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For Women Lawyers, It Could Have Been Worse
Contrary to expectations, women lawyers have not suffered more in the current recession than their male counterparts. At least not when it comes to headcount at NLJ 250 firms.Bad times could have been worse for women
According to our 2009 survey of the nation's 250 largest law firms, the number of women lawyers at those firms decreased overall by 2% this past year, compared to an overall headcount loss of 4%. That's the good news. The bad news is that women still make up less than 20% of the largest law firms' partners.N.Y. Court Declines to Apply Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine
In a ruling last week, a New York appellate court declined to apply the controversial doctrine of inevitable disclosure, finding that just because an employee possessed knowledge of a former employer's trade secrets, a court cannot infer that he exploited his advantage. In a unanimous decision, the panel reversed a trial judge who had awarded summary judgment to the employee's former employer.State to Recover Polluter Payments
ALBANY Setting an important environmental precedent in the Northern District, a federal judge is allowing New York to recover from an alleged corporate polluter payments the State made to reimburse a town for landfill clean-up costs in the Syracuse area.Bills Would Allow Debt Purchase by Litigants
Despite the relative obscurity of New York's champerty statute, legislative efforts to amend it have ignited a fierce struggle among major players in the state's booming market in domestic and international debt. A proposed amendment would expressly allow investors to enforce debt claims that were purchased for $500,000 or more even when their sole intent was to sue when they bought the debt. Opponents contend the bill would improperly intrude into the judicial process by preempting Second Circuit review.Judge Upholds School's Removal of Trash From Private Property
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