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February 25, 2008 | National Law Journal

Summer Associate Job Offers Must Be Accepted Within 45 Days

Starting next fall, law students will need to think fast when choosing which offer to accept for a summer associate job, due to a change in timing guidelines established by NALP that require second-year law students to accept a firm's offer of summer employment within 45 days. If students do not respond, the offer lapses. "We heard that firms with smaller associate programs were having a particularly difficult time predicting their yield on offers to law students," says Gihan Fernando, president of NALP.
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January 10, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

High Court Tackles Employment Claims

Michael P. Maslanka, managing partner of the Dallas office of Ford & Harrison, provides a look at three employment cases the U.S. Supreme Court will be reviewing, and provides some forecasts on the likely outcome. In a retaliation case, Maslanka predicts the Court will find that employees may bring retaliation claims not only when they are fired, denied a promotion or demoted, but also when employer actions create an environment that is "reasonably likely to deter" discrimination complaints.
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May 10, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

High Courts to Weigh Noncompete, Retaliation Cases

It's time for spring cleaning — out with the old; in with the new, says Michael P. Maslanka. Let's clear out the legal closet; we'll make room for new developments and send outdated theories out with the trash. He starts with a key point in Texas noncompete law, discusses some retaliation cases and ends with some spring cleaning.
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June 29, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Diversity Scorecard: Best in Category

The three main minority groups vary in their distribution. These are the top firms for each group.
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August 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

EEOC Steps Into Georgia Hijab Disputes

The EEOC deals with whether work attire rules can trump Muslim religious practices.
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July 27, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Civil rights worker aims to solve lynching

MONROE, Ga. AP - The dirt road that led to Moore's Ford bridge is paved now, and the creaky wooden bridge has been replaced with a sleek concrete span. But the black letters "KKK" sprayed on the new bridge's face offer an eerie reminder of the terrible events that happened here 60 years ago.Bobby Howard brushes back a leafy tree branch, revealing a half-dozen more racist scribblings.
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January 19, 2009 | National Law Journal

Bailout triggers exec pay worries

Attorneys specializing in executive compensation are hearing from banking and finance executives forced to sign waivers of any right to challenge reductions in pay or benefits required when banks accept federal bailout money.
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March 21, 2005 | National Law Journal

On the Move

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April 22, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

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July 20, 2007 | Daily Report Online

BB&T to open Atlantic Station office; Ford & Harrison eyes move

THE LATEST OFFICE tower under construction at Atlantic Station has landed BBT Bank as its lead tenant and soon may gain a law firm to its growing tenant roster. BBT signed a 15-year lease Tuesday at 271 17th St., the third and largest office tower to be developed on the 138-acre mixed-use site.Brokers Mike Shelly and Sonia Winfield, of Carter Real Estate, represented Atlantic Station developer and owner AIG Global Real Estate.
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