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Firms' Billing Rates Inched Up During 2009, NLJ Survey Shows
Law firms increased their average annual firmwide billing rate by 2.5 percent over the last year, one of the lowest increases in recent memory, according to The National Law Journal's 2009 survey of billing rates. The small 2009 boost compares to a 4.3 percent increase reported in 2008 and a 7.7 percent rate climb in 2007. "Law firms this year increased rates very modestly, compared to the standard rate increase of 6 to 8 percent," said a consultant with Hildebrandt International.Part-Timers Can Be Partners, Too
More firms, like Nancy Stagg's Fish & Richardson, are creating official policies for associates with alternative schedules.Judicial reassignment: a proposal
Congress could destigmatize process with two value-neutral changes to judiciary law.Dean Witter Loses Bid to Kill Investors' Suit
A securities fraud suit by investors against Dean Witter Reynolds can go forward if investors can prove they didn't have enough information to file the case until after the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate responsibility law went into effect. That's the effect of a June 1 ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in its first interpretation of the landmark law passed in response to scandals at Enron and other companies accused of defrauding investors.View more book results for the query "*"
Cite as: Krupnick v. Drossman, SC 02938/09, NYLJ 1202476439552, at *1 (Dist. NA, Decided December 7, 2010)Judge Gary F. KnobelDecided: De
Commentary: How to Have the Best Interviews
What makes a great interview? Legal recruiter Sadie Madole says that while direct eye contact, a firm handshake and thorough preparation are the basics of strong interviewing skills, another important tool is a working knowledge of the questions the interviewer is likely to ask. Madole offers some of the common questions heard in legal interviews so that interviewing attorneys can prepare themselves with targeted and effective answers and make a lasting and favorable impression.Supreme Court declines review of contraceptives law
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to enter a dispute over whether some religious organizations can be forced to pay for workers' birth-control health insurance benefits, letting stand a ruling upholding a New York law that forces religious-based social service agencies to subsidize contraceptives as part of prescription drug coverage. Religious groups argued the law violates their First Amendment rights because it forces them to violate religious teachings that regard contraception as sinful.Trending Stories
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