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Picture Looks Grim for BP Shareholder Claims
BP shareholders are attempting to salvage lawsuits alleging they lost stock value due to misleading and false statements made by current and former directors and officers before and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.Allen & Overy hit with discrimination suit by former N.Y. associate
Allen & Overy faces a religious discrimination suit by a former associate who claims he was fired because he insisted on observing the Jewish Sabbath. Norman D. Schoenfeld claimed in a suit filed in Manhattan federal court Thursday that the British law firm fired him because one partner in particular was upset that Schoenfeld was unable to work on matters from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. In a statement responding to the suit, Allen & Overy said Schoenfeld was fired for performance reasons.Branding Hot in Texas: Managing Partner Survey Spots Trends in Lone Star State
While a relatively healthy local economy, driven by an energy boom, continues to attract firms to the state, firms are looking for ways to differentiate themselves in a crowded legal market. "As of late, we can barely keep track of the firms setting up outposts in Houston," says Douglas Atnipp of Greenberg Traurig.Deferrals may create class collision
Law firms are using a wide array of plans to keep incoming graduates at bay amid the plunge in business, but the idea that they will eventually hire those deferred recruits may be a case of wishful thinking.The deferral strategies represent an effort by firms to keep their word to recruits, to preserve their reputations at law schools and to maintain a stockpile of new talent should the economy rapidly rebound.
Lateral Hiring Increases at Big-Tex Firms in 2003
According to the 19 firms that participated in Texas Lawyer's annual Lateral Hiring Survey, the numbers for 2003 show a slight improvement in hiring compared with 2002: Lateral hiring increased, the total number of attorneys at the firms increased and the attrition rate slightly decreased.Trending Stories
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