Leigh Jones

February 09, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Attorney layoffs have become industry standard in recent months, with at least 50 of the nation's top law firms ushering practitioners out their doors and into a torpid job market.

By Leigh Jones

6 minute read

October 19, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Leigh Jones

8 minute read

June 11, 2007 | The Recorder

Should New York associates get yet another raise? Some would say yes, if you take into account cost-of-living discrepancies across the country.

By Leigh Jones

7 minute read

July 08, 2005 | Law.com

Although Baum Hedlund recently scored a victory in a discovery scuffle involving GlaxoSmithKline and online questionnaires completed by Paxil users, law firms' class action Web sites continue to present complications related to jurisdiction, applicable laws, ethics rules and more. And courts have yet to address many of these issues. Says a partner at another law firm: "As the technology changes, the balance of considerations changes."

By Leigh Jones

7 minute read

May 19, 2006 | Law.com

Fewer law students and a brisk legal market mean that more law firms may need to start sharing their summer associates. Historically, many firms have balked at letting law students split their jobs between two employers. And firms that do permit split summers often insist that students spend the first half of the season at their shops. But job-placement professionals say market forces are prompting firms to rethink their policies to get top students through their doors -- if only for a few weeks.

By Leigh Jones

4 minute read

August 27, 2007 | Law.com

Nanotechnology is used in countless products, from sunscreens that millions of consumers slather on every day to clothing, toothpaste, cooking oil, vitamins, furniture, pots, pans and more. But it's unknown what happens to those particles as they get absorbed by the body. George Kimbell, staff attorney for the International Center for Technology Assessment, has filed the first official challenge to the government's lack of nanotechnology regulation.

By Leigh Jones

5 minute read

August 18, 2010 | Law.com

A legal battle has been simmering between attorney search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa and one of its former recruiters in a lawsuit sealed from the public eye. Now, recently filed court papers reveal allegations of racketeering among competitors vying for business in a cutthroat job market. Major Lindsey alleges that former managing director Sharon Mahn took proprietary information about attorney job openings from the firm's computers and gave it to at least one competing placement firm.

By Leigh Jones

4 minute read

February 14, 2007 | The Recorder

Some midsized firms, unable to compete with larger firms for talent from big-name law schools, are devising other strategies to attract associates.

By Leigh Jones

6 minute read

September 06, 2007 | The Recorder

A civil rights commission report calls for changes in law school admissions policies, but there are plenty of critics of the plan.

By Leigh Jones

4 minute read

May 21, 2007 | Law.com

Associate-hungry law firms are salivating over top schools' law students, but a faction of students are rejecting big firms' advances for what they say are more meaningful summer jobs. Although the majority of graduates continue to take jobs in the private sector, the percentage of jobs at private firms -- particularly large ones -- has declined. "Many students are concerned about increasing billable-hour expectations and high attrition rates at large law firms," says Stanford student Andrew Canter.

By Leigh Jones

6 minute read