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Part-time schedules grow in popularity at firms
Part-time schedules at law firms are growing in popularity as a way of improving recruitment and retention of talented lawyers, but attorneys working reduced hours ? predominantly women ? remain a fraction of the total population, according to a new survey by the National Association for Law Placement.Protecting Fracking Fluid Trade Secrets
A strict requirement of confidentiality can present challenges for highly regulated industries, as seen in battles over public disclosure of the contents of fluids used in hydraulic fracturing processes (a.k.a., "fracking"). Demands for disclosure create a quandary for the industry, which regards the composition of these fluids as valuable trade secrets.Back to Basics: Opinions Refresh Essential Principles
In her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, a partner with Farrell Fritz, writes that, as is true in all aspects of life, it is often beneficial to return to the basics of our practice - the essential substantive and procedural principles that underlie the advice we provide to our clients, the pleadings we draw on their behalf, and the positions we advocate.Half of Dewey & LeBoeuf's Leadership Leaves
At Dewey & LeBoeuf, the only order seems to be who's next to head for the door. On Wednesday, two members of the struggling firm's four-partner office of the chairman — Richard Shutran and Jeffrey Kessler — prepared to decamp elsewhere.N.J. Senate Approves No-Fault Divorces
The New Jersey Senate on Monday approved, by a vote of 30 to five, a bill that would allow unhappy couples to end their marriages without having to allege fault or to wait out an 18-month separation.Ex-GC Tries to Derail Atmel Settlement
Michael Ross, who was fired in a travel funds scandal and later blamed for backdating, is the lone holdout defendant in a derivatives case. He claims a Morrison & Foerster conflict should nix the deal.Hearing Set to Explore Allegation Prosecution Withheld Evidence
Citing evidence that prosecutors in a 1995 murder trial may have withheld evidence, misled jurors and coerced witnesses, Eastern District Judge Dora L. Irizarry has ordered a hearing to determine whether, in addition to granting a defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, to also bar the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office from retrying the case.Trending Stories
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