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July 31, 2008 | Law.com

Associates Survey 2008

To find out how Midlevel associates rate their firms as workplaces, our annual midlevel survey examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. They include relations with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level asso-ciates have in their work, training and guidance, policy on billables, management openness about firm strategies and partnership chances, the firm?s attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and the respondents? inclination to stay at their firm for at least two more years. Respondents graded their firms on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. On this chart, firms with ten or more responses are ranked by their averages on those questions. Averages include responses from all participating of-fices. For definitions of national and international firms, and for other details, see our methodology
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August 02, 2007 | Law.com

Commentary: Every Pay Raise Has Its Price

During the past month, large Texas law firms have engaged in a salary war that started with Vinson & Elkins raising first-year associate pay to the New York rate of $160,000. But at what price, asks Mark Donald? These young lawyers will bill around 2,000 hours a year -- minimum. And with the dreaded billable hour comes disillusionment. Add to that the fact that the average career life expectancy of an associate at a big firm is three years -- before a law firm even starts to make money off the attorney.
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October 07, 2002 | Law.com

2nd Circuit Tells Judge to Reconsider Discovery Sanctions

Weighing in on a breach of contract suit in Connecticut, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed the broad discretion of federal courts to impose discovery sanctions. The circuit said sanctions for discovery abuse are available when a party fails to produce evidence, in this case e-mail documents, not only through bad faith or gross negligence, but also through ordinary negligence.
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April 15, 2005 | Law.com

Class Actions: New Field, Same Game?

Some plaintiffs lawyers appear less worried about the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act on their practices than might be expected. Even Stephen Tillery -- name partner in the firm that won a $10 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA Inc. and perhaps the most famous class action lawyer in the most famous pro-plaintiff jurisdiction -- says his firm will simply switch to federal court. And another attorney says there might be some surprises in store for businesses that pushed for the law.
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April 19, 1999 | Law.com

5th Circuit Ruling Provides Ammo for HMO Suits

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given plaintiffs suing health maintenance organizations in state court some ammunition against the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The April 9 ruling in Giles v. NYLCare Health Plans Inc. granted federal courts broader authority to remand negligence claims against HMOs to state courts to decide whether ERISA preempts state law.
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April 23, 2001 | Law.com

The Big-Verdict Myth

Most massive jury awards in Texas -- ranging from $171 million to $22 million in a Texas Lawyer study -- tended to fade after jurors issued their verdicts. Fadduol, Glasheen & Valles' Kevin Glasheen should know; he saw $44 million disappear from one of his wins. But the Lubbock lawyer says he isn't surprised by appeal courts taking a hard look at punitives. "That's what they're charged with doing."
7 minute read
February 21, 2006 | Law.com

Also in the Running�

Web: Four California-based law firms win "honorable mentions" in The American Lawyer's competition for Litigation Department of the Year.
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March 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

Where to hold Toyota trial?

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation met on March 25 to consider how and where to organize more than a dozen lawsuits filed against Toyota litigation.
8 minute read
February 18, 2000 | Law.com

Today's Catch: Settled Salmon

Although their case was thrown out on summary judgment, attorneys for a group of Alaskan salmon fishermen who are alleging price fixing by processors and importers were offered another $1 million to add to a settlement pot now totaling $11 million. Not bad, considering the dismissed case hasn't been granted an appeal. The question is: How do plaintiffs' attorneys lose in court, yet score a settlement on the very same issues?
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