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Is this any way to recruit associates?
Ask law firm recruits, particularly those from elite schools, about the summer associate recruiting experience, and the stories are fairly similar: Short interviews, shallow questions and a sheaf of boilerplate marketing materials. For law firms, the process is expensive and time-intensive -- and still results in low acceptance and high attrition rates. Some firms are experimenting with more sophisticated interview strategies used by other professional services firms. But resistance to change is fierce.Is This Any Way to Recruit Associates?
Ask law firm recruits, particularly those from elite schools, about the summer associate recruiting experience, and the stories are fairly similar: Short interviews, shallow questions and a sheaf of boilerplate marketing materials. For law firms, the process is expensive and time-intensive -- and still results in low acceptance and high attrition rates. Some firms are experimenting with more sophisticated interview strategies used by other professional services firms. But resistance to change is fierce.'Public Policy' Limits on Punitive Damage Clauses
State laws vary as to whether and by what means arbitrators can be given or denied the power to award punitive damages. In some states, arbitration clauses that proscribe punitive damage awards may be unenforceable. Attorneys Samuel Estreicher and Steven C. Bennett discuss potential state public policy limitations on the ability of parties to grant or deny power to arbitrators to award punitive damages in the arbitration of contract disputes, and suggest some drafting solutions to such limitations.High Profile Pleading: Football Coaches' Petition in Playbook-Theft Lawsuit
Zambese, et al. v. SportsPlayBook.com, et al., District Court of Harris County, Texas, filed Aug. 18, 2000The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
Morgan Lewis raids White & Case for white-collar practice leader George Terwilliger III and three other partners; DLA Piper picks up a capital markets head in Rome from Shearman; and King & Wood Mallesons poaches the leader of Baker & McKenzie's Australian private equity group. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].Trending Stories
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