller Attorneys Awarded $1.1M in Fees, One-Third of Their Request
- New York Attorneys Take on Capital Cases in South That Last Decades
- New site can answer who first put the chutzpah in the Supreme Court?
- 'Disturbing and Violent' Assault by Lawyer Brings Public Censure
- Florida Supreme Court suspends attorney Jeremy Alters
- Traffic Court Judge Removed Over Alleged Lewd Photo
- 2nd Circuit Stresses Limited Power of Courts to Review Extradition
- A Lawyer's Story of Giving and Forgiving
| IBM General Counsel Robert Weber on Nonlawyer Firm Ownership | Top |
| The idea of allowing nonlawyers to hold ownership in law firms has taken hold in Australia, the United Kingdom, parts of Canada and Washington, D.C. Now the American Bar Association is discussing whether the concept should expand across the United States. In this Q&A, IBM general counsel Robert Weber, a vocal opponent of outside ownership of law firms, explains his concerns. | |
| A Plum Role for MoFo Associate | Top |
| It's the kind of case, and career opportunity, that plenty of associates can only dream of. And it fell right in Rita Lin's lap. The eighth-year associate at Morrison & Foerster is representing, pro bono, a federal court employee in what has become a key front in the legal assault on the federal Defense of Marriage Act. | |
| A Cozen Associate Reflects on a Year in the Prosecutorial Trenches | Top |
| Lisa Myers left her job as an associate at Cozen O'Connor at the prompting of firm leaders in order to spend 12 months in the Philadelphia district attorney's office. But Myers would like to make one thing clear: It was no deferral. | |
| Will 2012 be the year law firms begin to engage? | Top |
| A LexisNexis survey of 110 international law firms discovered that while 77 percent used at least one social network, fewer than 3 percent engaged in conversation. Will 2012 be the year law firms overcome their fear and tap the full potential of social media? | |
| The Secrets of Bonny Island | Top |
| An analysis by Focus Europe -- including a rare interview with two leading DOJ prosecutors -- sheds light on the world of U.S. anti-corruption enforcement. What happened on Bonny Island -- and what does it tell us about the state of the art in bribery prosecution and settlement? | |
| Robert Owen on How Preservation Can 'Reset to Neutral' | Top |
| Robert Owen, partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, discusses with LTN magazine's editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, his five proposed new rules for a simpler approach to preservation in e-discovery. | |
| How to Earn My GC Business | Top |
| Four in-house counsel discuss how firms can get their business and what they expect from outside attorneys. | |
| John Green on Improving the User Experience | Top |
| John Green, CIO of Baker Donelson, speaks at ILTA with LTN's editor in chief, Monica Bay, about an initiative to improve the user experience at his firm by tracking and mapping every application in use using the Aternity Frontline Performance Intelligence software. | |
| Recorder Roundtable: Employment Law | Top |
| Four experts discussed recent developments in employment law at a Recorder Roundtable on Nov. 9 in San Francisco. | |
| Heller Attorneys Awarded $1.1M in Fees, One-Third of Their Request | Top |
| After a lengthy court fight with the District of Columbia, attorneys led by Alan Gura of Gura & Possessky were awarded just over $1.1 million for winning D.C. residents the right to possess handguns in their homes. The amount was about one-third of what was requested. | |
| New York Attorneys Take on Capital Cases in South That Last Decades | Top |
| Two men who have spent a combined 44 years on death row in Southern states have some reason for hope in the new year. Attorneys for the men, including members of the New York Bar who have donated hundreds of hours to their cases, finally have persuaded appellate courts to overturn their convictions. Related story: For more background on the case, see Intellectual Property Attorney Faced Unfamiliar Challenges in Death Case | |
| New site can answer who first put the chutzpah in the Supreme Court? | Top |
| Ever wonder how the phrase "interstate commerce" evolved in usage in U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1791 to 2005? Welcome to the Legal Language Explorer -- a serious and fascinating attempt to explore the evolution of the law and legal language using the text of Supreme Court decisions. | |
| 'Disturbing and Violent' Assault by Lawyer Brings Public Censure | Top |
| A New York appellate panel has publicly censured a Manhattan litigator for assaulting a taxi driver three years ago. The panel found that Roman Leonov's assault was "a deplorable but isolated and uncharacteristic act by a young lawyer who understands and regrets the gravity of his offense." | |
| Florida Supreme Court suspends attorney Jeremy Alters | Top |
| A divided Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended Miami attorney Jeremy Alters for allegedly misappropriating trust accounts to cover personal overdrafts, paying clients with money from other clients' trust accounts and taking out loans of $14 million to cover client obligations. | |
| Traffic Court Judge Removed Over Alleged Lewd Photo | Top |
| In one of his first acts as administrative judge of Philadelphia Traffic Court, Common Pleas Court Judge Gary S. Glazer has removed Traffic Court Judge Willie Singletary from the bench. The action was taken after Singletary allegedly showed a photograph of his genitals to a Philadelphia Parking Authority contractor. | |
| 2nd Circuit Stresses Limited Power of Courts to Review Extradition | Top |
| A man can be extradited to Greece to face murder charges, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in concluding that a district judge erred by exceeding her "power to review" alleged flaws in the Greek indictment. The circuit has stressed that courts may only inquire to "ensure that the requirements of the applicable extradition treaty have been satisfied."Visit International News | |
| A Lawyer's Story of Giving and Forgiving | Top |
| A single day in 1968 sent DLA Piper partner Robert Benson's family's lives spiraling in different directions. Their paths would cross again 30 years later, a few days before Christmas in 1998. But that chance meeting would teach Benson the meaning of giving and forgiving that lies at the heart of this holiday season.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
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