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November 28, 2007 | Law.com

Law Firms Face New Rules on Retirement

With hordes of attorneys set to assume senior status, achieving a consensus to ditch mandatory retirement policies is just the first step in switching to what many call a fairer system. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis recently did it, as did Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and others are expected to follow. While these firms say deciding to abandon age-based retirement was relatively painless, implementing a merit-based system for evaluating older attorneys will not be a simple feat for most.
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January 06, 2003 | National Law Journal

On the Move

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April 01, 2006 | Law.com

Linguistically Insolvent

Kenneth Klee spent his early career as a congressional staffer, drafting the 1978 law that established the framework for the bankruptcy system. From 1992 to 2000 he served as legislative chairman of the National Bankruptcy Conference. A lifelong Republican who is now a professor at UCLA School of Law, Klee figured that legislators would want his input on the bankruptcy overhaul. He was wrong.
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November 21, 2002 | Law.com

For Law Firms, a Huge Pro Bono Effort

The number of pro bono hours clocked by firms across the District in Pigford v. Veneman is staggering. Covington & Burling has played a dual role, handling its own cases and also farming out cases to other firms, so its commitment has been the greatest by far. But numerous other firms have expended hundreds, and even thousands, of hours as well.
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July 31, 2008 | Law.com

Associates Survey 2008

To find out how Midlevel associates rate their firms as workplaces, our annual midlevel survey examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. They include relations with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level asso-ciates have in their work, training and guidance, policy on billables, management openness about firm strategies and partnership chances, the firm?s attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and the respondents? inclination to stay at their firm for at least two more years. Respondents graded their firms on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. On this chart, firms with ten or more responses are ranked by their averages on those questions. Averages include responses from all participating of-fices. For definitions of national and international firms, and for other details, see our methodology
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February 10, 2005 | Legaltech News

The Dynamic Duo of Law Firm Dining

About five years ago, two law firm associates working late were searching for dinner menus and ended up finding new careers. Their frustrating effort to get some grub spawned a wildly successful business that gives 150,000 employees at 140 law firms -- and many more at other businesses -- instant access to over 950 restaurants, caterers and other services. SeamlessWeb's technology offers both convenience and cost savings. And the competition? Well, let's just say SeamlessWeb dominates.
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February 24, 2000 | Law.com

Court Reluctant to Get Involved in HMO Dispute

Supreme Court justices have been heard to joke that if they get on Chief Justice William Rehnquist's bad side, he retaliates by assigning them to write ERISA decisions. On Wednesday, the Court seemed as reluctant as ever to get into an ERISA dispute -- even a dispute that has been touted as crucial to the future of the managed health care industry.
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February 08, 2010 | Law.com

Illinois Supreme Court Uncaps Medical Malpractice Damages Again

The Illinois Supreme Court has once again shot down a state law capping non-monetary damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, finding that such a statute violates the separation of powers between the judicial and legislative branches. The high court said in the Thursday decision that the limit on non-monetary damages, such as those for pain and suffering, interferes with "the authority of the judicial branch to reduce verdicts."
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April 09, 2007 | Law.com

Inside the Microsoft War Room

Microsoft's four-lawyer patent litigation team is a busy group. The company became a patent powerhouse only after the Supreme Court's 1998 State Street decision legitimized patents on software, and its portfolio grew from less than a dozen patents to over 5,000 today. While patent litigation accounts for nearly half of Microsoft's legal fees, the company has been a plaintiff in a patent case only 11 times in the past five years. Its new, increasingly aggressive and vocal IP stance could change that.
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