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Firms look to reduced hours as a cost-saver
Would nervous associates jump at the opportunity to work reduced hours at reduced pay if it meant their law firms would forgo layoffsOfficials with the Project for Attorney Retention PAR and several legal consultants think so. They are recommending that law firms take a serious look at implementing reduced-hours programs as a way to manage through the flagging economy while protecting their reputations in legal circles.
Single actor not a requirement for induced patent infringement
The Patent Act has been interpreted to provide liability for direct patent infringement only when a single person or entity performs all the elements of a patent claim, either by itself or vicariously, through an agent. Does that mean it is possible for someone to avoid infringement liability by performing some of the steps of a method patent himself and inducing someone else to perform the rest or by inducing a group of persons to perform the steps, so that no one person does them all?Special court for vets addresses more than crime
BUFFALO, N.Y. AP - The first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court is not like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts.Judge Robert Russell steps down from his bench and from the aloofness of his black robe. He walks into the gallery where men and women accused of stealing, drug offenses and other non-violent felonies and misdemeanors fidget in plastic chairs.Top eastern law schools are still go-to sites for first-years
Excerpt: The courage to try cases
The following is an excerpt from the book "A Life in the Law: Advice for Young Lawyers," by Judge William S. Duffey Jr. and Richard A. "Doc" Schneider. It's available at the American Bar Association.As a federal judge, I am privileged to be assisted by very bright, engaging, and interesting law clerks with whom I develop strong personal relationships.High court returns to a busy schedule
It wasn't exactly a lost fall for the U.S. Supreme Court, but, as the justices don their robes for the first oral arguments of 2010, there is a sense that the term is just now beginning to take shape.Blockbuster opinions, riveting oral arguments and a possible retirement loom in the next six months, all promising to make the court's first three months in session fade quickly from view.Fed cries inflation for benchmark rate drop
Most folks listen to Federal Reserve policy makers not because they are students of central banking or they find the dulcet voices soothing. They listen for one and only one reason: They want to know where the benchmark interbank rate will be going forward. The level of the funds rate, which the Fed sets, affects economic growth and inflation.On the Record: Former judge tackles legal, social issues
Prospects for Ga. trauma center bailout looks bleak at Capitol
COLUMBUS, Ga. AP - Dr. Scott Hannay has seen a lot in his years as a trauma surgeon in west Georgia. There were four young children stabbed by their father with a hunting knife. Paratroopers in training from nearby Fort Benning who had a hard landing. Too many car crashes to count. It often drags Hannay away from his more lucrative private practice.Trending Stories
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