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May 29, 2003 | Law.com

Illinois Grapples With Mandatory CLE -- Again

Every few years a proposal for mandatory continuing legal education triggers a heated debate in Illinois, home to 77,000 lawyers. This is one of those years. And despite a history of failed efforts -- proposals for MCLE have been introduced three times since 1987 -- this time advocates may have a wild card in the accession of a new state supreme court.
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April 12, 2010 | National Law Journal

Movers

Christopher Meyer joins Vorys Sater's financial services litigation group as partner in the Cleveland office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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July 19, 2001 | Law.com

Litigation May Not Save Bottom Line

Since the bottom dropped out on tech-related corporate work, law firm senior partners have been championing litigation groups as the saving grace for the bottom line. Silicon Valley corporate firms are relying more on their litigation expertise for revenue. The trouble is that litigators and corporate lawyers aren't interchangeable when it comes to the fees they fetch.
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December 17, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Keep the Love of Law Alive

The rate of attrition of lawyers from firms and the law � men and women � is a concern around the country. It is financially costly and disruptive. It interferes with client service, is discouraging to colleagues, disrupts mentoring relationships and hampers succession planning.
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February 02, 2000 | Law.com

Congress Proposes Bills to Prevent OSHA Regulation of Telecommuters

In spite of Senate testimony from the Clinton administration that it will not hold companies responsible for the safety of telecommuting employees' home offices, hearings held by a subcommittee of the House Education and the Workplace Committee found congressmen unwilling to leave the matter in OSHA's hands. Subcommittee chairman Rep. Peter Hoekstra and several other congressmen indicated they would introduce legislation to ensure OSHA cannot regulate home office telecommuting.
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December 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Patent Litigation Survey: The Busiest Firms Overall

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December 01, 1999 | Law.com

Protests Aside, WTO Presents Opportunity

For lawyers, there's opportunity amid the pepper-spray-laced protests and policy discussions taking place at the World Trade Organization's ministerial conference in Seattle. The WTO is taking up rules that could open the U.S. legal market to more foreign competition, and, more broadly, is negotiating agreements that may bring new business opportunities for lawyers working with a variety of industries.
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March 09, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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April 27, 2005 | Law.com

European Commission Sparks Software Patent Debate

In 2002, the European Commission decided that the patent situation in Europe needed clarification. Software-related patents were issuing under rules followed by the European Patent Office, but when courts ruled on a patent's validity, they followed national law, which varies from country to country. There hadn't been any major conflicting opinions, but the commission figured that by introducing a uniform law it could douse a fire that hadn't yet started. The plan was simple -- until it backfired.
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March 09, 2005 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court to Weigh in on Due Process and Domestic Violence

In a rare and tragic family law challenge this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a civil rights remedy is available to domestic violence victims whose pleas to enforce protection orders go unheeded by police departments. The case has at its core a claim of deprivation of a constitutionally protected property interest without due process. "Really what's at stake here is one's vision of the Constitution in general and of the due process clause specifically," says one scholar.
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