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November 27, 2006 | Law.com

The Real World According to Summer Associates

Summer associates come off as a tough crew in The American Lawyer's survey of almost 6,800 interns at about 200 firms, welcoming brutal honesty about their own performances and leaving none of the firms immune from suggestions for improvement. But overall, law students gave their summer employers lots of praise. While the survey's upper tiers included many familiar names, plenty of newcomers hit high notes -- and two of the top 10 slots were captured by firms that vaulted more than 100 spots.
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March 21, 2000 | Law.com

Law Firms Taking Equity in High-Tech Clients Stirs Ambivalence

As dot-com fever continues to rise in Silicon Alley, some of New York's oldest, largest and most conservative law firms have decided that they, too, want to be players in the new economy. Large New York firms have traditionally shied away from the risks of investing in start-ups, and the possibility of facing ethical dilemmas. But with the potential windfalls in the multimillions should a start-up prove successful, a number of New York firms have put aside their concerns and taken the plunge.
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January 21, 2003 | National Law Journal

Inadmissible

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Simpson Thacher Scores for Banks, Fends Off Appeal in Auction-Rate Antitrust Class Action
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It was inevitable that the collapse of the $300 billion auction-rate securities market in 2008 would trigger securities litigation. But the ARS freeze also spawned a massive antitrust case, after a trio of plaintiffs firms cooked up a theory that the market's demise was triggered by an illegal boycott on the part of major banks.

April 27, 1999 | Law.com

There Goes the Neighborhood

Last month, a builder for a housing development in Bakersfield, Calif. abruptly backed out of a deal after learning that the buyer, Timothy Liebaert, is a lawyer. Donavan Judkins, of Burlington Homes, doesn't trust lawyers and has a rigid policy of not selling to them: Too litigious, he claims. The Liebaerts, who -- at the risk of proving Judkins' point -- promptly sued the developer. Their novel claim accuses Judkins of discriminating against lawyers in violation of the state's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
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August 27, 2007 | Law.com

In Re: Parks

The trial court exceeded its contempt authority in modifying the custody arrangement in the divorce decree without prior notice and failing to limit such a modification to make-up time or to time necessary due to the exigencies of incarceration.
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December 06, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

A FEW HAPPY FIRMS

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August 01, 2000 | Law.com

Caution! Falling Lawyers

Why are so many London branches of U.S. firms losing top partners? According to their British competitors, flawed strategies are legion: in lateral recruitment, in choosing market niches, and in finding a long-term strategy. Other than that, everything's going swimmingly!
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July 26, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Clements v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co.

To maintain a claim under Article 21.55, a party must establish three elements: 1. a claim under an insurance policy; 2. that the insurer is liable for the claim; and 3. that the insurer has failed to follow one or more sections of Article 21.55 with respect to the claim.
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October 31, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Jocson v. Crabb

Generalized testimony regarding the continued"presence of moneyinvolved in a suit is not legally sufficient evidence to support a trial court's finding that there was a conflict of interest requiring a guardian ad litem's services.
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