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Senator Says Doubts Underlie Block of 3rd Circuit Nominee
Responding to press reports that he has stymied a federal appeals court nominee due to a personal grudge, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., on Jan. 6 voiced a different rationale: that he considers Patty Shwartz, a magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey since 2003, unqualified for the higher office.
'Soliciting' a Corporation's Former Employees
In his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Joel Cohen of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan untangle the knotty issues surrounding attorneys' approach to potential witnesses (and clients) when companies find themselves facing investigations.Editorial: Should Good Deeds Counteract Misbehaving?
The past year was memorable for many reasons, not the least being the fall from grace of formerly deemed estimable gentlemen, whose admittedly admirable activities were cited as an excuse to mitigate their offenses.First Department Clarifies Meaning of `Accomplice`
IN A RULING that takes pains to emphasize the proper definition of an "accomplice" under New York state law, the Appellate Division, First Department, has unanimously reinstated an indictment against a man accused of robbery and homicide.
In Beard Brawl, D.C. Wants Clean, Close Shave
A city ban on beards for firefighters and paramedics is pitting the District of Columbia against a group of employees who say their religious beliefs prevent them from going clean-shaven. The fight is now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where District officials are hoping a three-judge panel overturns a lower court decision that allowed the employees to keep their facial hair.
Decrease in profits threatens U.S. bank rally
JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and the other four largest U.S. lenders may post an 11 percent drop in first-quarter profit, threatening a rally that pushed bank stocks 19 percent higher this year.
Conference of Delegates Takes on Prop 8
At the weekend's annual State Bar meeting in Monterey, members of various bar associations took on a bevy of heavy topics, including same-sex marriage. They steered clear of others.Most Calif. Firms Still Not Matching N.Y. Associates� Pay
More California-based firms are opting for a segmented associate salary scale, hiking pay to a $160,000 base in their New York offices but implementing a $145,000 scale in California.Trending Stories
- 1$20M and Still Going: Is Partner Pay a Bubble?
- 2With a 7-Figure Book Deal and TV Adaptation on the Way, This Dechert Associate Remains Committed to Her Day Job
- 3'Babe': Judge Sanctioned After Sexually Harassing Fellow Jurist
- 4Legal Resourcing for Optimal Utilization, Retention & Profit
- 5Data Breach Class Actions Begin to Pile Up Against Prudential Insurance
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