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NALP Panel: Change Recruiting Process
After fielding complaints from a number of large law firms, a task force at the National Association for Law Placement has recommended shortening the time in which law students have to respond to employment offers. The move comes after many firms complained that top students were holding on to multiple offers until the final days of the recruiting season, in the process freezing firms from making additional offers to a second tier of students.Texas Group's Textbook Plays Role in Intelligent Design Case
A textbook published by a Texas think tank played a role in a recent decision in which a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that a public school board's policy on intelligent design was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion in violation of the First Amendment.Not Pleading Actual Damages Dooms Claim
A Philadelphia judge threw out a corporation's breach of contract claim last week, finding the damages for which it sought compensation were contingent upon an arbitration that had yet to conclude at the time the complaint was filed.Chances of Big Law Job Offers for Young Lawyers Dismal, Numbers Show
As if law students needed another reminder of the dim job market for young lawyers, a career counseling association has published numbers provided by law firms and other employers regarding 2009 summer associate offers and expectations for 2010 summer programs. And not surprisingly, the picture isn't pretty.Booming IP Practice Has Big Firms Seeking Merger with Longtime Boutiques
Last month Ronald Panitch finally relented -- deciding to merge his IP firm with national giant Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. That decision has people in the legal community talking about whether the union is a sign of things to come for IP boutiques as big firms continue to try and muscle in on their once exclusive turf. Philadelphia's leading IP boutiques say they have been flooded with merger offers from big firms in the past year.Trending Stories
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