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May 16, 2007 | Legaltech News

Jott Networks Bridges Voice, Text Worlds

If the world is going paperless, then Jott Networks Inc. wants to be the Post-it note of the electronic era. The company, expected to announce a $5.4 million round in Series A funding, is developing a service that lets users turn their spoken comments into text messages and e-mails.
4 minute read
June 15, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Spoliators, Be Prepared

Michael S. O'Reilly, a partner at Gibbons, and Christopher W. Radcliffe, an associate at the firm, write while the factors of whether a party had a duty to preserve evidence at the time of destruction, and intentional versus negligent/innocent spoliation, are fairly straightforward, the critical variable for courts seems to be prejudice.
13 minute read
March 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

The Lost Generation?

Demoralized and dispirited, big-firm associates are defecting in droves. Here's what firms, and their clients, can do about it.
10 minute read
June 21, 2004 | Law.com

Firms Dangling Record Bonuses Before Law Clerks' Eyes

The intense annual competition to lure elite Supreme Court law clerks to top law firms is reaching record heights this year, with some firms offering jaw-dropping hiring bonuses of $150,000 or more. The bonuses, added to base salaries in the third-year associate range, make it likely that some of the court's 35 law clerks this term will be paid upward of $300,000. News of the stratospheric hiring bonuses comes even as the court itself is signaling discomfort with some law firms' clerk-recruiting practices.
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November 05, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Some Familiar Names in New Class of Federal Prosecutors

The recent swearing-in ceremony for 17 new assistant U.S. attorneys in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was remarkable not only for its size but also because it marked the first significant round of hiring in the office after a lengthy de facto hiring freeze due to budget cuts.
4 minute read
January 29, 2007 | National Law Journal

Salary fever infects D.C. law firms

Much to the chagrin of compensation committees everywhere, associate money madness has returned, and the mounting pressure on D.C.'s top-tier firms can be felt up and down Washington's boulevards.
7 minute read
April 19, 1999 | Law.com

Assault on the Vault

While Glendale Federal's recent $909 million victory against the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims received wide notice, little attention has been paid to a key factor in the California bank's success: the sophisticated collaboration among lawyers representing plaintiffs in Glendale and about 120 other related cases.
8 minute read
January 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

Judges Look to Clerks With Experience

The increasingly older talent pool applying for federal circuit court clerkships has risen the past couple of years as lawyers seek to boost their resumes. The trend reflects the growing number of federal judges who have done an about-face by requiring law clerks who draft opinions and research questions of the law to obtain some real-world experience. "There's a huge advantage once you've practiced for a year in deciding what kind of [clerk] experience you want," says O'Melveny & Myers' Brian Brooks.
6 minute read
October 12, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

S.F.'s Fight With Cellphone Industry Tests Compelled Speech

The wireless industry is trying to block San Francisco's novel cellphone "right to know" law on grounds it forces, not hinders, speech.
8 minute read
June 30, 2010 | Law.com

Recruiters See More Law Firms Conducting Their Own Searches

Recruiters are noticing that a few law firms have asked for lowered commissions on searches, but another developing trend, according to some, is law firms conducting their own searches, or reaching out to a recruiter while at the same time conducting their own in-house searches.
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