Karen Sloan

July 24, 2009 | Law.com

It's been an active year on the investment fraud scene in New York, and no one knows that better than William F. Johnson, who oversaw major fraud investigations as the chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. He'll soon get a taste of life on the other side of the courtroom, however. After 16 years as a government attorney, he's moving to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

July 13, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Law school applications rose 7 percent for this year's incoming class in a boom consistent with other recessions. Public universities led the way.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

September 29, 2009 | Law.com

This is the year the recession hit the legal profession. Lawyers and support staff were cut by the hundreds. Law firms went belly up. Court dockets burst with foreclosures and bankruptcies while budgets everywhere went bust. Buried under the statistics are those most affected by it all: the overworked judge, the unemployed paralegal, the laid-off associate and the law firm manager. The National Law Journal talked to people across the profession to find out how the downturn changed their lives.

By Karen Sloan, Leigh Jones and Jeff Jeffrey

18 minute read

March 01, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan and Nate Raymond

5 minute read

September 15, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The Center for Equal Opportunity alleges an anti-white bias at University of Wisconsin Law School after a study showed it admitted a much larger proportion of blacks than whites and Asians with the same or higher academic credentials.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

August 18, 2009 | Law.com

A year ago, as the economy began its freefall, corporate law departments were preparing for an all-out assault by plaintiffs. But the early numbers for this recession are showing something quite different. Susan Hackett, GC for the Association of Corporate Counsel, said companies are "looking to apply the least expensive Band-Aid" to their legal problems. "They can't afford litigation. There's a real sense of, 'Make this go away quickly and quietly,'" Hackett said.

By Karen Sloan

10 minute read

December 30, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

After three years of significant growth, federal securities class actions dropped off slightly in 2009 — a sign that the flurry of activity spurred by the credit crisis has died down.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

December 23, 2009 | Law.com

Joseph Gioconda, former head of the trademark litigation and anti-counterfeiting practices in DLA Piper's New York office, has started a boutique in New York focused on anti-counterfeiting efforts. The Gioconda Law Group opened Monday with eight workers, including five attorneys. Gioconda sees a niche for a small firm that specializes in brand protection and can offer flexible fee structures. He says pharmaceuticals and electronics have been among the industries seeing the largest growth in counterfeiting.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

July 09, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

It's no secret that women earn less than their male colleagues at law firms -- the National Association of Women Lawyers concluded last year that female equity partners make an average $66,000 less a year.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

December 03, 2009 | Law.com

Like it or not, U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of law schools profoundly influences the way those schools are managed, spend resources and are perceived internally and by the outside world. That?s the conclusion reached by two sociology professors who interviewed more than 200 law school administrators, faculty members and prospective law students, and combed through other statistical data.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read