The National Law Journal

September 01, 2006 | National Law Journal

As a society, we measure. We measure success and failure. We measure output and outcome. But we rarely measure justice or the court system charged with producing it. But business leaders have documented that measurements control outcome-we get what we measure.

By Rebecca Kourlis/Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

May 22, 2006 | National Law Journal

The immigration debate has spawned a new class of employment litigation that appears to be backed by anti-immigrant individuals and organizations. The weapon of choice for this new attack is the RICO Act, which permits plaintiffs to sue employers for competitive injuries arising out of alleged conspiracies to commit immigration crimes.

By Mary E. Pivec/Special to The National Law Journal

13 minute read

April 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

What year is this � 1999? By examining trends in filing volume, one can get a sense of whether companies are feeling optimistic or pessimistic about the public appetite for their products and services.

By Glenn A. Gundersen / Special to The National Law Journal

7 minute read

September 03, 2007 | National Law Journal

Summer associates are spoiled at many firms, while first-year associates are mollycoddled. And many young lawyers are left to find their own way after the second year. Why should summer associates get better feedback, better mentoring, better assignments and better food than those with J.D.s and permanent offers? Law firm leaders would do well to focus the same kind of resources on integrating and retaining associates as they spend on recruiting them.

By Molly Peckman / Special to The National Law Journal

10 minute read

October 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

The economy is hanging by a $700 billion thread as global markets plunge. Yet the bailout bill did not address any of the root causes of this potential catastrophe. Nothing in the bailout bill will deter another such meltdown. There has been no shortage of proposed reforms elsewhere. Make sure taxpayers get full return; authorize bankruptcy judges to provide foreclosure relief; create new jobs. But Congress chose instead to cut taxes while borrowing $700 billion from the Chinese and the Saudis. Go figure.

By Al Meyerhoff / Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

June 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

By Emily Heller / Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

February 09, 2004 | National Law Journal

New regulations proposed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would ban sex between patent and trademark attorneys and their clients incident to representation. Does PTO management fear that the population's infatuation with soft porn on prime-time television (� la Paris Hilton and Janet Jackson) threatens to disrupt due examination of patent and trademark applications?

By Robert M. Kunstadt Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

September 22, 2003 | National Law Journal

Whether nonprofit institutions pursue biotechnology or nanotechnology, risks arise as universities and government laboratories assume dual identities in research and commerce.

By J. Steven Rutt, Stephen B. Maebius and Brian J. McNamaraSpecial to The National Law Journal

11 minute read

February 13, 2006 | National Law Journal

The estate-planning lawyer's life, never easy, seems to have gotten a lot more troublesome lately, leaving him or her with three alternatives: Just deal with it, quit practice or find a new way to go about his or her work.

By Christopher P. ClineSpecial to The National Law Journal

14 minute read

October 23, 2003 | National Law Journal

Most companies that distribute software are aware of the issues raised by the use of open source software. Now, however, recent activities by Lindon, Utah-based The SCO Group, in connection with its suit against IBM, have raised questions regarding the use of open source software by companies that do not develop or distribute software.

By Donald W. Muirhead Special to The National Law Journal

10 minute read