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February 23, 2001 | Law.com

The View From the Bench

If the Department of Justice had its way, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit would not be hearing the Microsoft case. But last year, the Supreme Court denied a request to take the case directly, and an en banc circuit panel composed of seven judges will preside during a two-day argument.
5 minute read
December 23, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

2005: A Competitive Time for Area Firms

Last year�s look back at events in the Philadelphia legal community went something like this: Not too much happened in 2004. This year was a whole different story.
11 minute read
October 18, 2005 | Law.com

D.C. Circuit Dodges Roberts Recusal Flap

Two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit have brushed aside a sticky ethics question that had plagued their former colleague, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. The judges refused to consider a request that the circuit void an earlier ruling which upheld the Bush administration's authority to try terrorism suspects in military tribunals. In an unusual motion, a terror suspect had attempted to intervene, requesting that Roberts disqualify himself from the case.
2 minute read
July 28, 2005 | Law.com

Firm Accused of Copying Multistate Bar Examination Test Questions

In a suit that could have national implications for how law students prepare for the bar exam, the National Conference of Bar Examiners has accused a California company of illegally copying questions from the Multistate Bar Examination for use in bar exam preparation courses. In the suit, NCBE claims that employees of Multistate Legal Studies Inc. have attended bar exams in several states for the sole purpose of copying questions to be used in its prep courses.
5 minute read
November 11, 2004 | Law.com

Gallup Mistake Invalidates Copyright

After four years of litigation, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a copyright infringement suit brought by Gallup Inc. -- the consulting firm best known for the Gallup Poll -- after finding that it never properly registered a copyright for its "employee satisfaction survey." Gallup claimed in its suit that Kenexa Corp. had misappropriated the Gallup Q-12 employee survey and hired away more than a dozen Gallup employees who were knowledgeable about the survey.
7 minute read
October 10, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ballard Spahr Facing Gender Discrimination Claim

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll has lost its attempt to halt a gender discrimination claim before it began by a real estate partner in the Baltimore office.
9 minute read
July 28, 2006 | Law.com

Montgomery McCracken Raising Starting Salary to $125K

Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads will raise the starting salary for first-year associates to $125,000, citing the "need to stay competitive for the best and the brightest," says Chairman Stephen Madva. Montgomery McCracken says it's in a growth mode and that its merger with Crawford Wilson & Ryan at the end of May would probably not be the last. The 170-lawyer firm is looking to grow to "comfortably over 200 attorneys," Madva has said.
2 minute read
December 11, 2000 | Law.com

Possible Safeguard General Counsel Change in Works

There could be a major shake up in the legal department of investment holding company, Safeguard Scientifics, which is responding to the collapse of Internet stock prices. Sources say that after nine years as the company's general counsel, James Ounsworth will be stepping down and will be replaced by Morgan Lewis & Bockius' N. Jeffrey Klauder, who joined Safeguard as senior vice president.
3 minute read
October 21, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

EventsThe Chancellor's Forum on Prisoner Pro Bono Projects and an open house featuring Philadelphia public interest legal agencies and law school pro bono programs kick off the Philadelphia Bar Association 's celebration of National Pro Bono Week, Oct. 26-30.
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April 19, 2010 | National Law Journal

It's a moot court for transactions attorneys

Last month the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law in Philadelphia hosted a first-of-its-kind transactional lawyering competition, which drew 12 teams from 10 law schools and is part of a fledgling movement among legal educators to better prepare students to be dealmakers.
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