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Savvis GC Ready to Face New Challenges
One of the challenges of being GC of Savvis, a provider of hosting and IT infrastructure services, stems from the highly dynamic industry's rapid growth. In Eugene DeFelice's experience, as companies reach certain inflection points, it creates the need for the introduction of new, broader and more sophisticated systems and that need includes legal approaches. Now that Savvis is almost at a billion dollars in sales, DeFelice thinks it may be at such an inflection point.Law Firms Offered Outsourced Support Staffs
The hotly debated issue of outsourcing U.S. jobs to India and China has reached law firm management. Hildebrandt International announced today a joint venture with New York-based outsourcing group OfficeTiger to offer American law firms a means of outsourcing their support staffs to India. The prominence of Hildebrandt, which has advised many of the nation's top law firms, will no doubt lend the issue further momentum among lawyers.Large Law Firms Step Up Gay-Hiring Initiatives
Recruiting gay attorneys has become a big part of the initiatives launched by large law firms to diversify their ranks. But advocates caution it will take much more than committees and brochures to lure these attorneys to the nation's top shops. The historically conservative culture of big firms has not attracted large numbers of LGBT lawyers in the past, and transforming their environments into desirable places to practice, say many LGBT attorneys, requires a change in firm culture from the inside out.Round 1 Goes to Rambus in Fight With FTC
In a blow to one of the Federal Trade Commission's largest and most ambitious proceedings, an administrative law judge last week dismissed the agency's antitrust case against Rambus Inc. The ruling is a roadblock for the three companies challenging the computer chip developer over its patents and could pave the way for Rambus to collect billions in licensing fees from these three, as well as scores of others.2nd Circuit: Strike by Northwest Attendants Will Not Fly
Flight attendants from Northwest Airlines can be blocked from striking while the airline reorganizes in bankruptcy, a federal appeals court ruled March 29. The 2nd Circuit concluded that "Northwest's flight attendants have proven intransigent in the face of Northwest's manifest need to reorganize" and had therefore violated �2 of the Railway Labor Act of 1926. The decision affirms a preliminary injunction against striking granted by Southern District of New York Judge Victor Marrero.Fights Over Pensions Grow, and Firms are Wading In
Employees who squirreled away portions of their paychecks for retirement only to have their plans for the future dashed by stock scandals and employer bankruptcies are boosting business for attorneys scuffling over who is to blame. The defendants are often huge publicly traded companies, either suffering or bankrupt. And whether the actions involve 401(k) plans or traditional pension plans, an increasing number of attorneys are working on cases where a company's retirement well is running low.Dorsey & Whitney Suffering Defections In N.Y., D.C. Offices
Whether it goes under the heading of downsizing or (more charitably) strategic focus, this is a painful period of time for Minneapolis' Dorsey & Whitney. The firm's Washington, D.C., office is dwindling, and its New York office has suffered recent defections as well.Trending Stories
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