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Chicago Blows Into Firms' View
For high-grossing coastal law firms looking for another base, Chicago has traditionally not been the Second City, even with its now $350 billion economy. But that's changing. Since the start of 2001, 13 Am Law 200 firms have opened or greatly expanded offices there -- and more arrivals are expected. Other out-of-towners have concentrated on acquiring well-established locals and have set about wooing laterals and possible merger partners. Chicago, according to the newcomers, is a strategic necessity.Justices likely to leave accounting oversight board as is
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined to leave well enough alone Monday and not tinker with the structure of an accounting oversight board created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.Morgan, Lewis Partner Wins Bar Seat
Five attorneys were elected to the State Bar Board of Governors on Thursday, including James Penrod, who won the San Francisco-Marin County seat.2nd Circuit Scuttles Class in Tobacco Litigation
A novel class action lawsuit -- the first-ever nationwide group of plaintiffs certified against the tobacco industry -- does not meet federal requirements for class certification, a federal appeals court ruled last week. A unanimous panel of the 2nd Circuit said that Eastern District Judge Jack B. Weinstein had stretched the boundaries of the law by certifying a non-opt-out class of current and former smokers who had been diagnosed with smoking-related diseases.Associates Search for the Perfect Salary Fit
With first-year associate salaries at large law firms converging at $135,000, The Recorder focused its annual associate salary survey on "midsize" players. For many associates, choosing a top-tier national firm or a smaller regional outfit is a matter of balancing personal priorities and professional interests. McDonough, Holland & Allen associate Daniel Wolk was willing to forgo a top salary for the comfort of a smaller firm with lower billable hours: "What McDonough gave me just made more sense."Catalog Sales Tax Bid Rebuffed
Connecticut officials have come up short in their six-year-long bid to require Dell Computers' catalog sales unit to start collecting sales tax on computers purchased by state residents. "This is a big loss for Connecticut," University of Connecticut School of Law tax professor Richard D. Pomp maintained. Taxes on Dell's in-state catalog sales alone could have generated $1 million or more a year in new revenue for the state.Plaintiffs' Attorneys Mobilize to Soften New Pleading Standard
On May 18, the U.S. Supreme Court gave corporate defendants a gift that keeps on giving: the Iqbal decision, which has made it easier than ever for defendants to shut down lawsuits before they get to the costly discovery stage. Now, four months later, civil rights and consumer groups and trial lawyers are beginning to push back. They met on Sept. 14 in Washington, D.C., to lay plans for a two-pronged battle to undo what they see as a devastating blow to their lifeblood litigation.Finding Work as a Second-Career Lawyer
It would seem that the wealth of real life and business experience that second-career lawyers bring to the table would make them extremely attractive candidates to law firms. But there are real obstacles that have led some discouraged career changers to believe that, instead of market gold, they are "market poison." Here are some suggestions for finding -- and developing -- a successful position as a second-career lawyer.Trending Stories
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