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Survey Shows Pa. Law Firms Don't Shine When It Comes to Diversity
Whether they moved up or down in the ranks of this month's Diversity Scorecard in Legal affiliate The American Lawyer, most Pennsylvania-based firms have little to show when it comes to the number of minorities in their ranks.
Tools of the E-Discovery Trade
Firms turn to a variety of technology options to serve as the engines of their e-discovery operations.
Headcount Drops at Large Texas Firms
Between Jan. 1, 2009, and Jan. 1, 2010, lawyer headcounts at 25 of the 26 largest firms in Texas declined by 5.7 percent overall, and several of the BigTex firms posted Texas lawyer count declines in excess of 10 percent. Law firm consultant William C. Cobb of Houston says he's not surprised, noting that reduced hiring, delayed start dates, mandatory retirement rules and layoffs all contributed to the reductions. Firm leaders seemed much more optimistic about lateral hiring at Texas firms in the coming year.
Into the Unknown: Mystery Surrounding Salaries And Start Dates Doesn't Impact Job Acceptance Rates
Third-year law student Giselle Torres says it may sound trite, but she accepted an offer to become an associate with Bracewell & Giuliani mostly because she connected with the people at the Houston-based firm. Torres is among the lucky law students who landed summer associate positions at BigTex firms in 2009 and received offers for permanent jobs they will start sometime after graduating in May.Judge Upholds Student's Suspension for Fake MySpace Page
An eighth-grade student who was suspended for 10 days after she created a fake page on MySpace.com that depicted her principal as a pedophile and a sex addict has lost her civil rights suit now that a federal judge has ruled that the discipline was properN.J. Supreme Court to Weigh Employee's Use of Private Company Records in Bias Suit
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by a former Curtiss-Wright employee whose $10.6 million sex discrimination judgment was reversed because she shared confidential company records with her lawyer. The issue is whether an employee's acquiring of company information in the normal course of her job, and communicating it to her attorney in her discrimination case, is protected activity for which retaliation is actionable. So far, a trial judge has said yes, and an appeals court has said no.With Dip in Economy, Are Associate Layoffs on the Horizon?
With a dip in the economy and a potential credit crunch, some law firm leaders are predicting layoffs in what have been the most lucrative practice groups over the past four or so years -- structured finance, real estate and corporate mergers and acquisitions. Others say an economic downturn is an opportunity for bankruptcy and litigation practices and corporate attorneys will just adapt. So could the effects of this economic downturn mean future layoffs of law firm associates? Well, it's a touchy topic.
Court Leans Toward Prohibition on Use Of Purloined Documents in Bias Suits
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