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Home sales dip 1.7 percent on tight inventory
Sales of previously occupied homes fell in September after hitting a two-year high in August, in part because there were fewer homes available for sale.High Court Justices' Questions Key in How They Rule, Study Shows
In a new study entitled "The Illusion of Devil's Advocacy: How the Justices of the Supreme Court Foreshadow their Decisions During Oral Argument," Sarah Shullman came up with a surprisingly simple and accurate way of predicting outcomes based on the number and tenor of oral argument questions by justices. After seven of the 10 cases she studied were decided, Shullman looked for correlations -- and found them.State by the Commissioner of Transportation v. 200 Route 17, L.L.C.
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New Reality: Temps Must Join D.C. Bar
A recently released opinion stating that contract lawyers in the District must be licensed in D.C. throws law firms, contract lawyers, and legal staffing firms for a loop.Litigation against major companies flagging, in-house survey shows
Fewer major U.S. corporations are being sued this year than last, a new law firm commissioned study finds. Seventeen percent of corporate counsel surveyed got through the 12-month period ending in June without being sued, up from 11 percent in the prior 12 months, according to the report by Houston-based Fulbright Jaworski.Federal Judge Axes CNET Stock Option Claims
A federal judge has dismissed most of a shareholder derivative complaint against CNET in a decision that, observers say, shows how difficult it may be for plaintiffs to succeed in numerous similar claims related to stock-option backdating.At Last, Lawyers Get a Life -- Sort Of
Many lawyers are afraid to go on part-time schedules, and when they do they often find themselves working longer than they planned. The result: unhappy attorneys, who leave the firms that invested in them. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, with 1,000 lawyers worldwide, says it didn't want that -- so it's unveiled a "balanced hours" program, allowing more leeway for personal responsibilities. But Chairman Peter Kalis notes that it's "not a charter to write the Great American Novel."Trending Stories
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