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October 30, 2007 | Law.com

Exit Strategies

Law firms, under pressure from clients to improve their diversity, are working harder to attract minority lawyers but often fail to keep recruits for more than a few years. "There is often a bias, unconscious or conscious, on the part of partners and senior associates that keeps minority associates from the good assignments. So these minorities ... leave the firm," says Edwards Angell Chief Diversity Officer Paulette Brown, who has some ideas on what firms can do to retain minority attorneys.
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October 16, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Cox GC: Steel Business Is Hard Work, Law Is Fun

Mark Padilla remembers vividly the exact defining moment when he decided to become a lawyer. He was welding in Iowa in 20 degrees below zero weather, and he thought, "I've got to find a better way to make a living." Now, as GC of Cox Communications, he says the practice of law is not as hard as the steel business. "You're sitting in a leather chair in an air conditioned office. You've got a pencil in your hand. It's like I've died and gone to heaven."
4 minute read
October 13, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyers Close Acquisition Despite Hurricane, Market Meltdown

Imagine trying to complete an acquisition without power or cell phone service in a city ravaged by a hurricane, during the midst of a financial meltdown that shot holes in the deal's once-solid financing. That's what lawyers representing ION Geophysical Corp. had to cope with to finish acquisition of Canadian company ARAM Systems Ltd. for $236 million in cash plus ION common stock.
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August 17, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Strickland responds to LSC critics

FRANK B. STRICKLAND, the chairman of the board of the Legal Services Corp., on Tuesday vigorously defended the group from charges of wasting taxpayer dollars."These are legitimate costs," said Strickland, who has chaired the LSC, a Congressionally established nonprofit that funds legal aid programs around the country, since 2003.
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May 18, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Allstate buying Esurance to add online sales

Allstate Corp. (ALL), the largest publicly traded U.S. auto insurer, agreed to buy Esurance and Answer Financial for about $1 billion from White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. (WTM) to expand sales of coverage through the Internet.
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May 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

NLRB GC Lafe Solomon Holds Forth at NYC Event

In "A Conversation with Lafe Solomon: Just Keeping the NLRB Current?", the National Labor Relations Board's acting general counsel said that while he's certainly been active, his agency is reactive, not proactive.
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April 14, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Matter of Ford [Stone Street Capital Inc.]

Proposed Structured Settlement Payment Transfer Is Approved as Being in Transferor's Best Interests
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April 01, 2003 | New York Law Journal

CSC Consulting, INC, v. ThinkChain Inc.

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May 23, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

On The Move

Announcements about lawyers, firms and judges.
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June 12, 2001 | Law.com

Florida Jury Awards $100,000 to Orthodox Jewish Man After His Firing by BellSouth

A federal jury awarded $100,000 to a former BellSouth employee who was fired months after he became a practicing Orthodox Jew. BellSouth said Jeffrey Bander was fired because he didn't follow proper procedures for taking time off, but jurors found he was illegally fired after he filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination claim.
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