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March 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Small firms turning to flat fees for rising profits

In the past year, the Ambrose Law Group of Portland, Ore., switched from the billable hour to a flat-fee structure. The results have been dramatic, with the five-attorney firm reporting a 90% increase in profits.
5 minute read
May 09, 2012 | National Law Journal

Brief of the Week: The limits of torture

The Supreme Court has never granted review to a case about post-9/11 torture claims against U.S. officials. American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Ben Wizner worries that omission leaves the door open for future human-rights abuses. In his petition in Padilla v. Rumsfeld, Wizner is asking the Court to decide whether federal officials "responsible for the torture of an American citizen on American soil" can be sued for damages.
4 minute read
February 28, 2005 | National Law Journal

Cert. Before Judgment

Some of the U.S. Supreme Court's most historic decisions have been issued without benefit of a court of appeals ruling.
9 minute read
May 15, 2006 | National Law Journal

High court rejects tribal land, gay parents rights cases

The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether the state of New York owed an Indian tribe about $250 million in a dispute over the seizure of tribal land; the court also refused to block a gay woman from seeking parental rights to a child she had helped raise with her
4 minute read
March 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

Layoff pain migrates in-house

Law firms aren't the only ones pushing attorneys out the door to shrink costs. U.S. companies, both large and small and across varied industries, are dismissing attorneys as they retool their law departments to cut costs and adapt to slowing U.S. economic activity. Hyatt Corp., Cigna Corp., General Electric Co., eLoyalty Corp., Motorola Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. and Yahoo! Inc. are among those that have reduced the number of attorneys in their law departments during the past year as their companies seek budget cuts amid the U.S. recession.
8 minute read
November 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

An outbreak of hospital antitrust suits

Legal battles between physician-owned hospitals, clinics and surgical centers and traditional full-service hospitals are heating up as more doctor-owned entities accuse their rivals of violating antitrust laws to keep them out of the markets. Since the federal government lifted a moratorium on Medicare payments to doctor-owned specialty hospitals a couple of years ago, those businesses have been bringing cases against their mostly nonprofit competitors running community hospitals.
7 minute read
March 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

Movers

Bingham McCutchen: Christine Bruenn joins the broker-dealer group as partner in the firm's Portland, Maine, office- and other personnel moves.
4 minute read
December 01, 2006 | National Law Journal

Face-off over evidence review

The question of whether defense attorneys are allowed to review child pornography evidence-and under what conditions-is being played out in courts on opposite ends of the country.
7 minute read
December 20, 2010 | National Law Journal

CIVIL ACTIONS

The following cases were recently filed in Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the courts' official online bulletins.
3 minute read
March 14, 2011 | National Law Journal

Speaking their language

Cuts would hobble a program that helps Spanish-speakers in rural Georgia defend their rights.
4 minute read

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