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September 07, 2007 | National Law Journal

Desperately Seeking Seniors

No longer is the 60-plus set just taking a pension and slinking off into the sunset. Lawyers are living longer and healthier, and many want to stay professionally active well into their 70s. Law firms are split regarding enforcing mandatory retirement policies. Economics are driving the split, since younger attorneys want to make more money, be the primary client contact or be lead trial counsel. But kicking out profitable partners is "just lunacy," says Cadwalader Chairman Robert Link Jr.
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June 05, 2006 | National Law Journal

Headaches Persist After Arbitration Award

For a good example of how far some attorneys and litigants are willing to go to overturn an arbitration decision, look no further than a recent hearing in Dallas, where attorneys argued for more than three hours over whether a $2.3 million arbitration award in a workers' compensation case should be vacated because the arbitration judge allegedly had a migraine headache. Some trial lawyers say the case represents a growing dissatisfaction with resolving litigation through arbitration.
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September 01, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Union Split Could Mean More Work for Labor Lawyers

Meredith [email protected] lawyers, with their reputation as union battlers, have become something of a dying breed as the power of unions in the American workplace has waned. "We hold ourselves out as the last of the gladiators," said longtime labor lawyer Clifford H. Nelson Jr. of Constangy, Brooks Smith.
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December 26, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Long Aldridge Merges; Blackstock Leaves PoGo

Julia D. [email protected] Highlights for the city's law firms in 2002 included a big merger and name change for Long Aldridge Norman. And while the usual array of lawyers switched firms in 2002, one move stood above the rest: veteran litigator Jerry B. Blackstock left Powell, Goldstein, Frazer Murphy.Long Aldridge merged with Washington-based McKenna Cuneo, creating a 376-lawyer firm with eight offices.
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May 04, 2012 | Daily Report Online

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August 20, 2012 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

S. Gregory Boyd joins Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz's New York office as partner and chairman of the interactive entertainment group. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
4 minute read
June 04, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Epstein Becker Cherry Picks Laterals From Local Firms

Julia D. [email protected] two months after its former local managing partner bolted for Womble Carlyle Sandridge Rice, Epstein Becker Green suddenly has stocked up on lateral partners. On Monday, H. Carol Saul and Rebekah N. Plowman left partnerships at McKenna Long Aldridge to join the firm; an associate will follow them on June 9.
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August 15, 2007 | Law.com

EEOC Wrestles With Cases on Religious Head Coverings

In two recent instances, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has waded into disputes between employers and workers who said they were fired after coming to work wearing head coverings in accordance with their Muslim faith. The actions serve to illustrate both a lack of training on the part of some managers and the difficulties of making a case when newfound religious devotion results in a sudden change on a worker's part, say attorneys involved in the cases.
8 minute read
June 15, 2005 | Law.com

A Summertime Reading List to Help GCs Shine

Ah, summer! Time to hit the shores, trade your briefcase for a beach bag and take time to reflect, think and read. Michael Maslanka has compiled a summer reading list featuring books that will help corporate counsel work better, faster and smarter. Among his choices: a bullfighter's guide, a book that tackles the bane of many general counsel -- writing the corporate mission statement -- and a novel that features a lawyer who believes "pro bono" is Latin for "no cable."
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November 27, 2007 | Law.com

Commentary: The Bible, as Literature, Provides Lessons for Every Lawyer

The Bible, as literature, can help illuminate lawyers' legal lives, especially some of its dicier parts, says Ford & Harrison managing partner Michael Maslanka. The Bible -- beliefs aside -- gives lawyers what they crave: a good story with a strong establishing shot, an arc and a resolution. Trial lawyers should take note, says Maslanka, who points out several passages helpful to attorneys. And the Bible also reminds lawyers that there is a difference between what is legal and what is right.
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