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Vereins: The new structure for global firms
When is a law firm not a law firm? That sounds like the setup to the driest joke of all time. In fact, it's the subject of serious debate within the industry.
Real estate tops malpractice claims
The latest data is out regarding the frequency and severity of legal malpractice claims data between 2008 and 2011, and the news is generally good.Wal-Mart rolls out drug sales expansion
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is using its heft to offer lower-cost prescription drugs and stepping up competition with pharmacies at CVS Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co. Wal-Mart plans to expand a program with Caterpillar Inc. to other U.S. companies, executives said in interviews this month. Under the partnership, Caterpillar bypasses a third-party provider and gets pricing on drugs directly from the retailer.Removal of Iowa judges may inspire similar efforts
DES MOINES, Iowa AP - Emboldened by the success of a ballot initiative to oust Iowa judges who supported gay marriage, conservative activists are looking for new ways to use the power of the vote to strike back against the courts.Judicial-removal campaigns have generally been difficult to sell to the public. But now some groups view them as a potential tool to influence the judiciary on gay rights, abortion and other divisive social issues.Tuition awarded in minority mock trials
Hearing her name announced as a winner of a mock trial competition held in March at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles was a wake-up call for Tannis Watkins. "I didn't think I was good enough," said Watkins, 33, a mother of three of Puerto Rican descent who is working toward an associate's degree in paralegal studies at Riverside City College in California.
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Appraiser exposes practice of overinflating home values
Home appraiser Julian ''Tony'' Perez conjured $7.5 million out of thin air in the first six months of 2001 by overvaluing 33 condominiums in the Atlanta area. Perez valued eight unfinished properties at the Deere Lofts development April 2. Some were missing ceilings, cabinets or sinks. Each had been bought the previous week for $90,000 to $167,000.The risk of filing your taxes early
Investors shouldn't be in a rush to file their 2006 tax returns. Those who do may have to amend them later this year.Major financial-services companies are struggling to avoid what some fear could be an unusually severe recurrence of a problem that has bedeviled investors the past three years.The issue is 1099 forms, those statements that banks, brokerage houses and mutual funds send out to account holders around the end of January.DC sniper's execution set for Tuesday night
RICHMOND, Va. AP - Virginia's governor refused to spare the life of John Allen Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution Tuesday night for the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.The three-week killing spree in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.Jail time may encourage many to heed campaign gift law
James K. Robinson and Stephen ChippendalePolitical reality is about to change, and in a dramatic way. Politicians and fund-raisers who violate federal campaign finance law may soon find themselves paraded in handcuffs-the same treatment that high-level corporate defendants now receive. Sound far-fetched Not after the U.S. Sentencing Commission's action on Jan.Interstate adoptions: Harder than they should be?
Fewer children would be stuck in foster care if state authorities reduced red tape and standardized procedures nationwide to encourage more adoptions by out-of-state families, according to a coalition of child welfare experts appealing for change.Trending Stories
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